May 18: Lindale’s Miranda Lambert wins Country Music Association’s Album of the Year in 2008

Published 10:37 am Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Miranda Lambert’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” won Album of the Year at the County Music Association Awards on this date in 2008. 

Lambert, a native of Lindale, was a nominee for Top Female Vocalist and her “Famous in a Small Town” was up for Single of the Year.

Atlanta native Tracy Lawrence, along with Tim Mcgraw and Kenny Chesney, won Vocal Event of the Year for their collaboration “Find Out Who Your Friends Are.” Troup native Paul Leim was a nominee for Percussionist of the Year.

In the Spotlight

— 2015: Terrell native Jamie Foxx appears on “Entertainment Tonight.”

— 2014: At the Billboard Music Awards, Building 429, featuring Mount Pleasant native Jason Roy, is a nominee for Top Christian Song (“We Won’t Be Shaken”) and Carrie Underwood and Lindale native Miranda Lambert debut their duet “Somethin’ Bad.”

— 2013: “Rose Queen” by Flint native William Clark Green peaks at No. 34 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. 

— 2013 Linden native Don Henley is a presenter at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

— 2012: Jesse Plemons, who grew up in Mart, has a role in “Battleship.”

— 2011: Elkhart native Tye Sheridan makes his movie debut in “The Tree of Life.”

— 2010: Joe Nichols, of Tyler, is a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

— 2010: Whitewright native Julie Johnson voices Baby Bop in the video “Barney: Let’s Play Outside.”

— 2009: Terrell native Jamie Foxx is a guest on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

— 2007: Longview native Forest Whitaker stars in “Even Money,” a film about gambling addiction.

— 2006: Longview native Forest Whitaker stars in the horror film “The Marsh.”

— 1999: Longview native Forest Whitaker stars in the crime action film “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai.” 

— 1996: Neal McCoy, of Longview, releases his hit  “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye.”

— 1996: Atlanta native Tracy Lawrence’s “Time Marches On” peaks at No. 4 on the Billboard country albums chart.

— 1996: Darlene Cates, who lived her final years in Forney, has a guest role on “Tourched by an Angel.”

— 1995: Marshall native George Foreman is a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

— 1995: Honey Grove native Bill Erwin has a guest role on “Living Single” starring Queen Latifah.

— 1991: Marshall native George Foreman is a ringside commentator on “HBO Boxing.”

— 1991: “Live … Rise Again” by Dallas Holm, of Lindale, peaks at No. 32 on the Billboard Hot Christian Albums chart.

–1990: Groesbeck native Joe Don Baker stars in “The Children.”

— 1976: Texarkana native Joshua Logan is a guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.”

— 1974: Wood County native Ray Price’s “Storms of Troubled Times” peaks at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. 

— 1971: Journalist Bill Moyers, who grew up in Marshall, is a guest on “The Mike Douglas Show.”

— 1968: “Tighten Up” by Henderson native Archie Bell and his band The Drells, hits No. 1 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.

— 1959: Johnny Horton, who grew up in Rusk, has the No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with “The Battle of New Orleans.”