announcer: the following is a paid advertisement for time life's video collection. >> ladies and gentlemen, dolly parton. dolly parton: ♪ here you come again ♪ [applause] announcer: it's country music's biggest night. dolly parton: ♪ just when i am about to get myself together ♪ announcer: when country's greatest stars perform on country's biggest stage. george strait: ♪ that all my exes live in texas ♪ announcer: and now, you can have your very own front row seat. kenny rogers: ♪ you picked a fine time to leave me, lucille,

with four hungry children and a crop in the field ♪ announcer: for the greatest live performances ever. [applause] >> here are loretta lynn and conway twitty. >> shania twain, everybody. >> here's brooks and dunn. >> y'all say hi to mr. alan jackson. alan jackson: ♪ don't rock the jukebox i want to hear some jones ♪ announcer: it's cma awards live, the greatest moments from the cma awards. vince gill: ♪ i still believe in you ♪ announcer: every fall, country's finest get together to celebrate country music. anne: johnny cash, waylon jennings, kris kristofferson, and willie nelson. [applause] willie nelson: ♪ i am the highwayman along the coast roads i did ride sword and pistol by my side ♪ announcer: and now, the greatest performances are together for the very first time. carrie underwood: ♪ jesus take the wheel take it from my hands ♪ announcer: we'll see the legends, johnny cash, charlie

pride, marty robbins, loretta lynn. ♪ >> ♪ and love is the foundation we lean on ♪ announcer: once in a lifetime collaborations. >> ♪ and i'm proud to be a coal miner's daughter i remember well the well where i drew water the work we done was hard at night we'd sleep 'cause we were tired never thought of ever leaving butcher holler ♪ announcer: you'll relive all of the fun. vince: here is the "achy breaky heart" man, mr. billy ray cyrus. [applause] ♪ billy ray cyrus: ♪ don't tell my heart my achy, breaky heart i just don't think he'd understand ♪ announcer: and you will experience all the emotion. alan jackson: ♪ where were you when the world stopped turning

that september day out in the yard with your wife and children ♪ announcer: time life proudly presents the cma awards live, the greatest moments from five decades of shows. ♪ announcer: you'll see your favorite artists performing live. these performances have never been available before, and they're all here in this exclusive, new dvd collection. shania twain: ♪ any man of mine better be proud of me, even when i'm ugly he still better love me i can be late for a date that's fine ♪ announcer: each year, the stage is set for superstars. >> country charlie pride. charlie pride: ♪ you have got to kiss an angel good morning and let her know you think about her when you are gone ♪ dwight: ladies and gentlemen, the legendary buck owens. buck owens: ♪ i was born to be a big star ♪ carrie: you can't grow up in

oklahoma like i did and not worship this woman. she's a country superstar and an influence on me since i was a kid. she's a past winner for female vocalist of the year and entertainer of the year. [applause] nominated for two awards tonight, the one, the only, the incomparable, reba! reba: ♪ if you think you can do better than this then i guess we're done ♪ announcer: and it's always fun to see the cma awards' debuts of the superstars of tomorrow. vince: here's a bright, bright future of our country music, ms. leeann rimes. leeann rimes: ♪ blue oh so lonesome for you ♪ kenny: ladies and gentlemen, randy travis. randy travis: ♪ oh baby, i'm gonna love you forever forever and ever, amen

as long as old men ♪ >> and just turned 15 this past week is tanya tucker. tanya tucker: ♪ delta dawn, what is that flower you have on? [applause] tanya tucker: could it be a faded rose from days gone by ♪ miranda: i was terrified to get on that stage. it was the year that it was at madison square garden. so, not only was it like my first time in new york city to perform, but it was the cma's, and everybody i ever loved was sitting in the crowd, not to mention, you know, the television aspect of it. ♪ announcer: and who can forget that special night when taylor swift made her cma awards debut? taylor swift: ♪ and he said announcer: and there are those powerful and emotional moments.

