Carrie Underwood performs at her induction into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in September. Underwood has donated original sheet music of her song “I Ain’t in Checotah Anymore” to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and Museum. (Photo by Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman Archives)

A version of this story also appears in Friday’s The Oklahoman.

Carrie Underwood’s gift hits write note with museum
Checotah native donates original sheet music of a song she co-wrote

MUSKOGEE — Country music superstar Carrie Underwood has donated original sheet music to her song “I Ain’t in Checotah Anymore”…

Carrie Underwood performs at her induction into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in September. (Photo by Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman Archives)

MUSKOGEE – The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and Museum plans to unveil to the public a special museum donation from country music star Carrie Underwood and discuss its plans for the future at an event Thursday afternoon.

Underwood, along with state performers Rocky Frisco and Ramona Reed, was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in September.

Stay tuned to BAM’s Blog to learn what Checotah’s favorite daughter has gifted to the institution.

And…

Carrie Underwood (Associated Press photo)

Oklahoma country music star Carrie Underwood and British singer Leona Lewis will perform at the third annual “CNN Heroes: An All Star Tribute,” CNN announced today.

The gala honors everyday citizens who are making a difference in their communities and beyond. Hosted by CNN anchor Anderson Cooper from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, the program will air globally on Thanksgiving, at 8 p.m. Nov. 26 on CNN/U.S., CNN International and CNN en Español.

Celebrities scheduled to present include Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Neil Patrick Harris, Pierce Brosnan, Dwayne…

Checotah native Carrie Underwood is continuing her huge TV blitz in support of her new album, “Play On,” which is currently sitting at No. 1 on the multi-genre Billboard 200 chart as well as on Billboard’s Country Albums list. The “American Idol” winner also has the No. 1 country song in the land with the album’s lead-off single “Cowboy Casanova.”

Today The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien

Nov 18 The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Nov 19 Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Nov 22 American Music Awards

In addition, the country star’s first-ever “Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special” will…

Carrie Underwood smiles on the CMA Awards red carpet. (Associated Press photos)

Several of country music’s biggest stars donned their sparkling best to walk the carpet at Wednesday night’s CMA Awards at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn. Check out these Associated Press photos of some of the music luminaries.

Carrie Underwood wore sparkling silver for the first of her many gowns for the evening.

Duet partners Chris Daughtry and Oklahoma native Vince Gill walked the red carpet together.

Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert went with a long black gown for the red carpet and…

Carrie Underwood and a bevy of beautiful backup dancers perform “Cowboy Casanova” at the Country Music Association’s 43rd Annual CMA Awards Wednesday night in Nashville. (Associated Press photos)

Along with co-hosting Wednesday night’s CMA Awards, Checotah native Carrie Underwood put in one of the showstopping performances of the night with her sexy rendition of her new No. 1 hit “Cowboy Casanova.” Check out these sexy Associated Press photos of Underwood singing and strutting her stuff in an outrageous outfit.

-BAM

For the second year, Brad Paisley and Checotah native Carrie Underwood co-hosted the CMA Awards at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn. (Associated Press photos)

The Country Music Association’s 43rd Annual CMA Awards took place Wednesday night at Nashville’s Sommet Center. It was a huge night for 19-year-old starlet Taylor Swift, who won four trophies, including entertainer of the year, to the outrage of many country purists and the delights of her legions of fans.

Although Oklahoma’s stars went home winless, they represented our state quite well, with several of them performing…

Oklahoma superstar Carrie Underwood sees her third album, “Play On,” debut amid a flurry of No. 1s, with first-week sales hitting a whopping 317,695 units to displace Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” as the No. 1 album in the nation.

The release earns the highest first-week sales of the year for any solo country artist and the best release-week tally for a female artist in any genre in 2009, according to a news release.

In addition to holding the No. 1 spot on both the country and pop album sales charts, “Play On” is…

Taylor Swift

Teen sensation Taylor Swift dominated Wednesday night’s CMA Awards, even as Oklahoma’s usually bright contingent of stars went home winless.

“I’ll never forget this moment because in this moment, everything I ever wanted has just happened to me,” a tearful Swift said as she accepted the top prize, entertainer of the year.

The country-pop singer-songwriter performed the show’s opening number, and she spent much of the night onstage, as the Country Music Association presented her with four trophies, for entertainer, female vocalist, album for “Fearless” and music video for “Love Story.”…

Taylor Swift (Associated Press photo)

Here is the list of winners of tonight’s 43rd Annual CMA Awards. And if you’re not a Taylor Swift fan, you’re not going to like it, since the 19-year-old contemporary country star won four trophies, including female vocalist and entertainer of the year.

It was a rough night for Oklahoma stars: Even though Carrie Underwood co-hosted the show and several put on stellar performances, the Okies went home winless.

(Nominees with Oklahoma ties are marked with an asterisk)

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

Kenny Chesney

Brad Paisley

George Strait

WINNER: Taylor Swift

Keith Urban

FEMALE VOCALIST…