Country Pop Bites: John Michael Montgomery – August 13

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 1994 John Michael Montgomery nabbed a #1 country single in Billboard?

It's true! It was with "Be My Baby Tonight"!

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Here are 5 interesting facts about John Michael Montgomery.

• His favorite color is teal blue.
• He grew up listening to Lionel Richie, Jimmy Buffett, the Bee Gees, Kenny Rogers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers and Eric Clapton.
• At age 15, he joined his father and mother's band as rhythm guitarist.
• After his parents divorced, he and his brother Eddie continued backing their father in honky-tonks on weekends.
• In the '80s, he and Eddie performed together in a Southern rock band called Early Tymz.