vince: i would like to sing you a song that probably means more to me than any other i have ever recorded or written. i've asked some really good friends to help me out. ms. patty loveless, mr. mark knopfler, and mr. ricky skaggs. >> ♪ go rest high on that mountain son, your work on earth is done ♪ >> it's too hard to speak about. so, just thank you. alabama: ♪ if you're going to play in texas you got to have a fiddle in the band ♪ >> all i can think about is my daddy teaching me the first three chords on the guitar. >> i want to dedicate this to my father. i love you. [applause] alabama: ♪ if you're going to play in texas you have got to have a fiddle in the band ♪ announcer: of course, there is always some good old country fun. >> ♪ now, my luck was so good i could do no wrong i just kept on rolling and controlling them bones finally they just threw up their hands and said, son, when you're hot, you're hot. do you know your part? when you're hot, you're hot that's right

and when you're not, you're not put everybody in. put all the money in and let's roll them again when you're hot, you're hot ♪ announcer: and now, for the first time ever, you can have your own piece of country music history, the cma awards live dvd collection, the greatest live country performances ever. and getting it is as easy as picking up the phone. kenny: the country music association awards are the most important in our industry, people who really know, choosing the best of the best. [applause] announcer: it's country music's biggest night. glen campbell: ♪ like a rhinestone cowboy riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo ♪ announcer: when country's greatest stars perform on the biggest stage of all. larry gatlin: ♪ all the gold in california ♪ announcer: time life proudly presents the cma awards live dvd collection, the greatest moments from the cma awards. brooks & dunn: ♪ get down, turn around, go to town, boot scootin' boogie ♪

[applause] announcer: you'll see five decades of historic performances, including legends like merle haggard, loretta lynn, johnny cash. johnny cash: ♪ i hear the train a-coming it's rolling around the bend and i ain't seen the sunshine since i don't know when ♪ announcer: conway twitty, george jones, barbara mandrel. barbara mandrel: ♪ sleeping single in a double bed thinking over things i wish i'd said ♪ announcer: your favorite superstars like reba mcentire, martina mcbride, alan jackson. alan jackson: ♪ it gets hotter than a hootchie coochie ♪ announcer: the country music association has made these performances available on dvd for the very first time, including once-in-a-lifetime collaborations, and they are all here and only here in this exclusive collection. kenny rogers: ♪ buy me a rose call me from work open the door for me

what would it hurt? ♪ kenny: well, anytime you sing with alison, it's wonderful and special, and you have to really be on your "a" game to do that. kenny rogers: ♪ i make the most of my time ♪ announcer: so order now, and get the complete cma awards live dvd collection, 127 performances on nine dvd's, for just four payments of $29.99 each. taylor swift: ♪ 'cause when you're 15 and somebody tells you they love you you got to believe them ♪ announcer: but wait. order in the next 18 minutes, and you'll also get this free bonus dvd filled with exclusive bonus features, including interviews with the stars that take you behind the scenes. john denver: ♪ hey, it's good to be back home again ♪ announcer: you'll also get this 44-page collector's booklet with photos and stories, plus a year-by-year guide to 50 years of winners.

lynn anderson: ♪ i beg your pardon i never promised you a rose garden ♪ announcer: and that's not all. we'll ship it to you for free. crystal gayle: ♪ you've been talking in your sleep reciting your dreams ♪ announcer: and your satisfaction is guaranteed. if it's not the best country music collection you've ever owned, just send it back for a full refund. tennessee: ladies and gentlemen, the earl scruggs revue. ♪ [applause] announcer: remember, you'll get 127 performances, plus the free dvd of exclusive behind-the-scenes bonus features, 10 dvd's in all, the collector's booklet, and free shipping. this collection is only available from time life, so don't wait. order now. roy: here's one of the brightest new stars in any field of music, and song, too, and by the time i

