April 19: Lindale’s Miranda Lambert dominates 2015 Academy of Country Music Awards

Published 5:00 am Sunday, April 19, 2020

At the Academy of Country Music Awards on this date in 2015, Lindale native Miranda Lambert took home top awards. 

She won:

• Female Vocalist of the Year
• Album of the Year (“Platinum”)
• Song of the Year (“Automatic”) and a Milestone Award.

 She also was a finalist for Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year for teaming with Carried Underwood in a performance of their duet “Something Bad.”

 Also at the ACM Awards, Golden native Kacey Musgraves was a finalist for Female Vocalist of the Year and “Follow Your Arrow,” a song she wrote and recorded, was up for Song of the Year.

In the Spotlight

— 2019: “Neon Moon,” a song by Brooks & Dunn and Golden native Kacey Muusgraves peaks at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.  

— 2016: Longview native Micah Lyons appears on the reality series “Hack My Life.”  

— 2014: Terrell native Jamie Foxx appears on “Entertainment Tonight.”

— 2012: At the Gospel Music Association Dove Awards:

• Grand Saline native Chris Tomlin wins Praise & Worship Album of the Year (“And If Our God Is For Us”) and is a nominee for Male Vocalist of the Year and Video of the Year “I Lift My Hands”; 
• David Crowder Band, featuring Texarkana native David Crowder, wins Christmas Album of the Year (“Oh for Joy”) and is a nominee for Group of the Year;
• Rockwall native Nicole C. Mullen is a nominee for Inspirational Album (“Captivated”).

— 2004: Honey Grove native Bill Erwin has a guest role on “Everwood.”

— 1993: Tyler native Kiki Shepard has a guest role on “Baywatch.”

— 1993: Jerry Hall, who grew up in Mesquite, begins a role on the British TV series “Cluedo.”

— 1991: Marshall native George Foreman loses to Evander Holyfield in attempt to reclaim the world heavyweight boxing title.

— 1987: Posey native Eddie Dean appears on “This is Your Life.”

— 1986: “Rough Boy” by ZZ Top, with Frankston native Frank Beard on drums, peaks at No. 5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. 

— 1981: Mount Vernon native Don Meredith appears on the TV show “Omnibus.”

— 1980: “I Can’t Tell You Why” by the Eagles, featuring Linden native Don Henley, peaks at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 

— 1975: Wood County native Ray Price’s “Roses and Love Songs” peaks at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. 

— 1975: Tyler native Sandy Duncan is a guest on Sammy Davis Jr.’s TV show “Sammy and Company.”

— 1975: Anjanette Comer, a native of Navarro County, has a guest role on “Petrocelli.”

— 1975: “Proud of You Baby” by Nacogodches native Bob Luman, peaks at No. 22 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

— 1972: Tyler native Sandy Duncan is a guest on “The Dick Cavett Show.”

— 1967: Panola County native Jim Reeves’s “The Storm” peaks at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

–1960: Whitewright native Guy Wilkerson performs on an episode of “Laramie.”

— 1959: Classical pianist Van Cliburn, who grew up in Kilgore, is a guest on “What’s My Line?”

— 1939: Panola County native Tex Ritter and his horse White Flash star in “The Man from Texas.”

— 1935: Kaufman native Ted Healy has a featured role in the musical comedy “Reckless” starring Jean Harlow and William Powell. 

— 1930: Richard Arlen and Corsicana native Mary Brian star in “The Light of Western Stars.”

— 1927: Corsicana native Jacqueline Logan plays Mary Magdalene in Cecil B. DeMille’s “King of Kings.”