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What song does this line come from, 'I'm looking for something in blue'

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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY

1935 Songwriter Kendall Hayes (Leroy Van Dyke's "Walk on By") born in Perryville, Kentucky

1966 Tim Rushlow of Little Texas born in Midwest City, Oklahoma

1979 Moe Bandy's first #1 single, "I Cheated Me Right Out of You," charted

1990 Garth Brooks' "Friends in Low Places" became his third #1 hit

1996 Ted Daffan, age 84, died

1990 Garth Brooks joined the Grand Ole Opry

1990 Alan Jackson debuted on the Grand Ole Opry

1955 Hawkshaw Hawkins recorded "Standing At The End Of My World"

1955 Hawkshaw Hawkins recorded "If It Ain't On The Menu"

1958 Ernest Tubb recorded "All Those Yesterdays"

1958 Ernest Tubb recorded "When The World Has Turned You Down"

1996 Tim McGraw wed Faith Hill



NOW A LOOK AT COUNTRY MUSIC & THE PEOPLE MAKING IT TODAY

Miranda Lambert to Open Strait's 2006 Tour

Miranda Lambert has been added as an opening act for George Strait's tour in 2006. She joins Tracy Lawrence on the 25- city itinerary. "I'm so honored that George would take a chance on a new artist like me," said Lambert, who most recently opened shows on Keith Urban's tour. She added, "I've admired him my whole life and, as a singer-songwriter from Texas, it is like winning the lottery." A complete list of Strait's tour dates will be announced soon.



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Chesney Tapped for ASCAP Voice of Music Award

Kenny Chesney will join a select group of artists and song- writers when he's presented the ASCAP Voice of Music Award during the performing rights organization's 43rd annual country music awards gala in Nashville. The Voice of Music honor is given to those "whose music gives people's lives a voice through song. Garth Brooks, George Strait, Diane Warren and Amy Grant are the only songwriters to have ever received the award. "Kenny is the unique artist who has the ability to captivate millions with songs that are honest, heartfelt and entertaining," said ASCAP president and chairman of the board Marilyn Bergman. "He is a super- star, yes, but he is a songwriter first."

The ASCAP country
awards ceremony takes place Oct. 17 at the Ryman Auditorium.