This Date in Country Music History – June 22nd

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Jun 222025

Montgomery Gentry

This Date in Country Music History

2019 – Luke Combs scored a #1 album with The Prequel
2018 – Dan + Shay released their self-titled album Dan + Shay
2017 – Sam Hunt‘s album Montevallo was certified triple platinum
2002 – George Strait scored a #1 hit with “Living And Living Well”
1999 – Montgomery Gentry released their single “Lonely and Gone”
1999 – The Dixie Chicks released their single “Ready to Run”
1998 – George Strait released his single “True”
1996 – Tracy Lawrence scored what would be a 3-week #1 hit with his song “Time Marches On”
1993 – Mark Chesnutt released his Almost Goodbye album
1991 – Garth Brooks scored a #1 hit with “The Thunder Rolls”
1974 – Waylon Jennings scored his first career #1 hit with “This Time”
1951 – Hank Williams released his iconic hit “Hey Good Lookin'”
1897 – The balcony of the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN is completed to accommodate a Civil War Veterans Convention, earning it the name of the Confederate Gallery