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This Date in Country Music History – May 26th

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Toby Keith

This Date in Country Music History

2009 – Montgomery Gentry was invited by Charlie Daniels to join the Grand Ole Opry
2009 – Jason Aldean released his single “Big Green Tractor”
2007 – Billy Currington hit #1 with “Good Directions” – a song written by Luke Bryan
2004 – Toby Keith dominates the ACM Awards, taking home 4 trophies: Entertainer of the Year, Top Male Vocalist, Album of the Year (Shock’n Y’all), and Video of the Year (“Beer for My Horses” w/ Willie Nelson)
2000 – Phil Vassar made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry
1933 – Jimmie Rodgers, who would become the first person inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, passed away

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This Date in Country Music History

2021 – Callista Clark released her song “It’s ‘Cause I Am”
2020 – Grand Ole Opry star Joe Diffie passed away due to complications from COVID-19
2019 – George Strait released his album Honky Tonk Time Machine
2019 – Jake Owen released his album Greetings From…Jake
2019 – Blake Shelton released his smash hit “God’s Country”
2016 – The Country Music Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2016, which included Charlie Daniels and Randy Travis
2013 – Carrie Underwood‘s single “Cowboy Casanova” was certified double-platinum
2005 – Billy Dean released his album Let Them Be Little
2003 – Joe Nichols scored his first career #1 hit with “Brokenheartsville”
1997 – Reba topped the charts with “How Was I To Know”
1980 – Conway Twitty topped the charts with “I’d Love To Lay You Down”
1960 – Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge opened in downtown Nashville

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Little Big Town

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2025 – Riley Green released his single “Worst Way”
2023 – Chase Rice released his album I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs go to Hell
2021 – Kane Brown kicked off his own record label, 1021 Entertainment, by signing Restless Road
2019 – Kacey Musgraves took home 4 Grammy Awards
2017 – Brett Young released his self-titled debut album
2017 – Little Big Town’s album Pain Killer was certified platinum
2015 – Blackberry Smoke released their album Holding All the Roses
1996 – Blackhawk made their Grand Ole Opry debut
1979 – Eddie Rabbitt topped the charts for the first of 3 weeks with “Every Which Way But Loose”

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Charlie Daniels

This Date in Country Music History

2026 – On her 80th birthday, Dolly Parton Day was celebrated by the state of Tennessee
2018 – LANco released their debut album Hallelujah Nights
2018 – Devin Dawson released his debut album Dark Horse
2018 – Brett Eldredge’s single “Wanna Be That Song” was certified Platinum
2018 – Dustin Lynch’s single “Small Town Boy” was certified Platinum
2016 – Dierks Bentley released his single “Somewhere on a Beach”
2008 – Charlie Daniels became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
1985 – Reba McEntire scored a #1 hit with “How Blue”
1974 – Tom T. Hall topped the charts with “I Love”
1963 – Flatts & Scruggs topped the charts with the “The Ballad of Jed Clampett”
1953 – Marty Robbins became a member of the Grand Ole Opry

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