Lonestar | Hometown Country Music

This Date in Country Music History – June 1st

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:54:38 +0000

Brad Paisley

This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Longtime Grand Ole Opry guitarist Jimmy Capps passed away
2018 – Florida Georgia Line released their single “Simple”
2000 – John Rich made his Grand Ole Opry debut as a solo artist
1999 – Lonestar released their Lonely Grill album, which featured the mega-hit “Amazed”
1999 – Brad Paisley‘s debut album, Who Needs Pictures, was released
1991 – Diamond Rio scores their first career #1 with “Meet in the Middle”
1975 – Willie Nelson‘s Red Headed Stranger album was released
1974 – Ronnie Milsap scored his first career #1 hit with the Eddie Rabbitt penned “Pure Love”
1964 – Dolly Parton moved to Nashville the day after graduating high school

HCM Content

admin — Mon, 25 May 2026 11:54:26 +0000

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

HCM Content

admin — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:04:26 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

HCM Content

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:32:36 +0000

Bill Anderson

This Date in Country Music History

2023 – A statue of Charley Pride is unveiled at the Icon Walk at the Ryman Auditorium
2020 – Lee Brice released his song “One of Them Girls”
2019 – George Strait scored a #1 album with Honky Tonk Time Machine
2018 – Jason Aldean released his album Rearview Town
2012 – Jana Kramer made her Grand Ole Opry debut
2010 – Laura Bell Bundy released her album Achin’ and Shakin’
1999 – Andy Griggs released his debut album You Won’t Ever Be Lonely
1996 – Lonestar scored their first career #1 hit with “No News”
1991 – Alabama topped the charts for the first of 3 weeks with “Down Home”
1963 – Bill Anderson topped the charts with “Still”
1959 – George Jones scored his first career #1 hit with “White Lightning”

HCM Content

Today’s Photo Flashback (See All Photos)

admin — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:16:37 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2024 – Dierks Bentley released his song “American Girl”
2018 – Cole Swindell released his single “Break Up In The End”
2012 – Carrie Underwood released her single “Good Girl”
2012 – Toby Keith‘s album Clancy’s Tavern was certified gold
2012 – Luke Bryan‘s single “I Don’t Want This Night to End” was certified platinum
2011 – Thompson Square‘s single “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not” was certified gold
2010 – Sarah Buxton released her self-titled debut album
2010 – Don Williams, Jimmy Dean, and Ferlin Husky were announced as part of the Country Music Hall of Fame’s newest class of inductees
2010 – Josh Thompson released his debut album, Way Out Here
2009 – The Zac Brown Band‘s single “Chicken Fried” was certified gold
2009 – Randy Houser released his single “Boots On”
2000 – Sara Evans‘ album No Place That Far became her first gold album
2000 – Lonestar scored their first double-platinum album with Lonely Grill
1996 – George Strait‘s 4-disc boxed set Straight Out of the Box was certified triple platinum
1993 – Brooks & Dunn released their album Hard Workin’ Man
1988 – Hank Williams Jr‘s album Born to Boogie was certified platinum
1985 – Mel McDaniel topped the charts with “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On”
1959 – Johnny Cash scored a #1 hit with “Don’t Take Your Guns to Town”
1957 – Porter Wagoner joined the Grand Ole Opry

HCM Content