This Date in Country Music History

• 2022 – Lainey Wilson released her album Bell Bottom Country
• 2022 – Bryan Martin released his song “We Ride”
• 2022 – Jerry Lee Lewis passed away at the age of 87
• 2020 – Billy Joe Shaver passed away from a stroke in Waco, TX
• 2020 – Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani announced their engagement
• 2016 – Kenny Chesney released his album Cosmic Hallelujah
• 2008 – Toby Keith‘s album That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy was released
• 2008 – Joey + Rory released their debut album Life of a Song
• 2007 – Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry member Porter Wagoner passed away due to lung cancer
• 2007 – Vince Gill, Mel Tillis, and Ralph Emery were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
• 2006 – Heartland scored a #1 hit with their wedding staple “I Loved Her First”
• 1995 – David Lee Murphy scored a #1 hit with “Dust on the Bottle”
• 1991 – Tracy Lawrence released his debut album Sticks and Stones
• 1939 – Bill Monroe made his Grand Ole Opry debut

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Today’s Photo Flashback

• Larry & The Gatlin Brothers – 10/28/11 – Sunrise Theatre in Fort Pierce, FL
• Love & Theft – 10/28/09 – Round Up in Davie, FL
• Luke Bryan – 10/28/09 – Round Up in Davie, FL
• Rodney Atkins – 10/28/21 – Renegades in West Palm Beach, FL

This Date in Country Music History

• 2017 – The Route 91 Country Music Festival was abruptly halted when a shooter opened fire on the crowd killing 58
• 2016 – Jason Aldean scored a #1 album with the release of They Don’t Know
• 2006 – Heartland released their debut album I Loved Her First
• 2005 – Dierks Bentley was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry
• 1996 – David Kersh released his debut album titled Goodnight Sweetheart
• 1986 – Patty Loveless released her self-titled debut album
• 1977 – Kenny Rogers topped the charts with “Daytime Friends”

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Happy Birthday to today’s Country Music Birthdays!

• Todd Anderson (Heartland)

Heartland, best known for its No. 1 Billboard charting and platinum-selling smash country hit, “I Loved Her First,” announced today its return to the music scene. The ACM-nominated band, comprised of original members Craig Anderson, Todd Anderson, and Mike Myerson, is currently in-studio working on all-new music. Heartland’s lineup will feature a new lead vocalist, Lance Horton.

“Todd, Mike, and myself are so excited to relaunch the project we’ve been a part of our entire adult lives and are super stoked to have Lance, who we’ve worked with for a number of years now, joining us for this next chapter,” says Craig Anderson. “We have a great team working with us and are very much looking forward to showing everyone what’s coming up soon.”

Heartland’s new album, set for release later this year, will be available via Yellowhammer Music Group. Jimmy Ritchie (Jake Owen, Clay Walker, Mark Chesnutt) will helm the project as producer. The forthcoming compilation will mark Heartland’s first new music release in over a decade.

“It’s been an awesome ride from the time Todd and I started this and we can’t wait to get back out there and see our friends all over the country again,” adds Anderson.

More details on Heartland’s new project will be announced soon.