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		<title>This Date in Country Music History &#8211; May 2nd</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This date in country music history for May 2nd.</p>
The post <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/this-date-in-country-music-history-may-2nd/">This Date in Country Music History – May 2nd</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com">Hometown Country Music</a>.]]></description>
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<a href='https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-country-music-news-update-tuesday-august-11th-2015/img_4563/'><img decoding="async" width="150" height="113" src="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4563-150x113.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="Chris Young" srcset="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4563-150x113.jpg 150w, https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4563-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4563-1024x768.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" loading="eager" /></a>
<a href='https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/music-video-long-stretch-of-love-by-lady-antebellum/img_4378/'><img decoding="async" width="150" height="113" src="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4378-150x113.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="Lady Antebellum" srcset="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4378-150x113.jpg 150w, https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4378-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4378-1024x768.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" loading="eager" /></a>
<a href='https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/music-video-pain-killer-by-little-big-town/img_4651/'><img decoding="async" width="150" height="113" src="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4651-150x113.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="Little Big Town" srcset="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4651-150x113.jpg 150w, https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4651-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4651-1024x768.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" loading="eager" /></a>
<a href='https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/todays-birthdays-october-27th/img_4723/'><img decoding="async" width="113" height="150" src="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4723-113x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="Lee Greenwood" srcset="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4723-113x150.jpg 113w, https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4723-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4723-768x1024.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px" loading="eager" /></a>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>This Date in Country Music History</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>2025 &#8211; Eric Church released his album <em>Evangeline vs The Machine</em></li>
<li>2025 &#8211; Bailey Zimmerman and Luke Combs released their duet &#8220;Backup Plan&#8221;</li>
<li>2013 &#8211; <a href="http://www.southfloridacountrymusic.com/video-alan-jackson-performance-at-george-jones-funeral/">Alan Jackson performs &#8220;He Stopped Loving Her Today&#8221; at the funeral of George Jones</a></li>
<li>2011 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Lady+Antebellum&amp;searchsubmit=">Lady Antebellum</a> releases their single &#8220;Just a Kiss&#8221;</li>
<li>2006 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Chris+Young&amp;searchsubmit=">Chris Young </a>is named the winner of Nashville Star</li>
<li>2005 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Little+Big+Town&amp;searchsubmit=">Little Big Town&#8217;</a>s single &#8220;Boondocks&#8221; is released to radio</li>
<li>2000 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Rebecca+Lynn+Howard&amp;searchsubmit=">Rebecca Lynn Howard</a>&#8216;s selft-titled debut alum was released</li>
<li>2000 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Collin+Raye&amp;searchsubmit=">Collin Raye</a>&#8216;s album <em>Tracks</em> was released</li>
<li>1998 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Shania+Twain&amp;searchsubmit=">Shania Twain</a>&#8216;s &#8220;You&#8217;re Still the One&#8221; is the #1 song in Country Music</li>
<li>1994 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Lee+Greenwood&amp;searchsubmit=">Lee Greenwood</a> competed on Wheel of Fortune</li>
<li>1988 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Clint+Black&amp;searchsubmit=">Clint Black </a>signs his record deal with <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=RCA&amp;searchsubmit=">RCA Records</a></li>
<li>1985 &#8211; <em>The Highwayman</em> album is released, featuring <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Johnny+cash&amp;searchsubmit=">Johnny Cash</a>, <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Waylon+Jennings&amp;searchsubmit=">Waylon Jennings,</a> <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Willie+Nelson&amp;searchsubmit=">Willie Nelson</a>, and <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Kris+Kristofferson&amp;searchsubmit=">Kris Kristofferson</a></li>
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<li>2024 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily Country Music News – May 2nd, 2024" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-country-music-news-may-2nd-2024/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily Country Music News – May 2nd, 2024</a></li>
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<li>2020 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily News – May 2nd, 2020" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-news-may-2nd-2020/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily News – May 2nd, 2020</a></li>
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		<title>This Date in Country Music History &#8211; February 18th</title>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>This Date in Country Music History</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>2023 &#8211; Morgan Wallen scored a #1 single with &#8220;Last Night&#8221;</li>
<li>2017 &#8211; Brantley Gilbert scored a #1 album with <em>The Devil Don&#8217;t Sleep</em></li>
<li>2015 &#8211; Toby Keith and Bobby Braddock were announced as the latest inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame</li>
<li>2014 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Cole+Swindell&amp;searchsubmit=">Cole Swindell</a> released his self-titled debut album</li>
<li>1995 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Collin+Raye&amp;searchsubmit=">Collin Raye</a> scored a #1 hit with &#8220;My Kind of Girl&#8221;</li>
