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Here's your chance to expand your knowledge of Country Music Trivia. Impress your friends by being able to answer any question thrown at you! Well, ok, maybe not any question. But thanks to WXCY's Question of the Day, you'll learn new and interesting things about your favorite Country Music Artists. A new question and answer are posted each weekday. And if you miss one, you'll be able to catch the 4 most recent questions on this page as well. Enjoy!

Today's Question of the Day...
May 15: How many #1 songs did Charley Pride score?
Answer: So far, country music has had only one African American superstar, Charley Pride, and what a run he had. Between 1966 and 1984, 53 of his first 55 chart songs were all Top 10 or better including 29 #1 songs.


Past Questions of the Day...
May 14: WHAT YEAR DID MONTGOMERY GENTRY SCORE THEIR FIRST #1 HIT?
Answer: Montgomery Gentry were frequent visitors to the Top 5 of the country chart (five high-impact Top 5 songs), but the Top Spot eluded them until 2004, when "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" sent them to #1 for the first time.

May 13: WHAT YEAR DID HANK WILLIAMS JR. FIRST APPEAR ON THE COUNTRY CHARTS?
Answer: Hank Jr. wasn't quite 14 when his debut single, "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" appeared on the charts in 1964 and went on to launch his career as a Top 5 hit.

May 12: What was Keith Urban's first hit?
Answer: Most people know that Keith Urban's first #1 hit was "But For The Grace of God," that peaked at the top in early 2001. But, it was set up by his first bonafide hit, "Your Everything," his second chart song that peaked at #4 in 2000.

May 9: The Bellamy Brothers' first #1 hit also ranks as one of the longest country song titles ever, what song was it?
Answer: In 1979 The Bellamy Brothers first #1 song spent 3 weeks at the top of the Billboard chart even though it had one of the longest titles ever the 14 word, "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me."






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