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This Date in Country Music History – June 13th

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This Date in Country Music History

2025 – Dierks Bentley released his album Broken Branches
2022 – Carly Pearce released her song “What He Didn’t Do”
2020 – Jimmy Buffett scored a #1 country album with Life on the Flip Side
2014 – Kacey Musgraves teams up with Katy Perry for the 50th episode of CMT Crossroads
2011 – Toby Keith released his single “Made in America”
2010 – Country Music Hall of Famer Jimmy Dean passed away. He is best known for his hit “Big Bad John” and his sausage business.
1995 – Kenny Chesney‘s All I Need to Know album was released
1995 – George Strait‘s single “Lead On” was released
1995 – Perfect Stranger released their album You Have the Right to Remain Silent
1987 – Randy Travis scored a #1 hit single “Forever and Ever, Amen”
1981 – Dottie West and Kenny Rogers hit #1 with their duet “What Are We Doin’ In Love”
1959 – Roy Drusky joined the Grand Ole Opry

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admin — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:13:01 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

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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admin — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:50:03 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Ashley McBryde released her single “Light On in the Kitchen”
2021 – Thomas Rhett scored a #1 single with “What’s Your Country Song”
2020 – Joe Diffie announced that he had contracted COVID-19, which would take his life in the coming days
2020 – Ingrid Andress released her album Lady Like
2020 – Wade Bowen & Randy Rogers released their Texas Country hit “Hold My Beer”
2018 – The 2018 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees were announced: Ricky Skaggs, Dottie West, and Johnny Gimble
2018 – Lee Brice’s single “A Woman Like You” was certified Double Platinum
2018 – Brantley Gilbert’s single “The Weekend” was certified Platinum
2007 – Tim McGraw released his album Let It Go
1999 – Kenny Chesney topped the charts for the first of 6 weeks with “How Forever Feels”
1971 – Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn topped the charts with “After The Fire Is Gone”
1965 – Roger Miller topped the charts with “King of the Road”

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admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:56:28 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2018 – Ricky Skaggs, Dottie West and Johnny Gimble were officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
2017 – Shania Twain scored a #1 album with Now
2014 – Little Big Town released their album Pain Killer
2014 – Reba McEntire became the first artist to sign with NASH Icons
2012 – Garth Brooks & Connie Smith were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
2003 – Mark Wills released his album And The Crowd Goes Wild
1997 – Trace Adkins released his album Big Time

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This Date in Country Music History

2021 – HCM Daily News – October 5th, 2021
2020 – HCM Daily News – October 5th, 2020
2019 – Former American Idol competitors Gabby Barrett and Cade Foehner got married
2018 – Eric Church released his album Desperate Man
2010 – Toby Keith released his album Bullets in the Gun
2004 – George Strait released his 2-disc album 50 Number Ones
2002 – Tracy Byrd scored a #1 hit with “Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo”
2001 – Carolyn Dawn Johnson made her Grand Ole Opry debut
1996 – Ty Herndon scored a #1 hit with “Living In a Moment”
1994 – Merle Haggard was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame

This Week’s Notable Events

Date/Time	Event
10/05/2022 6:00 pm	Runaway June – Franklin, TN The Factory at Franklin, Franklin TN
10/08/2022 Time TBA	Morgan Wallen, Hardy, Mike Ryan, Jake Worthington – Arlington, TX Globe Life Field, Arlington TX
10/08/2022 12:00 am	Riverfront Revival – North Charleston, SC Riverfront Park – N. Charleston, North Charleston SC
10/09/2022 12:00 am	Riverfront Revival – North Charleston, SC Riverfront Park – N. Charleston, North Charleston SC

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