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		<title>Field &#038; Stage Music Fest Announced for Birmingham, AL</title>
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		<title>This Date in Country Music History &#8211; May 7th</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This date in country music history for May 7th</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_4275" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Jake-Owen.jpg"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4275" class="size-medium wp-image-4275" src="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Jake-Owen-300x225.jpg" alt="Jake Owen" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Jake-Owen-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Jake-Owen-600x450.jpg 600w, https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Jake-Owen.jpg 960w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-4275" class="wp-caption-text">Jake Owen</p></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>This Date in Country Music History</strong></p>
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<li>2022 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/remembering-mickey-gilley/">Country legend Mickey Gilley passed away</a></li>
<li>2021 &#8211; Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall released their album <em>The Marfa Tapes</em></li>
<li>2016 &#8211; Sturgill Simpson scored a #1 album with <em>A Sailor&#8217;s Guide to Earth</em></li>
<li>2013 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Lady+Antebellum&amp;searchsubmit=">Lady Antebellum</a> released their album <em>Golden</em></li>
<li>2013 &#8211; The <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Pistol+Annies&amp;searchsubmit=">Pistol Annies</a> released their album <em>Annie Up</em></li>
<li>2012 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Jake+Owen&amp;searchsubmit=">Jake Owen</a> married Lacey Buchanan in his hometown of Vero Beach, FL</li>
<li>2007 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=LeAnn+Rimes&amp;searchsubmit=">LeAnn Rimes</a> released her single &#8220;Nothin&#8217; Better To Do&#8221;</li>
<li>2004 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Scotty+Emerick&amp;searchsubmit=">Scotty Emerick</a> made his Grand Ole Opry debut</li>
<li>2002 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Kellie+Coffey&amp;searchsubmit=">Kellie Coffey</a> released her debut album <em>When You Lie Next To Me</em></li>
<li>1998 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Eddie+Rabbitt&amp;searchsubmit=">Eddie Rabbitt</a> passed away from lung cancer</li>
<li>1996 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Sammy+Kershaw&amp;searchsubmit=">Sammy Kershaw</a> released his album <em>Politics, Religion, and Her</em></li>
<li>1994 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Clint+Black&amp;searchsubmit=">Clint Black</a> scored a #1 hit with his single &#8220;Good Run of Bad Luck&#8221;</li>
<li>1991 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Travis+Tritt&amp;searchsubmit=">Travis Tritt</a> released his hit single &#8220;Here&#8217;s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)&#8221;</li>
<li>1949 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/category/artists/hank-williams-sr/">Hank Williams</a> topped the charts with &#8220;Lovesick Blues&#8221;</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>HCM Content</strong></p>
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<li>2024 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily Country Music News – May 7th, 2024" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-country-music-news-may-7th-2024/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily Country Music News – May 7th, 2024</a></li>
<li>2021 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="Today’s New Music – May 7th, 2021" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/todays-new-music-may-7th-2021/" rel="bookmark">Today’s New Music – May 7th, 2021</a></li>
<li>2021 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily News – May 7th, 2021" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-news-may-7th-2021/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily News – May 7th, 2021</a></li>
<li>2020 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily News – May 7th, 2020" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-news-may-7th-2020/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily News – May 7th, 2020</a></li>
<li><a class="entry-title" title="Today’s Birthdays – May 7th" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/todays-birthdays-may-7th/" rel="bookmark">Today’s Birthdays – May 7th</a></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.southfloridacountrymusic.com/media-2/photos/"><strong>Today’s Photo Flashback</strong></a></p>
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<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150189700496665.319208.169625346664&amp;type=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Amber Leigh – 5/7/11 – Video Shoot at Crest Theater in Delray Beach, FL</a></li>
</ul>The post <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/this-date-in-country-music-history-may-7th/">This Date in Country Music History – May 7th</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com">Hometown Country Music</a>.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>This Date in Country Music History &#8211; May 1st</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>This date in country music history for May 1st.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1284" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_6018.jpg"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1284" class="size-medium wp-image-1284" src="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_6018-300x225.jpg" alt="photo by Mike Carroll" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_6018-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/IMG_6018-1024x768.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-1284" class="wp-caption-text">Blake Shelton</p></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>This Date in Country Music History</strong></p>
