For 70 years, country stars have been honored with invitations to perform for the president at the White House. The Coon Creek Girls did it first, in 1939, when Franklin D. Roosevelt was in office. And next month, President Barack Obama will host a show devoted to country music. The president, whose inauguration activities featured performances by Garth Brooks, Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, has hosted other events in which country artists such as Martina McBride, Billy Ray Cyrus and Mark Wills have participated.

According to GAC, the event will take place July 21, although details regarding which artists will participated have yet to be released. The country-music event is part of President Obama's mission to embrace the whole of American culture.

Even firmly entrenched in his retirement from touring, Garth Brooks remains one of the biggest stars on the planet. In the 1990s, the Oklahoma native generated news on an almost daily basis, breaking a sales record here, a concert attendance record there, and enduring endless speculation about his marriage and other aspects of his personal life. He has garnered so much publicity that numerous books have been written about the entertainer through the years - some flattering, others not so much.

But in spite of being an unauthorized biography, a new tome by music journalist Patsi Bale Cox, called 'The Garth Factor: The Career Behind Country's Big Boom,' could be the most comprehensive Brooks biography yet.

Garth Brooks is coming out of retirement! But not to sing.

Nashville Gab reports that the country superstar is set to executive produce a movie based on his hit song, 'Unanswered Prayers.' The movie will air on Lifetime Television and is already in pre-production. There's no word yet on the actors who will star in it.

This will not be Garth's first time behind a camera. He also served as co-producer of the 2001 made-for-TV movie, 'Call Me Claus,' starring Whoopi Goldberg.

He's the best-selling country artist of all time and is credited with singlehandedly changing the course of country music. Now, a soon-to-be-released biography takes a closer look at Garth Brooks, his family and his unparalleled career.

'The Garth Factor: The Career Behind Country's Big Boom,' hitting store shelves May 28, was authored by noted music journalist Patsi Bale Cox, whose previous published works include co-writing Wynonna Judd's 'Coming Home to Myself,' Tanya Tucker's 'Nickel Dreams' and Loretta Lynn's 'Still Woman Enough.' A former magazine editor, Cox worked with Brooks' label, Capitol Records, during the entertainer's "boom" years.

Garth Brooks was in Music City this week to play a private show, thanking members of the NHL's Nashville Predators for supporting his Teammates for Kids charity.

The hour-long set was exclusively for players, coaches, trainers and their special guests. MusicCityTV reports that every single one of the Predators was in attendance. All of the team's players participate in Brooks' Teammates for Kids, with athletes pledging a donation for everything good they do on the field (or in this case, on the ice). When every athlete on a team signs up, Brooks returns the good deed with a special, private performance. The Predators are the eighth NHL team to have signed up their entire roster.

'In Another's Eyes' - Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood (1997)

Lines We Love: "In another's eyes/ I'm afraid that I can't see/ This picture perfect portrait that they paint of me"

They'd harmonized on each others records for years, but their first proper duet was also a sign of things to come -- Garth and Trisha began dating in 2000 and were married in 2005. In anyone's eyes, that's quite a love story.

Throw your hands up! Garth Brooks performs the Isley Brothers' classic tune, 'Shout,' at a special concert in Washington, D.C., 'We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial.'