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This Date in Country Music History – June 2nd

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:32:31 +0000

Toby Keith

This Date in Country Music History

2025 – Collin Raye was inducted into the Arkansas Country Music Hall of Fame
2023 – Jelly Roll released his album Whittsitt Chapel
2017 – Luke Combs released his debut album This One’s For You
2015 – Billy Currington released his album Summer Forever
2015 – Gloriana released their album Three
2014 – Darius Rucker was not allowed into his own after-party because he forgot his ID
2011 – Shania Twain received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2003 – Alan Jackson‘s smash duet with Jimmy Buffett “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” is released
2003 – Sherrie Austin‘s “Streets of Heaven” was released as a single
1998 – Reba McEntire‘s If You See Him album was released
1998 – Brooks & Dunn‘s If You See Her album was released
1992 – Mark Chesnutt released his single “I’ll Think of Something”
1986 – Reba McEntire released her single “Little Rock”

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admin — Fri, 22 May 2026 10:21:21 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2021 – Talking in Circles with Clint Black debuted on the Circle Network
2021 – Leslie Jordan made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2020 – Craig Morgan released his album God, Family, Country
2011 – John Rich won Celebrity Apprentice
2010 – Laura Bell Bundy made her Grand Ole Opry debut
2004 – Rascal Flatts scored a #1 hit with “Mayberry”
2002 – Brooks & Dunn took home 3 ACM Awards, including Entertainer of the Year, Top Vocal Duo, and Video of the Year for “Only In America”

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admin — Mon, 18 May 2026 11:13:52 +0000

Montgomery Gentry

This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Lady A’s single “What If I Never Get Over You” was certified Platinum
2019 – Morgan Wallen scored a #1 single with “Whiskey Glasses”
2016 – Thomas Rhett’s single “Die a Happy Man” was certified double-platinum
2008 – Sugarland swept Song and Single of the Year at the ACM Awards with “Stay”
2004 – Montgomery Gentry released their album You Do Your Thing
1999 – Chely Wright released her album Single White Female
1996 – Brooks & Dunn scored a #1 single with “My Maria”
1959 – Johnny Horton topped the charts with “Battle of New Orleans”

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admin — Sat, 09 May 2026 09:53:23 +0000

Tim McGraw

This Date in Country Music History

2025 – Blake Shelton released his album For Recreational Use Only
2025 – Johnny Rodriguez passed away
2025 – Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson released their song “Trailblazer”
2022 – LoCash released their song “Beach Boys”
2020 – Gwen Stefani made her Grand Ole Opry debut when she performed with Blake Shelton remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2015 – Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” topped the Billboard charts for the first of 13 weeks
2012 – Tim McGraw signed a new record label deal with Big Machine Records
2010 – Blake Shelton proposed to Miranda Lambert while out in the woods in Oklahoma
2005 – Kenny Chesney married actress Renee Zellweger in the Virgin Islands
2004 – Trick Pony signed a record label deal with Curb Records
2001 – Lee Ann Womack won 3 ACM Awards for her smash hit “I Hope You Dance.” Trophies were for Single, Song, and Vocal Event (w/ Sons of the Desert)
1992 – Brooks & Dunn hit #1 on the charts with their single “Neon Moon”
1989 – Keith Whitley died of alcohol poisoning
1989 – Tim McGraw moved to Nashville to pursue a career in Country Music

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admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:16:49 +0000

Tyler Farr

This Date in Country Music History

2018 – Jason Aldean scored a #1 album with Rearview Team
2015 – The Zac Brown Band released their album Jekyll + Hyde
2015 – Tyler Farr releaesd his album Suffer in Peace
2012 – Tyler Farr made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2009 – Vern Gosdin passed away in Nashville
2009 – Jason Michael Carroll released his album Growing Up is Getting Old
2003 – Clay Walker released his single “A Few Questions,” a song co-written by Ray Scott
2001 – Brooks & Dunn topped the charts for the first of 6 weeks with “Ain’t Nothing ‘Bout You”
2000 – Rascal Flatts made their Grand Ole Opry debut
1992 – Confederate Railroad released their self-titled debut album
1984 – George Strait topped the charts with “Right or Wrong”
1973 – Charlie Rich topped the charts with “Behind Closed Doors”

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