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This Date in Country Music History – March 13th

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This Date in Country Music History

2021 – Niko Moon scored a Billboard Country #1 single with “Good Time”
2020 – Former Gloriana band member Rachel Reinert released her debut solo album Into the Blue
2018 – The Band Perry’s single “If I Die Young” was certified 7x platinum
2015 – Aaron Watson made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2011 – Taylor Swift released her single “Mean”
2009 – Justin Moore made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2001 – Tricky Pony released their self-titled debut album
1999 – Trisha Yearwood became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
1999 – The Dixie Chicks topped the charts with “You Were Mine”

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This Date in Country Music History

2025 – Tim McGraw released his duet “Paper Umbrellas” with Parker McCollum
2020 – The WIRK Rib Roundup in West Palm Beach, FL ended early due to a light technician dying of a heart attack in the rafters. It was the last concert for the area before things shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 – Chuck Wicks proposed to Jason Aldean’s sister Kasi Williams
2015 – Aaron Watson topped the country albums chart with The Underdog
2008 – Sara Evans got engaged to former Alabama QB Jay Barker
2006 – Trent Tomlinson released his debut album Country Is My Rock
1998 –Sara Evans made her Grand Ole Opry debut
1998 – George Strait topped the charts with “Round About Way”
1986 – Randy Travis made his Grand Ole Opry debut

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This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Aaron Watson was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
2020 – Scotty McCreery’s single “Five More Minutes” was certified Double Platinum
2020 – The Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber collaboration “10,000 Hours” was certified Platinum
2012 – The Zac Brown Band released their single “No Hurry”
2012 – Alan Jackson released his single “So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore”
2010 – Country Music Hall of Famer Carl Smith passed away in Franklin, TN
2007 – Bucky Covington released his single “A Different World”
1999 – Trisha Yearwood was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry by Ricky Skaggs
1999 – Alan Jackson topped the charts with his hit “Right on the Money”
1982 – Ronnie Milsap scored a #1 hit with “I Wouldn’t Have Missed It For The World”
1975 – B.J. Thomas released his single “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song”
1943 – Ernest Tubb made his Grand Ole Opry debut

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admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:35:03 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Aaron Watson released his album Cover Girl
2020 – Blake Shelton announced his engagement to Gwen Stefani
2018 – Freddie Hart, a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and a former ACM Entertainer of the Year, passed away
2017 – Granger Smith released his album When The Good Guys Win
2014 – Sam Hunt released his debut album Montevallo
2014 – Taylor Swift goes pop full-time with the release of her album 1989
2013 – Kenny Rogers, Bobby Bare, and Jack Clement were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
2007 – Josh Turner became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
2006 – Kellie Pickler made her Grand Ole Opry debut
2001 – Brooks & Dunn topped the charts with “Only In America”
1998 – Sara Evans released her album No Place That Far
1984 – Alabama scored a #1 hit with “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle In The Band)”

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