The Boot Staff

On June 15, 1969, the TV show 'Hee Haw' made its prime-time debut on CBS.

On June 3, 2009, Strait's 'Troubadour' album was certified platinum, for sales of one million copies.

On May 28, 1999, Paisley made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry.

On March 5, 2004, Wilson released her debut single, "Redneck Woman," to radio.

On Feb. 22, 1999, Paisley released his debut single.

The Boot counts down the Top 10 love songs in country music.

On Jan. 22, 1969, Campbell received the first gold single of his career.

Underwood's first single from her debut album, 'Some Hearts', spent six consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and earned a Top 10 spot on the Christian Songs chart (No. 4), a Top 20 spot on the Hot 100 (No. 20) and  Top 30 spot on the Adult…

Parton had already been a country star for a number of years by the time she released her 16th studio album, but the crossover success of the album launched the second phase of her career, in pop music, and earned the superstar her first gold album.

Gill had just begun a career-making hot streak when "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" became his second straight No. 1 hit on Dec. 26, 1992.