get to the finish, well, that's the one. the star is glen campbell. [applause] announcer: the first cma awards was presented in 1967, but the first time on tv was 1968, live from the ryman auditorium, with this unforgettable performance by glen campbell. ♪ glen campbell: ♪ by the time i get to phoenix she'll be rising ♪ roy: the big hit record of our next guest, "divorce", by tammy wynette. tammy wynette: ♪ our d-i-v-o-r-c-e becomes final today ♪ >> jeannie c riley. [applause] jeannie c. riley: ♪ let me tell you all a story about a harper valley widow wife who had a teenage daughter ♪ announcer: during those early years, we saw a parade of country legends take the stage. tennessee: ladies and gentlemen, singing his nominated song, "my

woman, my woman, my wife," here is marty robbins. [applause] marty robbins: ♪ she is the foundation i lean on my woman my woman my wife ♪ charley: mrs. dolly parton. ♪ dolly: thank you so much. ♪ [applause] dolly: thank you. [applause] ♪ dolly parton: ♪ love is like a butterfly soft and gentle as a sigh the multicolored moods of love are like its satin wings ♪ tennessee ernie ford: ♪ you load 16 tons and what do you get? another day older and deeper in debt ♪ reba: a record producer finds a great song, but he doesn't know what to do with it. so he puts it in the files hoping that the right artist will come along someday. a year or two later, he hears this new female singer and he says that's the right singer for that song. well, the singer records the song and becomes the first lady in country music in more than 25 years to have her first single go number one in the charts.

believe it or not, that's exactly what happened this year to trisha yearwood. [applause] trisha yearwood: ♪ she's in love with the boy she's in love with the boy ♪ patty loveless: ♪ the right time the right place the right body the right face timber, i'm falling in love ♪ vince: alison krauss has been a virtuoso fiddler for years. for almost a decade, her very distinctive voice has been getting raves from critics and fans. alison krauss: ♪ the touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever i fall you say it best when you say nothing at all ♪ announcer: the cma awards have presented classic country duets.

willie: here are loretta lynn and conway twitty. [applause] >> ♪ hey, louisiana woman >> ♪ mississippi man >> ♪ we get together every time we can mississippi river can't keep us apart there is too much love in this mississippi heart too much love in this louisiana heart ♪ >> ♪ we got married in a fever hotter than a pepper sprout we been a-talking about jackson ever since the fire went out i'm going to jackson ♪ announcer: you'll see unforgettable, one-time collaborations that you could only see on the cma awards. [applause] ♪ kenny rogers and lionel richie: ♪ lady your love's the only love i need ♪ [applause] willie: a few months ago, i was in london, and when i turned the radio on, i heard a wonderful voice. and i said to my wife, i said, who's that singing?

she said that's julio iglesias, the spanish singer, who's become one of the most popular stars in the whole world. and i said, how could that be? i've never done a duet with him. [laughter] willie nelson & julio iglesias: ♪ we dedicate this song to all the girls we've loved before to all the girls we've loved before ♪ johnny: here is the charlie daniels band, and sitting in with charlie is the one and only chet atkins. [applause] charlie daniels band: ♪ you can be proud you can be proud here now be proud you're a rebel the south is going to do it again ♪ charlie: that was a special night for us doing that on the cma awards. and what made it so special was chet atkins played it with us. ♪

announcer: in 2015, the cma awards brought us one of the most talked about collaborations in country music history. chris stapleton & justin timberlake: ♪ oh-h-h that smooth tennessee whiskey you're as sweet as strawberry wine ♪ announcer: from legends and superstars, to duets and once-in-a-lifetime collaborations, it's all here on the cma awards live dvd collection, five decades of the greatest moments from the cma awards, and it's not available in stores. it's only available from time life, and your satisfaction is guaranteed. kenny: you never forget a performance for dolly. i think it was a personal thing between me and her. kenny rogers and dolly parton: ♪ islands in the stream that is what we are ♪ announcer: it's country music's biggest night. [applause] ♪ announcer: when country's

