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This Date in Country Music History – December 20th

 Posted by at 7:10 am on December 20, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2019 – Dierks Bentley’s single “Say You Do” was certified Platinum
  • 2019 – Jon Pardi’s single “Heartache on the Dance Floor” was certified Double Platinum
  • 2019 – Chris Lane’s single “I Don’t Know About You” was certified Platinum
  • 2014 – Little Jimmy Dickens made his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry
  • 2003 – Kenny Chesney topped the charts for the first of 7 weeks with “There Goes My Life”
  • 1999 – Country Music Hall of Famer Hank Snow passed away
  • 1997 – Garth Brooks scored a #1 hit with “Longneck Bottle”
  • 1986 – Randy Travis became a member of the Grand Ole Opry

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This Date in Country Music History – December 19th

 Posted by at 6:20 am on December 19, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2019 – Cam gave birth to her daughter
  • 2018 – Michael Ray and Carly Pearce got engaged in Mexico
  • 1998 – Brooks & Dunn scored a #1 hit with “Husbands & Wives”
  • 1992 – Alan Jackson scored a #1 hit with “She’s Got the Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)”
  • 1970 – Loretta Lynn scored a #1 hit with “Coal Miner’s Daughter”

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This Date in Country Music History – December 18th

 Posted by at 6:18 am on December 18, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

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This Date in Country Music History – December 17th

 Posted by at 6:12 am on December 17, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2023 – Joe Bonsall made his final appearance performing with The Oak Ridge Boys
  • 2015 – Dan + Shay’s single “19 You + Me” was certified Platinum
  • 2015 – Sam Hunt’s single “Break Up In A Small Town” was certified Platinum
  • 2014 – Billy Currington’s single “Hey Girl” was certified Platinum
  • 2005 – Joe Nichols topped the charts with “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off”
  • 2004 – Josh Gracin made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1994 – Joe Diffie topped the charts for the first of 4 weeks with his hit “Pickup Man”
  • 1988 – Restless Heart scored a #1 hit with “A Tender Lie”
  • 1955 – Tennessee Ernie Ford topped the charts with “Sixteen Tons”

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This Date in Country Music History – December 16th

 Posted by at 6:27 am on December 16, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2020 – LeAnn Rimes was crowned the winner of The Masked Singer on Fox
  • 2017 – Garth Brooks scored a #1 album with The Anthology:  Part I, The First Five Years
  • 2017 – The Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line duet “Meant to Be” topped the Billboard Country Singles Chart for the first of 50 weeks
  • 2014 – Craig Wayne Boyd won NBC’s The Voice
  • 2013 – Country Music Hall of Famer Ray Price passed away from pancreatic cancer
  • 2013 – Brantley Gilbert released his single “Bottoms Up“
  • 2008 – Julianne Hough made her Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2006 – Rascal Flatts scored a #1 hit with “My Wish”
  • 2000 – Brad Paisley was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry
  • 2000 – Tim McGraw topped the charts with “My Next Thirty Years”
  • 1991 – Garth Brooks released his single “What She’s Doing Now”
  • 1978 – Kenny Rogers topped the charts with his iconic hit “The Gambler”
  • 1969 – The Johnny Cash & June Carter duet “If I Were A Carpenter” was released

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