Country Pop Bites: LeAnn Rimes – January 2

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 2006 LeAnn Rimes performed "Something's Gotta Give" at the rain-soaked Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, California?

It's true! She was soaked as well!

Check out this LeAnn Rimes video!

Here are 5 little known truths about LeAnn Rimes.

• Margaret LeAnn Rimes was born on Aug. 28, 1982in Jackson, Mississippi.
• When she was five, she entered and won her first song and dance competition singing "Getting To Know You".
• She got her big break when she was singing the national anthem at a Dallas Cowboys football game, a local disc jockey found the voice to record his song, Blue - a tune he'd written 40 years earlier for Patsy Cline.
• Her musical influences include Reba McEntire, Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, Barbra Streisand, Wynonna and Bette Midler.
• Her favorite Actors and Actresses include  Kevin Costner and Andrew Keegan, Whoopi Goldberg, Sandra Bullock, Shirley MacLaine and Audrey Hepburn.