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<li>2023 &#8211; Gordon Lightfoot passed away in Toronto, Canada</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">2022 &#8211; A day after Naomi Judd&#8217;s passing The Judds, Ray Charles, drummer Eddie Bayers and steel guitarist Pete Drake were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame</li>
<li>2020 &#8211; Kenny Chesney released his album <em>Here and Now</em></li>
<li>2019 &#8211; Eric Church&#8217;s single &#8220;Springsteen&#8221; was certified Quintuple Platinum</li>
<li>2012 – <a style="color: #227ad1;" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Carrie+Underwood&amp;searchsubmit=">Carrie Underwood </a>released her album <em>Blown Away</em></li>
<li>2007 – <a style="color: #227ad1;" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Blake+Shelton&amp;searchsubmit=">Blake Shelton</a> released his album <em>Pure BS</em></li>
<li>2007 – <a style="color: #227ad1;" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Miranda+Lambert&amp;searchsubmit=">Miranda Lambert</a> released her album <em>Crazy Ex-Girlfriend</em></li>
<li>2004 – <a style="color: #227ad1;" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Trent+Willmon&amp;searchsubmit=">Trent Willmon</a> made his Grand Ole Opry debut</li>
<li>2001 – <a style="color: #227ad1;" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Montgomery+Gentry&amp;searchsubmit=">Montgomery Gentry</a> released their album <em>Carrying On</em></li>
<li>1995 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Rhett+Akins&amp;searchsubmit=">Rhett Akins</a> released his single &#8220;That Ain&#8217;t My Truck&#8221;</li>
<li>1993 – <a style="color: #227ad1;" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Charley+Pride&amp;searchsubmit=">Charley Pride</a> joined the Grand Ole Opry</li>
<li>1993 – <a style="color: #227ad1;" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Tracy+Lawrence&amp;searchsubmit=">Tracy Lawrence</a> topped the charts with “Alibis”</li>
<li>1982 – <a style="color: #227ad1;" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Alabama&amp;searchsubmit=">Alabama</a> topped the charts with &#8220;Mountain Music”</li>
<li>1981 – <a style="color: #227ad1;" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Alabama&amp;searchsubmit=">Alabama</a> released their single “Feels Go Right”</li>
<li>1976 – <a style="color: #227ad1;" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Mickey+Gilley&amp;searchsubmit=">Mickey Gilley</a> hit #1 with “Don’t The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time”</li>
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<li>2024 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily Country Music News – May 1st, 2024" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-country-music-news-may-1st-2024/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily Country Music News – May 1st, 2024</a></li>
<li>2023 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="Weekly Country Music Chart Recap – May 1st, 2023" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/weekly-country-music-chart-recap-may-1st-2023/" rel="bookmark">Weekly Country Music Chart Recap – May 1st, 2023</a></li>
<li>2023 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily Country Music News – May 1st, 2023" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-country-music-news-may-1st-2023/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily Country Music News – May 1st, 2023</a></li>
<li>2020 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily News – May 1st, 2020" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-news-may-1st-2020/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily News – May 1st, 2020</a></li>
<li><a class="entry-title" title="Today’s Birthday – May 1st" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/todays-birthday-may-1st/" rel="bookmark">Today’s Birthday – May 1st</a></li>
</ul>The post <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/this-date-in-country-music-history-may-1st/">This Date in Country Music History – May 1st</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com">Hometown Country Music</a>.]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>This Date in Country Music History &#8211; April 18th</title>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>This Date in Country Music History</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>2022 &#8211; Jelly Roll released his single &#8220;Son of a Sinner&#8221;</li>
<li>2020 &#8211; Sam Hunt scored a #1 album with <em>Southside</em></li>
<li>2011 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Billy+Currington&amp;searchsubmit=">Billy Currington</a> released his single &#8220;Love Done Gone&#8221;</li>
<li>2011 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Jake+Owen&amp;searchsubmit=">Jake Owen</a> released his single &#8220;Barefoot Blue Jean Night&#8221;</li>
<li>2009 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Taylor+Swift&amp;searchsubmit=">Taylor Swift</a> released her single &#8220;You Belong With Me&#8221;</li>
<li>2003 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Dierks+Bentley&amp;searchsubmit=">Dierks Bentley</a> made his Grand Ole Opry debut</li>
<li>1998 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Diamond+Rio&amp;searchsubmit=">Diamond Rio</a> became members of the Grand Ole Opry</li>
