Country Music History May 9

Let's hope the weather holds out today and brings us a sunny Saturday!

Today's date in 2010, Blake Shelton proposed to Miranda Lambert in the woods near her home in Oklahoma.  Of course, she said "yes"!

1992  "Neon Moon" by Brooks and Dunn is #1 on the Billboard country chart.

1989   Lorrie Morgan's husband, Keith Whitley, died from alcohol poisoning at his home in Nashville.

1968   Merle Haggard recorded one of his biggest hits "Mama Tried".

1928   "Keep on the Sunny Side", the Carter Family's theme song, is recorded at Victor Studio in New Jersey.