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This Date in Country Music History – April 29th

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:32:48 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2024 – Dasha released her single “Austin”
2022 – Miranda Lambert released her album Palomino
2022 – Chris Janson released his album All In
2021 – The Zac Brown Band announced that they signed with Warner Music Nashville
2016 – Florida Georgia Line released their single “H.O.L.Y.”
2016 – Martina McBride released her album Reckless
2013 – Little Big Town‘s single “Pontoon” was certified double-platinum
1991 – Alan Jackson released his single “Don’t Rock the Jukebox”
1950 – Carl Smith made his Grand Ole Opry debut

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admin — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:04:49 +0000

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 — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:04:22 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2021 – Chris Young released his album Famous Friends
2020 – Darius Rucker released his single “Beers and Sunshine”
2018 – Chris Young’s album The Man I Want to Be was certified platinum, as were his singles “The I Want To Be” and “Losing Sleep”
2016 – Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler scored a #1 country album with his solo project We’re All Somebody From Somewhere
2013 – Brett Eldredge‘s debut album Bring You Back was released
2011 – The Oak Ridge Boys were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry
2009 – Kenny Chesney launched his online radio station, “No Shoes Radio”
2003 – Carl Smith and Floyd Cramer are announced as the newest inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame
2002 – Phil Vassar released his American Child album

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admin — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 01:54:57 +0000

Happy Birthday to today’s Country Music Birthday(s)!