greatest stars perform on the biggest stage of all. ♪ barbara mandrel: ♪ roll the stone away let the guilty pay it's independence day ♪ announcer: time life proudly presents the cma awards live dvd collection, the greatest moments from the cma awards. crystal gayle: ♪ don't know why been so blue [applause] crystal gayle: don't know why i'm over you you found someone new and don't it make my brown eyes blue ♪ announcer: you'll see five decades of historic performances, including waylon jennings, tammy wynette, willie nelson. willie nelson: ♪ in the twilight glow i see her [applause] willie nelson: blue eyes crying in the rain ♪ announcer: dolly parton, vince gill, randy travis.

randy travis: ♪ on the other hand there is a man ♪ announcer: brad paisley. brad paisley: ♪ everything i ever wanted everything i need ♪ announcer: your favorite superstars, like carrie underwood, taylor swift, sara evans. sara evans: ♪ and how do you keep your feet on the ground when you know that you were born you were born to fly? ♪ announcer: the country music association has made these performances available on dvd for the very first time. dolly: would you make welcome my girlfriends, tammy wynette and loretta lynn? come on out here. announcer: including once in a lifetime collaborations, and they're all here and only here in this exclusive collection. ♪

>> ♪ a thread and a golden needle cannot mend this heart of mine ♪ ♪ announcer: so order now and get the complete cma awards live dvd collection, 127 performances on nine dvd's for just four payments of $29.99 each. alan jackson & jimmy buffett: ♪ it's only half past 12:00, but i don't care it's 5:00 somewhere ♪ announcer: but wait, order in the next 12 minutes, and you'll also get this free bonus dvd filled with exclusive bonus features, including interviews with the stars that take you behind the scenes. kris kristofferson & rita coolidge: ♪ freedom's just another word for nothing else to lose nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free ♪ announcer: you'll also get this 44-page collector's booklet with photos and stories, plus a year-by-year guide to 50 years of winners.

ronnie milsap: ♪ and we were so in love it was almost like a song ♪ announcer: and that's not all. we'll ship it to you for free. jeanne pruett: ♪ just leave the light on that pillow to cry on ♪ [applause] announcer: and your satisfaction is guaranteed. if it's not the best country music collection you have ever owned, just send it back for a full refund. johnny cash & the carter family: ♪ will the circle be unbroken by and by, lord, by and by ♪ announcer: remember, you'll get 127 performances, plus the free dvd of exclusive behind-the-scenes bonus features, 10 dvd's in all, the collector's booklet, and free shipping. this collection is only available from time life, so don't wait. order now. [applause] ♪

kenny: country music is the only music that tells stories about where life is and how you feel. and i think that's why it touches so many people. leeann womack: ♪ i hope you dance i hope you dance ♪ steve wariner: ♪ there are holes in the floor of heaven and your tears are pouring down ♪ rascal flatts: ♪ this much i know is true that god blessed the broken road that led me straight to you ♪ announcer: from powerful songs to beloved artists, the cma awards have it all. george strait: ♪ don't be afraid to take me by the hand if you want to i think this is how love goes check yes or no ♪ brooks & dunn: ♪ cowgirls don't

cry ride, baby, ride ♪ announcer: the cma awards are filled with performers who have touched us with their unique voices and personalities. artists we will miss, but we'll never forget their music. merle haggard: ♪ i'm proud to be an okie from muskogee a place where even squares can have a ball ♪ freddy fender: ♪ i'll be there before the next teardrop falls ♪ waylon jennings: ♪ and my brothers are all black and white yellow too and the redman is right to expect a little from you a promise and then follow through america ♪ announcer: through five decades of country music, the cma awards continue to present us with beloved artists and incredible live performances. ♪ keith urban: ♪ and it's raining hard on the street light glow ♪

