April 2: Lindale’s Miranda Lambert wins Academy of Country Music Awards in 2017

Published 1:40 pm Wednesday, April 1, 2020

At the Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony on this date in 2017, Lindale native Miranda Lambert was named Female Vocalist of the Year. Her “The Weight of these Wings” was honored as the Album of the Year.

Lambert was also a nominee for Entertainer of the Year and her song “Vice,” on which she was a co-writer, was up for Song of the Year and Single of the Year.

Kacey Musgraves, of Golden, a small Wood County town near Mineola, was a nominee for Female Vocalist of the Year. 

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

— 2019: Patrick Mahomes, a NFL quarterback from Whitehouse, is a guest on “Strahan  & Sarah.”

— 2017: Tyler native Josh Carpenter appears in the TV movie “Dream House Nightmare.” 

— 2017: Longtime U.S. Congressman Louie Gohmert, of Tyler, is a guest on “Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo.”

— 2009: Mitchel Musso, who grew up in Rockwall, appears on “Entertainment Tonight.”

 — 2005: Jacksonville native Lee Ann  Womack’s “I May Hate Myself in the Morning” peaks at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. 

— 2005: Lindale native Miranda Lambert’s “Kerosene” hits No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

— 2005: Grand Saline native Chris Tomlin’s “Holy is the Lord” hits No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. 

— 2001: Quitman native Sissy Spacek stars in “Midwives,” a movie on Lifetime cable channel.

— 1997:  Paris native Beverly Leech has a guest role on “EZ Streets.”

— 1990: Tyler native Larry Johnson is on the University of Nevada at Las Vegas team that defeats the Duke Blue Devils to win the collegiate national championship in basketball.

— 1982: Longview native Desmond Dhooge appears in “Silent Rage.”

— 1980: “Horowitz and Mrs. Washington,” a play directed by Texarkana native Joshua Logan, debuts on Broadway.

— 1979: Groesbeck native Joe Don Baker stars in “The Shadow of Chikara.” 

— 1979: Tyler native Russell Wiggins appears in a guest role on “How the West Was Won.”

— 1978: Longview native Desmond Dhooge has a guest role on “Dallas.” 

— 1964: Panola County native Jim Reeves is a guest on “The Jimmy Dean Show.”

— 1960: Johnny Horton, who grew up in Rusk, performs on “The Dick Clark Show.”

— 1958: Johnny Mathis, who was born in Gilmer, is a guest on “The Big Record” TV show.

— 1957: Honey Grove native Bill Erwin has a role in “The Night Runner.”

— 1954: The TV series “Meet Corliss Archer” debuts with Corsicana native Mary Brian in the role of Janet Archer.”

— 1942: Tyler native Dooley Wilson appears in the Bob Hope comedy “My Favorite Blonde.”

— 1942: Panola County native Tex Ritter stars in “North of the Rockies.”

— 1932: Corsicana native Mary Brian and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. star in “It’s Tough to be Famous.”