Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY (Wednesday, May 21) Advertisement Eddy Arnold's Top 5 single "The Echo of Your Footsteps" is charted, 1949. Atlanta's first Top 10 single, "Atlanta Burned Again Last Night," hits the charts, 1983. Trisha Yearwood weds the Mavericks' Robert Reynolds at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, 1994. MUSIC AND MORE REBA IS ACM AWARD'S 'LEADING LADY' Superstar Reba McEntire will be honored as the ACM's "Leading Lady" Wednesday night at the Academy of Country Music awards show in Las Vegas. The ACM is recognizing McEntire for hosting the awards show a record six times and for being the academy's all-time leading seven-time winner of top female vocalist, says the ACM's Web site, acmcountry.com. Toby Keith leads all artists with eight nominations, while Alan Jackson is up for six awards, and Kenny Chesney and Trick Pony are nominated for five each. The Dixie Chicks and Willie Nelson receive three nods each; Brooks & Dunn, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts and Lee Ann Womack also have multiple nominations. Advertisement Brooks & Dunn, Lonestar and Wynonna are nominated for the second annual The Home Depot Humanitarian Award. The awards show is to be carried live on CBS-TV. KEITH LAUNCHES CONCERT TOUR IN MICHIGAN Toby Keith's upcoming tour "Shock'N Y'All"! kicks off June 16 in Dearborn, Mich., with Ford's Centennial Celebration Concert Series, says Keith's Web site, tobykeith.com. The 60-city tour includes shows in Toronto, July 25; St. Louis, Aug. 1; Chicago, Aug. 2; Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 3; San Jose, Calif., Aug. 30; Philadelphia, Sept. 13; and Washington, D.C., Sept. 27. DIAMOND RIO SONG HITS NO. 1 Diamond Rio's current single "I Believe" has hit the top of the country charts due out late this week, the group boasts on its Web site, diamondrio.com. The song is taking over the No. 1 spot on next week's Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart and the Radio and Records country list.
