The Oak Ridge Boys

This Date in Country Music History

• 2025 – Tony Brown, June Carter Cash, & Kenny Chesney were announced as inductees for the Country Music Hall of Fame Class of 2025
• 2024 – Kacey Musgraves released her single “The Architect”
• 2024 – The Zac Brown Band released their single “Tie Up”
• 2022 – Maren Morris released her album Humble Quest
• 2020 – Glen Campbell’s “Wichita Lineman” and Eddy Arnold’s “Make The World Go Away” were added by the Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry
• 2019 – Brett Young’s single “Mercy” was certified Double Platinum
• 2017 – Sundance Head made his Grand Ole Opry debut
• 2016 – “I Saw the Light”, a movie about Hank Williams, debuted in theaters
• 2016 – Margo Price released her album Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
• 2015 – The Oak Ridge Boys, The Browns, and Grady Martin were announced as the newest inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame
• 2014 – Jerrod Niemann released his album High Noon
• 2014 – Chase Rice made his Grand Ole Opry debut
• 2013 – Tim McGraw released his duet with Taylor Swift “Highway Don’t Care” featuring Keith Urban on guitar
• 2009 – Dan Seals passed away in Nashville
• 2006 – Country Music Hall of Famer Buck Owens passed away in California
• 1989 – Reba McEntire topped the charts with “New Fool At An Old Game”

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• 2024 – HCM Daily Country Music News – March 25th, 2024
• 2022 – HCM Daily News – March 25th, 2022
• 2022 – Today’s New Music – March 25th, 2022
• 2020 – HCM Daily News – March 25th, 2020
• Today’s Birthdays – March 25th

Hillary Scott

Happy Birthday to today’s country music birthdays!

• Hillary Scott (Lady A)
• Jennifer Wayne (Runaway June)
• Jim Ed Brown (d)
• Kip Moore

Jim Ed Brown

Check out the Grand Ole Opry’s video of Jim Ed Brown performing on the Opry stage for what would be the final time on April 11th, 2015. Here, he performs one of his signature hits, “The Three Bells.”

AT&T U-VERSE FAN FAIR X
ARTISTS OF THE DAY AND LINEUPS ANNOUNCED!

AT&T U-verse Fan Fair X at CMA Music Festival is back and better than ever! The four-day event is the center of the fan and artist experience during the Festival, featuring performances, activities, and artist interactions you can’t find anywhere else.

• Each day of #CMAfest will kick off with the Artist of the Day. Little Big Town (Thursday), Hunter Hayes (Friday), Chris Young (Saturday), and Darius Rucker (Sunday) start each day off right with appearances and Q&As at the CMA Close Up Stage.
• The CMA Close Up Stage is where fans can get up-close-and-personal with their favorite artists, including appearances by 2015 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees The Oak Ridge Boys and Jim Ed Brown, CMA Songwriters Series featuring Sara Evans, “American Country Countdown” with Kix Brooks, a Q&A with Kellie Pickler, ABC’s “Nashville” star Charles Esten, stars of the Grand Ole Opry, Song Suffragettes with special guest Jamie O’Neal celebrating female songwriters, and more!
• Two stages packed with live performances from Country’s rising stars and legends, the AT&T U-verse Showcase Stage and Durango Music Spot.
• The 2015 CMA Foundation Auction benefiting music education will include memorabilia from Jason Aldean, Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Ariana Grande, Hunter Hayes, Sam Hunt, Little Big Town, A Thousand Horses, Meghan Trainor, and Zac Brown Band.
• And so much more!

AT&T U-verse Fan Fair X is free to all CMA Fest four-day LP Field ticket holders. If you do not have a four-day LP Field ticket, tickets to Fan Fair X are available now at CMAfest.com. Click below to see the full stage lineups and activities, and plan your Fest experience!

Jim Ed Brown

Check out the Grand Ole Opry’s video of Jim Ed Brown performing “When The Sun Says Hello To The Mountain” on the Opry stage!