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Brad Paisley

This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Longtime Grand Ole Opry guitarist Jimmy Capps passed away
2018 – Florida Georgia Line released their single “Simple”
2000 – John Rich made his Grand Ole Opry debut as a solo artist
1999 – Lonestar released their Lonely Grill album, which featured the mega-hit “Amazed”
1999 – Brad Paisley‘s debut album, Who Needs Pictures, was released
1991 – Diamond Rio scores their first career #1 with “Meet in the Middle”
1975 – Willie Nelson‘s Red Headed Stranger album was released
1974 – Ronnie Milsap scored his first career #1 hit with the Eddie Rabbitt penned “Pure Love”
1964 – Dolly Parton moved to Nashville the day after graduating high school

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admin — Mon, 04 May 2026 10:06:57 +0000

Tim McGraw

This Date in Country Music History

2024 – Lainey Wilson’s Bell Bottoms Up bar opened in Nashville
2022 – The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Announced that Dolly Parton would be part of the Class of 2022
2004 – Big & Rich‘s debut album Horse of a Different Color is released
2004 – Carolyn Dawn Johnson‘s album Dress Rehearsal is released
1999 – Tim McGraw‘s A Place in the Sun album is released
1999 – Steve Wariner‘s Two Teardrops album is released
1996 – Shania Twain scores a #1 hit with “You Win My Love”
1993 – Garth Brooks‘ album No Fences is the first country album to ever sell 10 million copies
1987 – Randy Travis‘ album Always and Forever is released

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admin — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:31:38 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2018 – Chris Stapleton won 3 Grammy awards: Best Country Album, for From A Room: Volume 1; Best Country Song, “Broken Halos”; and Best Country Solo Performance, “Either Way”
2014 – Big & Rich released their single “Look At You”
2009 – John Rich released his single “Shuttin’ Detroit Down”
1995 – Alan Jackson scored a #1 hit with “Gone Country”
1992 – Reba McEntire released her single “Is There Life Out There”
1989 – Randy Travis topped the charts with “Deeper Than The Holler”
1985 – Alabama released their album Forty Hour Week
1985 – Reba McEntire released her single “Somebody Should Leave”

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admin — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:39:30 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2021 – Morgan Wallen scored a #1 album with Dangerous: The Double Album
2021 – Morgan Wallen’s single “Wasted On You” topped the Billboard Country Singles Chart
2020 – Carrie Underwood’s singles “Just a Dream” and “Undo It” were certified Double Platinum, her single “Cowboy Casanova” was certified Triple Platinum, her single “Blown Away” was certified Quadruple Platinum, and her single “Before He Cheats” was certified Six-Times Platinum
2018 – Lari White passed away in Nashville from cancer
2017 – Big & Rich’s single “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” was certified double platinum
2017 – Dan + Shay’s single “From The Ground Up” was certified platinum
2013 – Carrie Underwood‘s single “I Told You So” is certified platinum
2012 – Clay Walker performed on ABC’s “The Bachelor”
2007 – Kenny Chesney‘s album The Road and the Radio was certified triple platinum
1996 – Tracy Lawrence released his album Time Marches On
1981 – Alabama released their single “Old Flame”

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admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 12:17:04 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2024 – Blake Shelton released his song “Texas”
2019 – Lady A released their album Ocean
2018 – Roy Clark passed away due to complications from pneumonia at the age of 85 in Oklahoma
2018 – Carrie Underwood was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame
2016 – Crystal Gayle was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry by Carrie Underwood
2014 – Sam Hunt scored his first career #1 when “Leave The Night On” topped the Billboard Country Singles chart on the same day his album Montevallo also topped the Billboard Country Albums chart
2011 – David Nail released his album The Sound of a Million Dreams
2006 – Jack Ingram released his single “Lips of an Angel”
2005 – The soundtrack for the film Walk the Line was released
2005 – Glen Campbell and Alabama were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
2005 – Carrie Underwood released her album Some Hearts
2005 – Big & Rich released their album Comin’ to Your City
2005 – Lee Ann Womack won CMA Awards for Single, Album, and Vocal Event of the Year
2003 – Toby Keith scored a #1 hit with “I Love This Bar”
1980 – Anne Murray topped the charts with “Could I Have This Dance”
1978 – Kenny Rogers released his signature hit “The Gambler”
1975 – Waylon Jennings topped the charts with “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way”
1969 – Merle Haggard scored a #1 hit with “Okie From Muskogee”

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