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  • 2019 – Dan + Shay’s single “Speechless” was certified Double Platinum
  • 2019 – Dan + Shay’s single “Tequila” was certified Triple Platinum
  • 2019 – Cole Swindell’s single “Break Up in the End” was certified Platinum
  • 2019 – Cole Swindell’s single “Chillin’ It” was certified Double Platinum
  • 2019 – Brett Eldredge’s single “The Long Way” was certified Platinum
  • 2013 – George Jones passed away in Nashville
  • 2010 – The JaneDear Girls released their single “Wildflower”
  • 2005 – Jo Dee Messina released her album Delicious Surprise
  • 1999 – Jo Dee Messina released her single “Lesson in Leavin'” 19 years to the date after Dottie West topped the charts with the song
  • 1997 – George Strait topped the charts for the first of 5 weeks with “One Night At A Time”
  • 1994 – Pam Tillis released her album Sweetheart’s Dance
  • 1994 – Reba McEntire released her album Read My Mind
  • 1994 – Randy Travis released his album This Is Me
  • 1993 – Garth Brooks released his single “That Summer”
  • 1980 – Dottie West topped the charts with “A Lesson in Leavin'”

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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2020 – Gabby Barrett’s single “I Hope” was certified Platinum
  • 2020 – Jason Aldean released his single “Got What I Got”
  • 2020 – Blake Shelton’s singles “Came Here to Forget,” “She’s Got a Way With Words,” and “A Guy With a Girl” were certified Platinum
  • 2020 – Dan + Shay’s single “Tequila” was certified Quintuple Platinum, “Speechless” was certified Quadruple Platinum, and “10,000 Hours” was certified Double Platinum
  • 2019 – Jim Glaser passed away due to a heart attack
  • 2018 – Thomas Rhett’s single “Unforgettable” was certified Platinum
  • 2016 – Merle Haggard passed away on his birthday after battling pneumonia
  • 2015 – Steven Tyler signed a country recording contract with Big Machine
  • 2009 – Kenny Chesney released his single “Out Last Night”
  • 2007 – Luke Bryan made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2004 – Blue County released their self-titled debut album
  • 1999 – Montgomery Gentry released their debut album Tattoos & Scars
  • 1998 – Tammy Wynette died in Nashville from a blood clot in her lung
  • 1996 – Wynonna topped the charts with “To Be Loved By You”
  • 1991 – Garth Brooks topped the charts with “Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House”
  • 1990 – George Strait released his single “Love Without End, Amen”

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  • 2022 – “Convoy” singer C.W. McCall passed away
  • 2022 – Thomas Rhett released his album Where We Started
  • 2021 – Charlie Worsham’s wife gave birth to their son
  • 2020 – Dolly Parton announced that she was donating $1 million towards COVID-19 research
  • 2017 – Josh Turner scored a #1 album with Deep South
  • 2016 – Jason Aldean released his single “Lights Come On”
  • 2014 – Dan + Shay released their debut album Where It All Began
  • 2014 – Josh Thompson released his album Turn It Up
  • 2009 – Zac Brown Band‘s single “Chicken Fried” was certified platinum
  • 2008 – George Strait released his album Troubadour
  • 2008 – Josh Gracin released his album We Weren’t Crazy
  • 2006 – Eric Church made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2003 – Chris Cagle released his album Chris Cagle
  • 2002 – Diamond Rio released their single “Beautiful Mess”
  • 2000 – Yankee Grey made their Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1997 – Trace Adkins‘ management team sent his fiancee a $7,500 bill for Trace to sing at his own wedding as an April Fools joke
  • 1989 – George Strait topped the charts with “Baby’s Gotten Good at Goodbye”

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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2025 – Russell Dickerson released his song “Happen to Me” digitally
  • 2023 – Chris Janson released his song “All I Need Is You”
  • 2023 – Jordan Davis released his song “Next Thing You Know”
  • 2020 – Taylor Dye (of Maddie & Tae) married Josh Kerr
  • 2020 – Tim McGraw signed with The Big Machine Label Group
  • 2020 – Shay Mooney (of Dan + Shay) and his wife welcomed a son
  • 2017 – Brantley Gilbert’s single “One Hell of an Amen” was certified Platinum
  • 2017 – Thomas Rhett’s single “Die a Happy Man” was certified Triple Platinum
  • 2015 – A Thousand Horses made their Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2015 – Sam Hunt topped the Billboard Country chart for the first of 11 weeks with “Take Your Time”
  • 2004 – Toby Keith topped the charts with “American Soldier”
  • 2000 – Chad Brock released his single “Yes!”
  • 2000 – Rascal Flatts released their debut single “Prayin’ For Daylight”
  • 1995 – Mark Chesnutt released his single “Gonna Get a Life”
  • 1976 – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson topped the charts with “Good Hearted Woman”

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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2023 – Thomas Rhett released his single “Angels Don’t Always Have Wings”
  • 2021 – Luke Combs scored a #1 single with “Better Together”
  • 2021 – Rhonda Vincent was officially inducted into the Grand Ole Opry
  • 2020 – Cody Johnson’s single “On My Way To You” was certified Platinum
  • 2020 – Dan + Shay’s single “From the Ground Up” was certified Double Platinum
  • 2018 – Jessica Andrews gave birth to a son
  • 2017 – Keith Urban released his duet with Carrie Underwood titled “The Fighter”
  • 2014 – Garth Brooks performed on Jay Leno’s final Tonight Show
  • 2010 – Sammy Kershaw was announced as the newest member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame
  • 2007 – Jason Michael Carroll released his debut album Waitin’ in the Country
  • 2001 – Diamond Rio released their album One More Day
  • 1998 – Michael Peterson made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1976 – Ronnie Milsap became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
  • 1971 – Dolly Parton scored her first career #1 hit with “Joshua”
  • 1960 – George Hamilton IV became a member of the Grand Ole Opry

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