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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!

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  • 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

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This Date in Country Music History – March 29th

 Posted by at 6:55 am on March 29, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2021 – Callista Clark released her song “It’s ‘Cause I Am”
  • 2020 – Grand Ole Opry star Joe Diffie passed away due to complications from COVID-19
  • 2019 – George Strait released his album Honky Tonk Time Machine
  • 2019 – Jake Owen released his album Greetings From…Jake
  • 2019 – Blake Shelton released his smash hit “God’s Country”
  • 2016 – The Country Music Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2016, which included Charlie Daniels and Randy Travis
  • 2013 – Carrie Underwood‘s single “Cowboy Casanova” was certified double-platinum
  • 2005 – Billy Dean released his album Let Them Be Little
  • 2003 – Joe Nichols scored his first career #1 hit with “Brokenheartsville”
  • 1997 – Reba topped the charts with “How Was I To Know”
  • 1980 – Conway Twitty topped the charts with “I’d Love To Lay You Down”
  • 1960 – Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge opened in downtown Nashville

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This Date in Country Music History – March 28th

 Posted by at 6:14 am on March 28, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2025 – Jordan Davis released his song “Bar None”
  • 2022 – Parker McCollum married Hallie Ray Light
  • 2020 – Grand Ole Opry member Jan Howard passed away
  • 2009 – Love & Theft made their Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2005 – George Strait released his single “You’ll Be There”
  • 1994 – David Ball released his single “Thinkin’ Problem”
  • 1992 – Reba McEntire topped the charts with “Is There Life Out There”
  • 1981 – Hank Williams Jr. topped the charts with “Texas Women”

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This Date in Country Music History – March 27th

 Posted by at 6:50 am on March 27, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2023 – Ashley McBryde released her single “Light On in the Kitchen”
  • 2021 – Thomas Rhett scored a #1 single with “What’s Your Country Song”
  • 2020 – Joe Diffie announced that he had contracted COVID-19, which would take his life in the coming days
  • 2020 – Ingrid Andress released her album Lady Like
  • 2020 – Wade Bowen & Randy Rogers released their Texas Country hit “Hold My Beer”
  • 2018 – The 2018 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees were announced:  Ricky Skaggs, Dottie West, and Johnny Gimble
  • 2018 – Lee Brice’s single “A Woman Like You” was certified Double Platinum
  • 2018 – Brantley Gilbert’s single “The Weekend” was certified Platinum
  • 2007 – Tim McGraw released his album Let It Go
  • 1999 – Kenny Chesney topped the charts for the first of 6 weeks with “How Forever Feels”
  • 1971 – Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn topped the charts with “After The Fire Is Gone”
  • 1965 – Roger Miller topped the charts with “King of the Road”

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This Date in Country Music History – March 26th

 Posted by at 7:14 am on March 26, 2026
Mar 262026
 

 

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2025 – Maddox Batson made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2022 – Jeff Carson died of a heart attack in Franklin, TN
  • 2021 – Carrie Underwood released her album My Savior
  • 2020 – Matt Stell’s single “Prayed For You” was certified Platinum
  • 2019 – Wanda Jackson retired from live performing
  • 2016 – Cole Swindell topped the charts for the first of 4 weeks with “You Should Be Here”
  • 2013 – Blake Shelton released his album Based On a True Story…
  • 2013 – Thompson Square released their album Just Feels Good
  • 2013 – Alan Jackson released his album Precious Memories:  Volume II
  • 2013 – Blake Shelton released his single “Boys ‘Round Here”
  • 2005 – Craig Morgan topped the charts for the first of 4 weeks with “That’s What I Love About Sunday”
  • 1996 – Jo Dee Messina released her self-titled debut album
  • 1996 – Bryan White released his album Between Now And Forever
  • 1983 – John Anderson topped the charts with “Swingin'”

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