Two years ago, Taylor Swift attended a Kansas City Chiefs football game at Arrowhead Stadium. The Las Vegas Raiders upset boyfriend Travis Kelce's team, 20-14. #MusicIsLife

Seven years ago, Speechless by American country music duo Dan + Shay hit #1 on the Billboard Country singles chart. #MusicIsLife

Nine years ago, Grammy-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer and songwriter George Michael died of heart failure at his riverside home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. He sold 125M records worldwide. #MusicIsLegend

Nineteen years ago, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul,” died at his Atlanta home. His hits included Papa’s Got a Brand-New Bag, I Got You (I Feel Good), and Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1. #MusicIsLegend

Happy Birthday to Grammy, ACM, and CMA-winning singer, songwriter, and guitarist Steve Wariner ('All Roads Lead to You,' 'The Weekend,' 'Some Fools Never Learn,' 'Holes in the Floor of Heaven'). #MusicIsLife

Happy Birthday to Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer/songwriter Annie Lennox of Eurythmics ('Sweet Dreams,' 'Here Comes the Rain Again'), solo, ('No More I Love You's,' 'Why'). #MusicIsLife

Born today, 1947: the late CMA and ACM-winning singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett ("Come Monday," "Margaritaville," "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" with Alan Jackson). #MusicIsLife

One year ago, Reba McEntire gets engaged to her boyfriend, and "Happy's Place" co-star, actor Rex Linn in Leiper's Fork, TN. #MusicIsLove youtu.be/4dPk6svazc4?...

Five years ago, Songwriters Hall of Famer Allee Willis died. She co-wrote several hit songs, including "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire, "I'll Be There for You" by the Rembrandts, and "Neutron Dance" by The Pointer Sisters. Her songs have sold over 60 million copies. #MusicIsLegend

Thirteen years ago, The Zac Brown Band hit #1 on the Billboard country singles chart for four weeks with "Keep Me in Mind." #MusicIsLife youtu.be/3_DTZGtaELo?...

Pearl Jam’s third studio album “Vitalogy” reached the top of the US Billboard 200 chart thirty years ago. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/FQkgIrfpLw0?...

Thirty-six years ago, Keith Whitley topped the Billboard Country Singles chart with "When You Say Nothing at All." #MusicIsLegend youtu.be/xNU7iIdw7Ss?...

Forty-seven years ago, Dolly Parton's "Here You Come Again" hit #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart for nine weeks. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/x87Zx3XAIsI?...

Forty-eight years ago, The Eagles' Hotel California album spent eight weeks at the top of the Billboard Albums chart. It's now sold over 26 million copies in the US alone. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/dLl4PZtxia8?...

Three years ago, Little Big Town performed Bring It on Home during the CBS special A Home for the Holidays. #MusicIsLife

Eight years ago, Chris Stapleton’s From A Room: Volume 2 debuted at #1 on the Billboard country albums chart. #MusicIsLife

Nine years ago, Miranda Lambert played The House That Built Me during CBS’ adoption-themed special A Home for the Holidays. #MusicIsLife

Eighteen years ago, The Police were named the highest-earning touring group for the past year, bringing in $132M on their 54-date US tour. #MusicIsLife

Twenty-eight years ago, Shania Twain’s album Come on Over was RIAA-certified double-platinum. #MusicIsLife

Thirty-six years ago, Ronnie Milsap’s A Woman in Love topped the Billboard country singles chart. #MusicIsLife

Happy birthday to singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Eddie Vedder of the Grammy-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member band Pearl Jam ('Alive,' 'Jeremy,’ 'Even Flow,' 'Better Man,' 'Yellow Ledbetter'). #MusicIsLife

Seven years ago, Brett Young’s Ticket to L.A. hit the top of the Billboard country albums chart. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/daZra_wRI1k?...

Eleven years ago, Grammy-winning singer Joe Cocker, OBE, died. His hits included With a Little Help from My Friends, You Are So Beautiful, and Up Where We Belong. #MusicIsLegend youtu.be/rUVEFkjqiEE?...

Twenty-three years ago, Joe Strummer, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer and guitarist for The Clash, died. His hits included London Calling, Rock the Casbah, and Should I Stay or Should I Go. #MusicIsLegend youtu.be/bJ9r8LMU9bQ?...

Thirty-five years ago, Clint Black’s Put Yourself in My Shoes album hit #1 on the Billboard country chart for the first of seven weeks. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/sWar8oK6jUw?...

Forty-one years ago, Madonna hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first of six weeks with Like a Virgin. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/s__rX_WL100?...

