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  • 2023 – Cole Swindell announced his engagement to Courtney Little
  • 2020 – Morgan Wallen’s single “Whiskey Glasses” was certified Triple Platinum
  • 2020 – Tim McGraw released his single “I Called Mama”
  • 2020 – Jordan Davis released his single “Almost Maybes”
  • 2019 – Luke Combs released his single “Beer Never Broke My Heart”
  • 2015 – Jessie James Decker made her Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2008 – Country Music Hall of Famer Eddy Arnold passed away in Franklin, TN
  • 2004 – Keith Urban topped the charts with “You’ll Think of Me”
  • 2001 – Billy Gilman released his album Dare to Dream
  • 1982 – Willie Nelson scored a #1 hit with “Always On My Mind”
  • 1961 – Faron Young topped the charts with “Hello Walls”

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  • 2020 – Runaway June’s Naomi Cooke was proposed to by Martin Johnson.  She said yes!
  • 2019 – Garth Brooks’ album Triple Live was certified Platinum and his album In Pieces was certified Nine Times Platinum
  • 2019 – Blake Shelton released his album Fully Loaded:  God’s Country
  • 2016 – Former child star Billy Gilman finished 2nd on The Voice
  • 2014 – Tim McGraw scored a #1 hit with “Shotgun Rider”

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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2020 – Garth Brooks released his album Fun
  • 2020 – Lee Brice released his album Hey World
  • 2014 – Ty Herndon became the first male country artist to reveal publicly that he was gay, prompting Billy Gilman to make the same announcement hours later
  • 2014 – Brantley Gilbert’s single “Kick it in the Sticks” was certified platinum
  • 2013 – The Zac Brown Band scored a platinum album with Uncaged
  • 2004 – Lonestar scored a #1 hit with “Mr. Mom”
  • 1961 – Jimmy Dean topped the charts with “Big Bad John”
  • 1954 – Gene Autry made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry

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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Brantley Gilbert and Ashley Cooke released their single “Over When We’re Sober”
  • 2017 – Luke Combs score a #1 album with his debut album This One’s For You
  • 2015 – Ashley Monroe released her album The Blade
  • 2003 – Jimmy Wayne released his self-titled debut album
  • 2000 – Billy Gilman, then only 12 years old, made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1997 – Toby Keith released his Dream Walkin’ album
  • 1995 – Tracy Lawrence scored a #1 hit with “Texas Tornado”
  • 1989 – Garth Brooks made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1978 – The Oak Ridge Boys scored their first ever #1 hit with “I’ll Be True To You”
  • 1974 – Lynyrd Skynyrd released their iconic single “Sweet Home Alabama”

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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2025 – Lauren Watkins made her Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2018 – Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Roof Top Bar opened in Nashville
  • 2015 – The collaborative album, Django & Jimmie, by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, debuted at #1 on the country albums chart
  • 2014 – Kenny Chesney released his single “American Kids”
  • 2013 – Florida Georgia Line‘s single “Cruise” was certified quadruple platinum
  • 2003 – Miranda Lambert made her Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2000 – Billy Gilman‘s debut album One Voice was released

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