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 Posted by at 1:01 pm on September 11, 2024
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Thank you for visiting Hometown Country Music!

Our unique website and social media accounts are focused on two goals:

  • Keeping fans updated on the latest new music, tours and festivals while honoring the past of Country Music
  • Providing hometown artists a platform to get some national exposure alongside today’s stars and legends

We hope you find this to be your #1 destination for all things Country Music, worthy of bookmarking and visiting often.  Please explore our menus to see all that we have to offer and give us a follow on Facebook and Twitter/X.  We are adding and updating content daily!

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This Date in Country Music History – August 4th

 Posted by at 6:57 am on August 4, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2021 – Razzy Bailey passed away
  • 2017 – Brett Eldredge released his self-titled album, Brett Eldredge
  • 2017 – Keith Urban’s single “Blue Ain’t Your Color” was certified double-platinum
  • 2016 – Dierks Bentley’s single “Somewhere on a Beach” was certified platinum
  • 2016 – Kelsea Ballerini’s single “Love Me Like You Mean It” was certified platinum, and her single “Peter Pan” was certified gold
  • 2015 – Tim McGraw released his single “Top of the World”
  • 2010 – Taylor Swift‘s single “Mine” was released
  • 2009 – Gloriana released their self-titled debut album
  • 2001 – Jamie O’Neal scored a #1 hit with “When I Think About Angels”
  • 2000 – The movie “Coyote Ugly” hits theaters featuring LeAnn Rimes
  • 1984 – The Judds scored their first career #1 hit with “Mama He’s Crazy”
  • 1959 – Skeeter Davis joined the Grand Ole Opry
  • 1956 – Jimmy C. Newman joined the Grand Ole Opry

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This Date in Country Music History – August 3rd

 Posted by at 7:43 am on August 3, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2023 – Keith Urban, Kix Brooks, David Lee Murphy, Rafe Van Hoy, and Casey Beathard were announced as inductees to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
  • 2021 – Carly Pearce was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry
  • 2018 – Dan + Shay’s single “Tequila” was certified Platinum
  • 2018 – Brett Eldredge singles “Lose My Mind” and “Mean To Me” were certified Platinum
  • 2018 – Devin Dawson’s single “All On Me” was certified Platinum
  • 2018 – Cole Swindell’s single Let Me See Ya Girl” was certified Platinum
  • 2009 – Lee Brice released his single “Love Like Crazy”
  • 1993 – Clay Walker‘s self-titled debut album was released
  • 1991 – Johnny Lee made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1991 – Trisha Yearwood scored her first career #1 hit with “She’s In Love With the Boy”
  • 1985 – Alabama topped the charts with their single “Forty Hour Week (For a Livin’)”

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This Date in Country Music History – August 2nd

 Posted by at 7:09 am on August 2, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Jelly Roll released his song “Liar”
  • 2024 – Ella Langley released her album Hungover
  • 2022 – The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announced the class of 2022 which included Shania Twain, Steve Wariner, Hillary Lindsley, Gary Nicholson and more
  • 2021 – Tim McGraw released his single “7500 OBO”
  • 2021 – Dierks Bentley released his single “Beers on Me” with Hardy & Breland
  • 2021 – Walker Hayes released his single “Fancy Like”
  • 2021 – Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood released their duet “If I Didn’t Love You” to radio
  • 2019 – Tyler Childers released his album Country Squire
  • 2011 – Trace Adkins released his album Proud to be Here
  • 2003 – Brooks & Dunn scored a #1 hit with “Red Dirt Road”
  • 1986 – George Strait scored a #1 hit with “Nobody In His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her”
  • 1985 – The George Jones album, Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes, was released

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This Date in Country Music History – August 1st

 Posted by at 6:21 am on August 1, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

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This Date in Country Music History – July 31st

 Posted by at 6:49 am on July 31, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2020 – Dan + Shay released their song “I Should Probably Go To Bed”
  • 2019 – Blake Shelton earned Platinum singles for “I’ll Name The Dogs” and “God’s Country”
  • 2019 – Keith Urban’s single “Somebody Like You” was certified Double Platinum
  • 2019 – Morgan Wallen’s single “Whiskey Glasses” was certified Platinum
  • 2019 – Chris Stapleton’s single “Millionaire” was certified Platinum, “Broken Halo” was certified Double Platinum, and “Tennessee Whiskey” was certified Six-Times Platinum
  • 2019 – The Bebe Rexha collaboration with Florida Georgia Line “Meant To Be” was certified Eight-Times Platinum
  • 2018 – The Morgan Wallen & Florida Georgia Line hit “Up Down” was certified platinum
  • 2012 – Gloriana released their album A Thousand Miles Left Behind
  • 2001 – Blake Shelton released his self-titled debut album
  • 2001 – Cyndi Thomson released her debut album My World
  • 1964 – Jim Reeves lost his life in a plane crash in Brentwood, TN

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