Tammy Wynette's daughters have been successful in getting the singer's mausoleum owner to agree to change the name on the grave back to her stage name.
The Academy of Country Music has put together a video highlights package of George Jones' Awards and Appearances on their annual awards show. It features some classic moments including his double win in 1981, his duet with Ray Charles and a brief reunion with ex-wife Tammy Wynette. Click to watch some highlights of George being George.
Country music has been the setting for a number of duets, and today on our "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m., we're featuring Mark Gray and Tammy Wynette's 1985 hit, "Sometimes When We Touch". We'll follow it up with another classic, "Islands In The Stream", a number one song for Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton in 1983.
We begin our "Country Classic Double" today at 11:30 a.m. with a classic duet - "Golden Ring" by George Jones and Tammy Wynette. On this day in in 1976, that was the number one country song in the U.S.A.
On this day back in 1968, the number one country song in the U.S.A. was "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" by the late Tammy Wynette. Today, we're featuring it as our first song of the "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m.
What a great song to kick off today's "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m.. On this day back in 1974, Tom T. Hall's "I Love" was the number one country song in the USA.
Every weekday, we get a chance to go back time, musically with Big Frog 104's "Country Classic Double" at 11:30 a.m. I always like to have a theme, and today we're present leading ladies of country music.