Happy birthday to Grammy, ACM, and CMA-winning singer/songwriter Lori McKenna (Hunter Hayes' "I Want Crazy," RaeLynn's "God Made Girls," Little Big Town's "Girl Crush," Tim McGraw's "Humble and Kind"). #MusicIsLife youtu.be/iw9b3mhsOHg?...

Happy birthday to Rick Nielsen, guitarist and vocalist for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Cheap Trick He has co-written many of their biggest hits, including “Surrender,” “I Want You to Want Me,” and “Dream Police.” #MusicIsLife youtu.be/Jsi9CmMEvNs?...

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Four years ago, Eric Church sang Joy to the World as PBS premiered In Performance at the White House: Spirit of the Season. #MusicIsLife digital.abcaudio.com/news/eric-ch...

Five years ago, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member and Grammy, ACM, and CMA-winning artist K.T. Oslin died. Her hits included 80s Ladies, Do Ya’, Hold Me, and Come Next Monday. #MusicIsLegend youtu.be/f5VGto1-N8U?...

Fourteen years ago, Martina McBride sang O Holy Night and Blessed when she hosted CBS’ A Home for the Holidays special. Her guests included Justin Bieber, Gavin DeGraw, OneRepublic, and Mary J. Blige. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/LJoKyuHryRE?...

Thirty-four years ago, Brooks & Dunn took the #1 spot on the Billboard Country Singles chart with My Next Broken Heart. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/icfbsXzNo6Y?...

Forty years ago, Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA passed Michael Jackson’s Thriller to become the second longest-lasting Billboard Top 10 album. It stayed there for 79 weeks. #1? The Sound of Music soundtrack. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/EPhWR4d3FJQ?...

Happy birthday to CMA-winning Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame singer/guitarist Lee Roy Parnell ("Love Without Mercy," "On the Road," "I'm Holding My Own," "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am"). #MusicIsLife youtu.be/Q8PlJbchjUs?...

Born today, 1946, the late Grammy-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician, singer, songwriter, and producer Carl Wilson, who co-founded The Beach Boys. He sang lead on hits like 'God Only Knows' and 'Good Vibrations.' #MusicIsLegend youtu.be/NADx3-qRxek?...

Five years ago, Miranda Lambert played an acoustic version of Bluebird on the CBS adoption-themed special A Home for the Holidays. #MusicIsLife

Six years ago, Jon Pardi’s single Heartache on the Dance Floor was RIAA-certified double-platinum. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/Cg4Eui4sGlk?...

Seventeen years ago, Montgomery Gentry’s Roll With Me hit #1 on the Billboard country singles chart. #MusicIsLife

Twenty-five years ago, a new sign was erected in the Mountain State: “Glen Dale, West Virginia – Home of Brad Paisley, Member of the Grand Ole Opry.” #MusicIsLife

Thirty-nine years ago, The Bangles hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of four weeks with Walk Like an Egyptian. #MusicIsLife #WayOhWayOh

Happy birthday to ACM-winning fiddler Rob Hajacos, one of Music City’s most in-demand players (Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire). #MusicIsLife

Happy birthday to Grammy-winning engineer, musician, and producer Alan Parsons, who assisted on The Beatles’ Abbey Road and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of The Moon before launching The Alan Parsons Project (‘Games People Play,’ ‘Time,’ ‘Days Are Numbers’). #MusicIsLife

One year ago, Carrie Underwood and Darius Rucker sang "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" during the CBS special "Nate Bargatze's Nashville Christmas." #MusicIsLife youtu.be/RqRwOHfAKss?...

Six years ago, The Recording Academy announced John Prine as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, along with Isaac Hayes, Chicago, and Roberta Flack. #MusicIsLegend youtu.be/RRPHjN0gKVQ?...

Eleven years ago, Garth Brooks joined Justin Timberlake during his gig at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena for a duet on Friends in Low Places. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/-_yCEVmepsQ?...

Sixteen years ago, the movie Crazy Heart opened. With music produced by T Bone Burnett, the soundtrack featured Ryan Bingham, Waylon Jennings, Buck Owens, Townes Van Zandt, and The Louvin Brothers. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/ou1_ytdt8mc?...

Thirty-three years ago, Alan Jackson hit the top of the Billboard Country Singles chart with She’s Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues), co-written by Randy Travis. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/vElM1yUCkOU?...

Fifty-five years ago, Elton John’s single Your Song entered the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first Top Ten hit. #MusicIsLife youtu.be/GlPlfCy1urI?...

Born today, 1941: the late singer, songwriter, musician, producer, arranger, and bandleader Maurice White of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group Earth, Wind & Fire ('Shining Star,' 'Let's Groove,' 'September,' 'Boogie Wonderland,' 'After The Love Has Gone'). #MusicIsLegend youtu.be/7tuJfud4W6U?...