Country Pop Bites: Doug Stone – May 25

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 1991 Doug Stone rose to #1 on the Billboard country chart with "In A Different Light"?

It’s true! Listen to the song!

Here are 5 little known truths about Doug Stone.

• His real name is Douglas Jackson Brooks. He was born June 19, 1956 in Newnan, Georgia.
• His mother, who was also a country music singer, taught him how to play guitar when he was five. When he was seven years old, his mother placed him onstage to open for Loretta Lynn.
• He took on the stage name Doug Stone, to avoid confusion with both Garth Brooks and Kix Brooks.
• In early 1992, he found out that one of the arteries in his heart was almost entirely blocked, after having suffered dizziness and pain in one of his arms. He underwent quadruple bypass surgery and took time off to recover, just as his third album, From the Heart, was released.
• In 2000, he suffered a broken left ankle and a cracked rib after crashing his ultra-light plane in Robertson County, Tennessee.