It Happened Today In Country Music - Diamond Rio Shoots First Video, Jimmy Buffett And Bono Are Almost Killed And Terri Clark Performs For The Torch

Jan 16, 1986 - With $7,000 borrowed from an aunt, K.T. Oslin gives a showcase at Nashville club Music Row. Record producer Harold Shedd signs her on the basis of that performance, leading to a recording contract with RCA Records

Jan 16, 1991 - Diamond Rio shoots its first video, for "Meet In The Middle," in Georgia (watch it below)

Jan 16, 1996 - Jimmy Buffett makes an emergency landing in his sea plane when Jamaican police open fire, believing the plane is carrying drugs. Instead, the plane is carrying Buffett and his guest, Bono, of U2

Jan 16, 2010 - Terri Clark (pictured here) performs as the Olympic torch arrives in Medicine Hat, Alberta, on its way to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver

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Source: RolandNote.com - The Ultimate Country Music Database!

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