Annie Zaleski

The romance between Musgraves and Kelly is one of contemporary country's most romantic fairytales, in no small part because both are songwriters and musicians who found plenty of artistic common ground.

Brown and Jae are made for each other.

On Oct. 12, 1993, Hill released her debut album, 'Take Me as I Am'.

On Oct. 4, 1978, Wynette was reportedly abducted from the parking lot of the Cain-Sloan Department Store in the Nashville neighborhood of Green Hills.

Do y'all agree?

For one thing, the bad---, all-female energy was unstoppable!

"It's still some of my favorite music that I ever got to participate in — probably the most I ever had to work in music ... It was draining," Brooks says of the project.

Not all first releases have been hot sellers -- even albums by artists who would soon come to define and influence country music.

Silverstein was known for his whimsical and twisted children's poetry, but he also was a prolific songwriter, especially for country artists.

Here are 20 country No. 1 hits that double as tangible proof that chart success isn't the only way to measure greatness.