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This Date in Country Music History – June 9th

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Kenny Rogers

This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Lauren Alaina and Lainey Wilson released their duet “Thicc as Thieves“
2019 – RaeLynn’s single “God Made Girls” was certified Platinum
2015 – A Thousand Horses released their debut album Southernality
2015 – Keith Urban released his single “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16”
2007 – Mel Tillis joined the Grand Ole Opry
2001 – Kenny Chesney hit #1 with his song “Don’t Happen Twice”
1990 – George Strait’s “Love Without End, Amen” hit #1 for the first of 5 straight weeks
1984 – Lorrie Morgan joined the Grand Ole Opry
1979 – Kenny Rogers hit #1 with “She Believes In Me”

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Rascal Flatts

This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Jelly Roll released his duet “Save Me” with Lainey Wilson
2023 – Bailey Zimmerman released his album Religiously: The Album
2018 – Jordan Davis made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2018 – Keith Urban scored a #1 album with Graffiti U
2007 – Mel Tillis was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry by Bill Anderson
2007 – Rascal Flatts topped the charts with “Stand”
1998 – Tracy Byrd‘s I’m From the Country album was released
1992 – Martina McBride‘s debut album The Time Has Come was released
1990 – Travis Tritt scored his first career #1 song with “Help Me Hold On”
1984 – Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson hit #1 on the singles chart with “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before”

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This Date in Country Music History

2021 – Walker Hayes released his single “AA”
2021 – Morgan Wallen’s double album Dangerous was certified Double Platinum
2019 – Blanco Brown made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2018 – Jon Pardi’s album California Sunrise was certified platinum
2017 – Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry member Mel Tillis passed away at the age of 85
2016 – Brooke Eden made her Grand Ole Opry debut
2016 – Keith Urban scored a #1 hit with “Blue Ain’t Your Color” for the first of 16 weeks on the Billboard charts
2012 – Dustin Lynch released his single “She Cranks My Tractor”
2011 – The Marshall Tucker Band made their Grand Ole Opry debut
2007 – Martina McBride surprised Charlie Daniels with an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry
2002 – Shania Twain released her album Up!
1994 – Mary Chapin Carpenter scored a #1 hit with “Shut Up And Kiss Me”

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admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:10:49 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2022 – Lainey Wilson released her album Bell Bottom Country
2022 – Bryan Martin released his song “We Ride”
2022 – Jerry Lee Lewis passed away at the age of 87
2020 – Billy Joe Shaver passed away from a stroke in Waco, TX
2020 – Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani announced their engagement
2016 – Kenny Chesney released his album Cosmic Hallelujah
2008 – Toby Keith‘s album That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy was released
2008 – Joey + Rory released their debut album Life of a Song
2007 – Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry member Porter Wagoner passed away due to lung cancer
2007 – Vince Gill, Mel Tillis, and Ralph Emery were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
2006 – Heartland scored a #1 hit with their wedding staple “I Loved Her First”
1995 – David Lee Murphy scored a #1 hit with “Dust on the Bottle”
1991 – Tracy Lawrence released his debut album Sticks and Stones
1939 – Bill Monroe made his Grand Ole Opry debut

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admin — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 10:28:36 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Megan Moroney released her song “I’m Not Pretty”
2020 – Luke Bryan released his album Born Here Live Here Die Here
2020 – Darius Rucker released his song “Beers and Sunshine”
2019 – Dwight Yoakam, Larry Gatlin, Rivers Rutherford and more were announced as the newest inductees into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
2015 – Luke Bryan released his album Kill the Lights
2012 – Colt Ford released his album Declaration of Independence
2007 – Vince Gill, Mel Tillis, and Ralph Emery are announced as the latest inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame
2004 – Reba topped the charts with her hit “Somebody”
2001 – Carolyn Dawn Johnson released her debut album Room With a View
1997 – Garth Brooks Day is celebrated in New York City as he plays a huge concert in Central Park
1997 – Loretta Lynn Day was declared in Minnesota
1995 – Lonestar released their single “Tequila Talkin'”
1989 – Travis Tritt‘s debut single “Country Club” was released
1980 – Willie Nelson released his hit single “On the Road Again”
1979 – Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers released their single “All The Gold In California”
1961 – Patsy Cline topped the charts with her hit “I Fall to Pieces”

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