lady antebellum: ♪ it's a quarter after 1:00 i'm all alone and i need you now said i wouldn't call, but i lost all control, and i need you now ♪ jason aldean with kelly clarkson: ♪ don't you want to stay here a little while [applause] jason aldean with kelly clarkson: don't you want to hold each other tight don't you want to fall asleep with me tonight don't you want ♪ announcer: through all those years, what country music does best is touch our hearts. dolly parton: ♪ and i will always love you ♪ [applause] dolly parton & vince gill: ♪ i will always love you ♪ vince: when he went to bed late

last week, he couldn't sleep because of an idea he had for this song that kept running through his head. so early in the morning he got up, and he wrote this song. and we're honored that he chose to do it for the first time in front of anybody. please welcome mr. alan jackson. alan jackson: ♪ where were you when the world stopped turning that september day ♪ alan: it was a nervous performance. of course, doing it the first time live in front of everybody on television. alan jackson: ♪ working on some stage in l.a. ♪ alan: i've had so many comments from day one about that song. from people that were right in the middle of all that that survived or lost relatives and heroes, amazing how much people have told me that song meant to them.

alan jackson: ♪ i'm just a singer of simple songs i'm not a real political man ♪ announcer: these are all performances that you can only see on the cma awards live dvd collection. and this is your chance to own all of these great moments. five decades of the cma awards, and it's only available from time life. so order now. kenny: the country music association awards are the most important in our industry. people who really know, choosing the best of the best. [applause] glen campbell: ♪ like a rhinestone cowboy riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo ♪ announcer: it's country music's biggest night. alan jackson: ♪ don't rock the jukebox i want to hear some jones ♪ announcer: when country's greatest stars perform on the biggest stage of all. willie nelson: ♪ i am the highwayman along the coast roads i did ride ♪ announcer: time life proudly presents the cma awards live dvd collection, the greatest moments from the cma awards. randy travis: ♪ oh baby, i'm gonna love you forever forever and ever, amen ♪

announcer: you'll see five decades of historic performances, including merle haggard, marty robbins, loretta lynn. loretta lynn: ♪ when i was born a coal miner's daughter [applause] loretta lynn: in a cabin on a hill in butcher holler ♪ announcer: kenny rogers, george strait, vince gill. vince gill & patty loveless: ♪ nobody answered when i called your name ♪ announcer: your favorite superstars, like reba mcentire, alan jackson, the judds. the judds: ♪ listening to the light rain baby, just me and you and rocking with the rhythm of the rain ♪ announcer: the country music association has made these performances available on dvd for the very first time, including once-in-a-lifetime collaborations, and they're all here and only here in this

exclusive collection. >> ♪ what is in him is like knowing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you ♪ [applause] ♪ [applause] announcer: so order now and get the complete cma awards live dvd collection, 127 performances on nine dvd's for just four payments of $29.99 each. billy ray cyrus: ♪ don't tell my heart my achy, breaky heart i just don't think he'd understand ♪ announcer: but wait. order in the next three minutes and you'll also get this free bonus dvd filled with exclusive bonus features, including interviews with the stars that take you behind the scenes. reba mcentire & linda davis: ♪ but does he love you ♪ ♪ does he love you ♪ like he loves me ♪ like he loves me ♪ does he think of you announcer: you'll also also get this 44-page collector's booklet with photos and stories, plus a year-by-year guide to 50 years of winners.

alan jackson & george strait: ♪ and soon they will carry him away he stopped loving her today ♪ announcer: and that's not all. we'll ship it to you for free. shania twain: ♪ i'm going to get you it's a matter of time i'm going to get you, don't you worry 'bout that ♪ announcer: and your satisfaction is guaranteed. if it's not the best country music collection you've ever owned, just send it back for a full refund. charley pride: ♪ you've got to kiss an angel good morning and let her know you think about her when you're gone ♪ announcer: remember, you'll get 127 performances, plus the free dvd of exclusive behind-the-scenes bonus features, 10 dvd's in all, the collector's booklet, and free shipping. this collection is only available from time life, so don't wait. order now. announcer: the preceding was a paid advertisement for time life's video collection. ♪

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