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Brad Paisley

This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Longtime Grand Ole Opry guitarist Jimmy Capps passed away
2018 – Florida Georgia Line released their single “Simple”
2000 – John Rich made his Grand Ole Opry debut as a solo artist
1999 – Lonestar released their Lonely Grill album, which featured the mega-hit “Amazed”
1999 – Brad Paisley‘s debut album, Who Needs Pictures, was released
1991 – Diamond Rio scores their first career #1 with “Meet in the Middle”
1975 – Willie Nelson‘s Red Headed Stranger album was released
1974 – Ronnie Milsap scored his first career #1 hit with the Eddie Rabbitt penned “Pure Love”
1964 – Dolly Parton moved to Nashville the day after graduating high school

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Frankie Ballard

This Date in Country Music History

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This Date in Country Music History

2022 – Jelly Roll released his single “Son of a Sinner”
2020 – Sam Hunt scored a #1 album with Southside
2011 – Billy Currington released his single “Love Done Gone”
2011 – Jake Owen released his single “Barefoot Blue Jean Night”
2009 – Taylor Swift released her single “You Belong With Me”
2003 – Dierks Bentley made his Grand Ole Opry debut
1998 – Diamond Rio became members of the Grand Ole Opry
1998 – Jo Dee Messina topped the charts with “Bye Bye”
1995 – Ty Herndon released his debut album What Mattered Most
1992 – Aaron Tippin scored his first career #1 hit with “There Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With The Radio”
1981 – Alabama topped the charts with “Old Flame”

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Trace Adkins

This Date in Country Music History

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

2022 – Jimmie Allen released his single “Down Home”
2021 – MLB’s Texas Rangers re-name their spring training baseball park in Surprise, AZ as Charley Pride Field
2020 – Maren Morris scored a #1 single with “The Bones”
2013 – Longtime Grand Ole Opry legend Jack Greene passed away
2011 – Luke Bryan released his single “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)”
2011 – Brad Paisley released his single “Old Alabama”
2000 – Shania Twain‘s album Come On Over became the highest selling country album of all time, passing 17 million copies sold
1998 – Jo Dee Messina made her Grand Ole Opry debut
1998 – Diamond Rio was invited to become members of the Grand Ole Opry
1995 – Toby Keith released his single “You Ain’t Much Fun”
1992 – John Anderson scored a #1 hit with “Straight Tequila Night”
1970 – Merle Haggard topped the charts with “Fightin’ Side of Me”

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