Nineteen years ago, Kenny Chesney hit #1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart for the first of five weeks with "Summertime." #MusicIsLife

Twenty years ago, Keith Urban's "Golden Road" album was RIAA-certified double-platinum. #MusicIsLife

Fifty-four years ago, Carole King topped the Billboard Albums chart with 'Tapestry' for the first of fifteen consecutive weeks. The album featured the hits 'It's Too Late,' 'I Feel the Earth Move,' 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow," and 'You've Got a Friend.' #MusicIsLife

Happy birthday to Grammy, Emmy, and Tony award-winning singer/songwriter Barry Manilow ('Mandy,' 'Could It Be Magic,' and 'Copacabana'). Manilow has scored over 25 Top 40 singles and has sold over seventy-five million records worldwide. #MusicIsLife

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Seeing this beautiful and full of wonderful memories "Just Sylvia" album cover from 1982 has given me some inspiration to post one of Sylvia's newer recordings/music video from her children-inspired album, "Nature Child ~ A Dreamer's Journey" which was released in 2022. She co-wrote this song, "If I Only Had Wings" with Craig Bickhardt back in the early 90s.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaoaPLu53WA

Three years ago, Bruce Springsteen joined Paul McCartney for two songs (Glory Days; I Wanna Be Your Man) at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. #MusicIsLife

Six years ago, Brandi Carlile welcomed unannounced guest Tanya Tucker during her set at Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN. #MusicIsLife

Ten years ago, then-independent artist Luke Combs put "Hurricane" on sale on iTunes. The track netted him a recording deal with Columbia and became his first hit two years later. #MusicIsLife

Thirteen years ago, Carrie Underwood's "Good Girl" topped the Billboard country singles chart. #MusicIsLife

Forty-four years ago, The Oak Ridge Boys' single "Elvira" was RIAA-certified gold. #MusicIsLife

Today I turn 55 years old, so of course I think of Sammy Hagar and his song "I Can't Drive 55".

So far, my life has had an awesome soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvV3nn_de2k

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Brad Paisley sang the national anthem on Reopening Day at LA’s Dodger Stadium on the day California loosened COVID-19 restrictions four years ago. #MusicIsLife

Six years ago, Thomas Rhett's "Center Point Road" pulled into the #1 spot on the Billboard Country Albums chart. #MusicIsLife

Ten years ago, Miranda Lambert's "Little Red Wagon" was certified gold by the RIAA. #MusicIsLife

Twelve years ago, Patty Loveless was honored for 25 years of membership at the Grand Ole Opry. She and Vince Gill finished the evening with "Go Rest High on That Mountain." #MusicIsLife

Six years ago, Taylor Swift played a surprise show for 100 people at the Stonewall Inn in New York, days before the Greenwich Village club marked 50 years since a raid by police sparked what became the gay-rights movement. #MusicIsLife

Seven years ago, Brantley Gilbert snagged a quadruple-platinum single from the RIAA for "Bottoms Up." #MusicIsLife

"Christians everywhere should be up in arms": Willie Nelson condemned Trump's new immigration policy seven years ago, which stripped kids away from their parents at the Mexican border. "This is still the promised land." #MusicIsLife

Thirty-nine years ago, Steve Wariner's "Life's Highway" cruised to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart. #MusicIsLife

Happy birthday to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame multi-instrumentalist Spooner Oldham, known as part of the studio band the Muscle Shoals Swampers, playing on hits by Percy Sledge (When a Man Loves a Woman), Aretha Franklin (Respect), Wilson Pickett (Mustang Sally), and many more. #MusicIsLife