Freddy Fender | Hometown Country Music https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com For true country music fans! We invite you to visit and explore our robust website full of content and information! Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:34:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-HCM-logo-32x32.jpg Freddy Fender | Hometown Country Music https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com 32 32 This Date in Country Music History – February 4th https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/this-date-in-country-music-history-february-4th/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:25:27 +0000 https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?p=11286   This Date in Country Music History 2023 – Hardy scored a #1 album with The Mockingbird & The Crow 2022 – Kylie Frey and Bri Bagwell released their duet cover of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” 2020 – Jake Hoot made his Grand Ole Opry debut 2014 – Eric Paslay released his self-titled debut [...]

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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2023 – Hardy scored a #1 album with The Mockingbird & The Crow
  • 2022 – Kylie Frey and Bri Bagwell released their duet cover of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”
  • 2020 – Jake Hoot made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2014 – Eric Paslay released his self-titled debut album
  • 2009 – Barbara Mandrell and Roy Clark were named the newest inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame
  • 2008 – George Strait released his single “I Saw God Today”
  • 2008 – The Lost Trailers released their single “Holler Back”
  • 2003 – Blake Shelton released his album The Dreamer
  • 2002 – George Strait released his single “Living and Living Well”
  • 1999 – Freddy Fender received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • 1995 – Pam Tillis scored her first career #1 hit with “Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)”
  • 1991 – Alabama released their single “Down Home”

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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Chase Matthew released his song “Darlin'”
  • 2022 – Bailey Zimmerman released his album Leave the Light On
  • 2022 – Carrie Underwood released her single “Hate My Heart”
  • 2019 – Dwight Yoakam, Larry Gatlin, Rivers Rutherford, Marcus Hummon, Sharon Vaughn and Kostas became members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
  • 2017 – Kacey Musgraves married fellow artist Ruston Kelly
  • 2017 – Emily Ann Roberts made her Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2014 – Florida Georgia Line released their album Anything Goes
  • 2014 – The Swon Brothers released their self-titled debut album
  • 2011 – The remake of “Footloose” was released in theaters starring Julianne Hough and featured Blake Shelton singing the title track of the soundtrack
  • 2008 – Kenny Chesney released his album Lucky Old Sun
  • 2008 – Billy Currington released his album Little Bit of Everything
  • 2006 – The legendary Freddy Fender passed away in Texas due to cancer
  • 2006 – Josh Turner scored a #1 hit with “Would You Go With Me”
  • 2003 – Josh Turner released his debut album Long Black Train
  • 2003 – Rodney Atkins released his debut album Honesty
  • 1989 – Clint Black topped the charts with “Killin’ Time”
  • 1977 – Johnny Paycheck released his signature hit “Take This Job and Shove It”
  • 1972 – Donna Fargo scored a #1 hit with “Funny Face”
  • 1970 – Merle Haggard won 4 CMA Awards: Entertainer, Male Vocalist, Single, and Album
  • 1967 – Tammy Wynette scored her first career #1 hit with “I Don’t Wanna Play House”

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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Thomas Rhett released his song “After All the Bars Are Closed”
  • 2021 – Dylan Scott released his song “New Truck”
  • 2019 – Chase Rice’s single “Eyes on You” was certified Platinum
  • 2018 – Lee Brice’s single “That Don’t Sound Like You” was certified Platinum
  • 2014 – Jason Aldean topped the Billboard Country chart for the first of 14 weeks with “Burnin’ It Down”
  • 2011 – Luke Bryan released his album Tailgates & Tanlines
  • 1993 – George Strait released his single “Easy Come, Easy Go”
  • 1975 – Freddy Fender scored a #1 hit with “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights”

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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Kacey Musgraves released her album Deeper Well
  • 2023 – After 20 years on the label, Miranda Lambert announced that she was leaving Sony Music Nashville
  • 2021 – Lady A released their single “Like a Lady”
  • 2021 – Kenny Chesney released his single “Knowing You”
  • 2019 – Kane Brown’s single “Lose It” was certified Platinum
  • 2019 – Kelsea Ballerini’s single “Miss Me More” was certified Gold
  • 2014 – Brantley Gilbert topped the charts with “Bottoms Up”
  • 2014 – Dierks Bentley topped the album charts with Riser
  • 2008 – Carrie Underwood was invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry by Randy Travis
  • 2005 – Miranda Lambert released her first major-label album Kerosene
  • 2003 – Brad Paisley married actress Kimberly Williams
  • 2002 – Tommy Shane Steiner made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1997 – Deana Carter topped the charts with “We Danced Anyway”
  • 1975 – Freddy Fender topped the charts with “Before The Next Teardrop Falls”

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