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Carrie Underwood

This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Jordan Davis released his song “Almost Maybes”
2019 – Blake Shelton scored a #1 single with “God’s Country”
2018 – John Rich opened his bar in downtown Nashville called Redeck Riviera
2011 – Scotty McCreery won American Idol, with fellow country singer Lauren Alaina coming in second
2011 – Scotty McCreery‘s debut single “I Love You This Big” was released
2011 – Lauren Alaina’s debut single “Like My Mother Does” was released
2005 – Carrie Underwood won American Idol
2005 – Garth Brooks proposed to Trisha Yearwood
2004 – Julie Roberts released her debut, self-titled album
2004 – Lonestar released their album, Let’s Be Us Again
2002 – Alan Jackson hits #1 with his song “Drive (For Daddy Gene)” which stays at #1 for 4 weeks
1991 – Doug Stone hits #1 with “In a Different Light”
1951 – Marty Robbins signed a record label deal with Columbia Records…the partnership lasted 31 years

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This Date in Country Music History

2024 – Miranda Lambert released her song “Wranglers”
2021 – Justin Moore released his duet “Thinking ‘Bout You” with MacKenzie Porter
2011 – Shania Twain‘s autobiography, “From This Moment On” is released
2011 – Colt Ford‘s Every Chance I Get album is released
2010 – Historical flooding occurs in Nashville when the Cumberland River overflows. The Grand Ole Opry stage is two feet underwater, the Ford Theater in the Country Music Hall of Fame is 5 feet under water, and Julie Roberts has to be rescued by boat from the 2nd floor of her home.
2010 – Sammy Kershaw announces his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor for the state of Louisiana
2006 – Ricky Van Shelton announces his retirement from Country Music
2006 – Chris Young is signed to a record label deal with RCA Records
2005 – Keith Anderson‘s debut album Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll
2004 – On his 27th birthday, Eric Church is offered a record label deal with Capitol Records
1986 – Dolly Parton opens up her theme park, Dollywood
1947 – Ernest Tubb’s Record Shop opens in Nashville

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This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Tigirlily Gold released their song “Shoot Tequila”
2009 – Gloriana made their Grand Ole Opry debut
2006 – Tim McGraw released his single “When The Stars Go Blue”
2004 – Julie Roberts made her Grand Ole Opry debut
1999 – Sara Evans scored her first career #1 hit with “No Place That Far”
1989 – Lionel Cartwright released his self-titled debut album
1989 – Garth Brooks released his debut single “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)”