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<li>2025 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily Country Music News – February 18th, 2025" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-country-music-news-february-18th-2025/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily Country Music News – February 18th, 2025</a></li>
<li>2022 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="Today’s New Music – February 18th, 2022" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/todays-new-music-february-18th-2022/" rel="bookmark">Today’s New Music – February 18th, 2022</a></li>
<li>2022 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily News – February 18th, 2022" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-news-february-18th-2022/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily News – February 18th, 2022</a></li>
<li>2020 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="Country Music Videos – February 18th, 2020" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/country-music-videos-february-18th-2020/" rel="bookmark">Country Music Videos – February 18th, 2020</a></li>
<li>2015 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="This Week’s New Music – February 18th, 2015" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/this-weeks-new-music-february-18th-2015/" rel="bookmark">This Week’s New Music – February 18th, 2015</a></li>
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		<title>This Date in Country Music History &#8211; January 4th</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This Date in Country Music History 2020 &#8211; Burl Ives scored a #1 country album with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 25 years after it&#8217;s release! 2019 &#8211; Morgan Evans&#8217; single &#8220;Kiss Somebody&#8221; was certified Gold 2019 &#8211; Dan + Shay&#8217;s single &#8220;Speechless&#8221; was certified Platinum for selling 1 million tracks 2017 &#8211; Cole Swindell&#8217;s single <a href='https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/this-date-in-country-music-history-january-4th/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a></p>
The post <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/this-date-in-country-music-history-january-4th/">This Date in Country Music History – January 4th</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com">Hometown Country Music</a>.]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>This Date in Country Music History</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>2020 &#8211; Burl Ives scored a #1 country album with <em>Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</em>, 25 years after it&#8217;s release!</li>
<li>2019 &#8211; Morgan Evans&#8217; single &#8220;Kiss Somebody&#8221; was certified Gold</li>
<li>2019 &#8211; Dan + Shay&#8217;s single &#8220;Speechless&#8221; was certified Platinum for selling 1 million tracks</li>
<li>2017 &#8211; Cole Swindell&#8217;s single &#8220;Middle of a Memory&#8221; was certified Gold for selling 500,000 tracks</li>
<li>2014 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Florida+Georgia+Line&amp;searchsubmit=">Florida Georgia Line</a> topped the charts for the first of 3 weeks with &#8220;Stay&#8221;</li>
<li>2013 &#8211; Hunter Hayes&#8217; single &#8220;Wanted&#8221; was certified Double Platinum for selling 2 million tracks</li>
<li>1993 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=George+Strait&amp;searchsubmit=">George Strait</a> released his single &#8220;Heartland&#8221;</li>
<li>1992 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Collin+Raye&amp;searchsubmit=">Collin Raye</a> scored his first career #1 hit with &#8220;Love, Me&#8221;</li>
<li>1969 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Johnny+Cash&amp;searchsubmit=">Johnny Cash</a> scored a #1 hit with &#8220;Daddy Sang Bass&#8221;</li>
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<li>2022 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily News – January 4th, 2022" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-news-january-4th-2022/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily News – January 4th, 2022</a></li>
<li><a class="entry-title" title="Today’s Birthdays – January 4th" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/todays-birthdays-january-4th/" rel="bookmark">Today’s Birthdays – January 4th</a></li>
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		<title>This Date in Country Music History &#8211; October 3rd</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>&#160; This Date in Country Music History 2020 &#8211; Keith Urban scored a #1 album with The Speed of Now Part 1 2018 &#8211; Thomas Rhett&#8217;s album It Goes Like This was certified platinum 2018 &#8211; Thomas Rhett&#8217;s single &#8220;Die A Happy Man&#8221; was certified quintuple platinum 2015 &#8211; Luke Bryan topped the Billboard charts <a href='https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/this-date-in-country-music-history-october-3rd/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>This Date in Country Music History</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>2020 &#8211; Keith Urban scored a #1 album with <em>The Speed of Now Part 1</em></li>
<li>2018 &#8211; Thomas Rhett&#8217;s album <em>It Goes Like This</em> was certified platinum</li>
<li>2018 &#8211; Thomas Rhett&#8217;s single &#8220;Die A Happy Man&#8221; was certified quintuple platinum</li>
<li>2015 &#8211; Luke Bryan topped the Billboard charts with his single &#8220;Strip It Down&#8221;</li>
<li>2015 &#8211; Brett Eldredge debuted atop the Billboard Country Album&#8217;s chart with his new release <em>Illinois</em></li>
<li>2014 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Little+Big+Town&amp;searchsubmit=">Little Big Town</a> was surprised on stage by <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Reba&amp;searchsubmit=">Rebe McEntire</a> at the Grand Ole Opry as she joined them to sing, then invited them to join the Opry</li>
<li>2006 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=George+Strait&amp;searchsubmit=">George Strait</a> released his album <em>It Just Comes Natural</em></li>
<li>2006 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Chris+Young&amp;searchsubmit=">Chris Young</a> released his self-titled debut album</li>
<li>2000 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Travis+Tritt&amp;searchsubmit=">Travis Tritt</a> released his album <em>Down the Road I Go</em></li>
<li>2000 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Steve+Holy&amp;searchsubmit=">Steve Holy</a> released his debut album <em>Blue Moon</em></li>
<li>1998 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Tim+McGraw&amp;searchsubmit=">Tim McGraw</a> scored a #1 hit with &#8220;Where The Green Grass Grows&#8221;</li>
<li>1992 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Collin+Raye&amp;searchsubmit=">Collin Raye</a> scored a #1 hit with &#8220;In This Life&#8221;</li>
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