Garth Brooks #1 As Country Goes Mainstream - Music History Calendar - Event of The Day

 

1991 Thanks to a proliferation of "New Country" radio stations and more accurate reporting, country music goes mainstream as Garth Brooks' Ropin' the Wind becomes the first country album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Read the full story   More Events:   1991 Jazz legend Miles Davis dies of pneumonia, respiratory failure and stroke at age 65.   2000 Barbra Streisand closes out her Timeless tour with a show at Madison Square Garden. It's billed as her last tour, but she returns to the road six years later.   1968 The Beatles' "Hey Jude" (backed with "Revolution") hits #1 in America. It holds the top spot for nine weeks, the longest of any Beatles single.   See More Events