<li>1998 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Jo+Dee+Messina&amp;searchsubmit=">Jo Dee Messina</a> topped the charts with &#8220;Bye Bye&#8221;</li>
<li>1995 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Ty+Herndon&amp;searchsubmit=">Ty Herndon</a> released his debut album <em>What Mattered Most</em></li>
<li>1992 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Aaron+Tippin&amp;searchsubmit=">Aaron Tippin</a> scored his first career #1 hit with &#8220;There Ain&#8217;t Nothin&#8217; Wrong With The Radio&#8221;</li>
<li>1981 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/category/artists/alabama/">Alabama</a> topped the charts with &#8220;Old Flame&#8221;</li>
</ul>
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<li>2025 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Weekly Country Music News – April 18th, 2025" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-weekly-country-music-news-april-18th-2025/" rel="bookmark">HCM Weekly Country Music News – April 18th, 2025</a></li>
<li>2024 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily Country Music News – April 18th, 2024" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-country-music-news-april-18th-2024/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily Country Music News – April 18th, 2024</a></li>
<li>2023 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily Country Music News – April 18th, 2023" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-country-music-news-april-18th-2023/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily Country Music News – April 18th, 2023</a></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>This Date in Country Music History</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>2024 &#8211; Jake Owen released his album <em>Live From LA</em></li>
<li>2024 &#8211; Tyler Hubbard released his album <em>Strong</em></li>
<li>2019 &#8211; Heather Morgan made her Grand Ole Opry debut</li>
<li>2016 &#8211; John Fogerty made his Grand Ole Opry debut</li>
<li>2010 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Zac+Brown+Band&amp;searchsubmit=">Zac Brown Band</a> released their single &#8220;Free&#8221;</li>
<li>1999 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Boxcar+Willie&amp;searchsubmit=">Boxcar Willie</a> passed away in Bronson, MO</li>
<li>1989 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/?s=Garth+Brooks&amp;searchsubmit=">Garth Brooks</a> released his self-titled debut album</li>
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<li>2024 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily Country Music News – April 12th, 2024" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-country-music-news-april-12th-2024/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily Country Music News – April 12th, 2024</a></li>
<li>2023 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily Country Music News – April 12th, 2023" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-country-music-news-april-12th-2023/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily Country Music News – April 12th, 2023</a></li>
<li>2022 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="HCM Daily News – April 12th, 2022" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-news-april-12th-2022/" rel="bookmark">HCM Daily News – April 12th, 2022</a></li>
<li>2021 &#8211; <a class="entry-title" title="Today’s New Music – April 12th, 2021" href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/todays-new-music-april-12th-2021/" rel="bookmark">Today’s New Music – April 12th, 2021</a></li>
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<li>2020 &#8211; <a href="https://www.hometowncountrymusic.com/hcm-daily-news-april-12th-2020/">HCM Daily News – April 12th, 2020</a></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.southfloridacountrymusic.com/media-2/photos/"><strong>Today’s Photo Flashback</strong></a></p>
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<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152355987641665.1073741946.169625346664&amp;type=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Billy Currington – 4/12/14 – Tortuga Music Festival in Ft. Lauderdale Beach, FL</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152355977551665.1073741944.169625346664&amp;type=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Blackjack Billy – 4/12/14 – Tortuga Music Festival in Ft. Lauderdale Beach, FL</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152355985136665.1073741945.169625346664&amp;type=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brett Eldredge – 4/12/14 – Tortuga Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale Beach, FL</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152356033216665.1073741949.169625346664&amp;type=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Delta Rae – 4/12/14 – Tortuga Music Festival in Ft. Lauderdale Beach, FL</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152356041566665.1073741950.169625346664&amp;type=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Eric Church – 4/12/14 – Tortuga Music Festival in Ft. Lauderdale Beach, FL</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152356000496665.1073741947.169625346664&amp;type=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hank Williams Jr. – 4/12/14 – Tortuga Music Festival in Ft. Lauderdale Beach, FL</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151560913636665.1073741851.169625346664&amp;type=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kenny Rogers – 4/12/13 – Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, FL</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152356013076665.1073741948.169625346664&amp;type=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Train – 4/12/14 – Tortuga Music Festival in Ft. Lauderdale Beach, FL</a></li>
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