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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

2021 – Eric Church performed the National Anthem before the Super Bowl in Tampa
2020 – Gene Watson was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry
2020 – Darius Rucker was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame
2018 – Tyler Farr’s single “Whiskey in My Water” was certified platinum
2015 – Luke Bryan topped the charts for the first of two weeks with his single “I See You”
2012 – Dierks Bentley released his album Home
2004 – Alan Jackson scored a #1 hit with “Remember When”
2003 – Jennifer Hanson made her Grand Ole Opry debut
2000 – Brad Paisley released his single “Me Neither”
1995 – Shania Twain released her album The Woman In Me
1983 – The Oak Ridge Boys released their single “American Made”
1981 – John Conlee became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
1953 – Marty Robbins made his Grand Ole Opry debut

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admin — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:27:10 +0000

Charlie Daniels

This Date in Country Music History

2026 – On her 80th birthday, Dolly Parton Day was celebrated by the state of Tennessee
2018 – LANco released their debut album Hallelujah Nights
2018 – Devin Dawson released his debut album Dark Horse
2018 – Brett Eldredge’s single “Wanna Be That Song” was certified Platinum
2018 – Dustin Lynch’s single “Small Town Boy” was certified Platinum
2016 – Dierks Bentley released his single “Somewhere on a Beach”
2008 – Charlie Daniels became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
1985 – Reba McEntire scored a #1 hit with “How Blue”
1974 – Tom T. Hall topped the charts with “I Love”
1963 – Flatts & Scruggs topped the charts with the “The Ballad of Jed Clampett”
1953 – Marty Robbins became a member of the Grand Ole Opry

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Jason Aldean

This Date in Country Music History

2017 – Luke Bryan released his album What Makes You Country
2014 – Jason Aldean’s album Old Boots, New Dirt was certified platinum
1990 – George Strait topped the charts for the first of 5 weeks with his hit “I’ve Come To Expect It From You”
1982 – Country Music Hall of Famer Marty Robbins died of a heart attack in Nashville

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