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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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This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Garth Brooks opened his Friends in Low Places bar in downtown Nashville
2018 – Kane Brown scored a #1 single with “Lose It” and a #1 album with Experiment
2007 – Dierks Bentley scored a #1 hit with “Free And Easy (Down the Road I Go)”
2001 – Toby Keith scored a #1 hit with “I Wanna Talk About Me”
1973 – Charlie Rich scored a #1 hit with “The Most Beautiful Girl”
1958 – Brenda Lee released her Christmas classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”

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This Date in Country Music History

2016 – Luke Bryan scored a #1 country album with Farm Tour…Here’s to the Farmer
2013 – Scotty McCreery released his album See You Tonight
2012 – Brantley Gilbert released his single “More Than Miles”
2002 – Faith Hill released her album Cry
1994 – Brooks & Dunn scored a #1 hit with “She’s Not the Cheatin’ Kind”
1988 – Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens scored a #1 hit with their duet “Streets of Bakersfield”
1973 – Chet Atkins and Patsy Cline are named the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame
1973 – Charlie Rich won CMA Awards for Male Vocalist, Single, and Album of the Year
1969 – Gene Autry became a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
1969 – Johnny Cash won 5 CMA Awards: Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist, Album, Single, and Vocal Group (w/ June Carter Cash)

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admin — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 11:56:27 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Riley Green released his album Ain’t My Last Rodeo
2017 – Carly Pearce released her album Every Little Thing
2017 – Russell Dickerson released his debut album Yours
2016 – Garth Brooks released his single “Baby, Let’s Lay Down and Dance”
2001 – Alan Jackson scored a #1 hit with “Where I Come From”
1998 – Chad Brock released his self-titled debut album
1993 – Kenny Chesney released his debut single “Whatever It Takes”
1989 – The Charlie Daniels Band released their album Simple Man
1986 – Reba McEntire won the CMA Award for Entertainer of the Year
1980 – George Jones won the CMA Award for Male Vocalist and Single of the Year for “He Stopped Loving Her Today”
1975 – Minnie Pearl was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
1975 – Charlie Rich lit the envelope on fire when John Denver won the CMA Entertainer of the Year award

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This Date in Country Music History

2022 – Lauren Alaina signed with Big Loud Records
2020 – Gabby Barrett scored a #1 single with “I Hope”
2018 – Jordan Davis earned his first Platinum single with “Singles You Up”
2017 – Cole Swindell’s single “Middle of a Memory” was certified Platinum
2013 – The Pistol Annies’ song “Hell on Wheels” was certified Platinum
2006 – Jake Owen released his debut album, Startin’ With Me
1995 – Charlie Rich, known for hits such as “Behind Closed Girls” and “The Most Beautiful Girl,” passed away from a blood clot in his lung
1992 – Garth Brooks scored a #1 hit with “The River”
1987 – Steve Wariner hit #1 with his song “The Weekend”

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