Annie Zaleski

Which one is your favorite?

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

On Aug. 24, 2013, Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise" began its record-setting 24th week at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

In February of 1993, Keith released his debut single, "Should've Been a Cowboy."

Is your favorite on the list?

The '80s were a transitional decade for country music: a time when artists could try out different styles and approaches -- and, by extension, adopt new traditions that would come to reverberate in the '90s and beyond.

On Aug. 7, 1948, Williams made his first appearance on the influential radio program 'Louisiana Hayride'.

Fallon and Rooney met thanks to the latter's Rascal Flatts bandmate, Jay DeMarcus.

Brown and Jae are made for each other.

Their love story is a Nashville fairytale.