This Date in Country Music History

• 2020 – Chris Janson’s single “Buy Me a Boat” was certified Triple Platinum
• 2020 – The Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood duet “Somethin’ Bad” was certified Double Platinum
• 2020 – Miranda Lambert’s single “Little Red Wagon” was certified Platinum
• 2016 – Maren Morris released her debut album Hero
• 2016 – Dan + Shay released their album Obsessed
• 2014 – Joshua Scott Jones, formerly of Steel Magnolia, released his debut album The Healing
• 2014 – Miranda Lambert released her album Platinum
• 2008 – Jewel released her debut country album Perfectly Clear
• 2006 – Dierks Bentley scored a #1 hit with “Settle for a Slowdown”
• 1997 – Tim McGraw‘s Everywhere album was released
• 1980 – Eddie Rabbitt‘s “Drivin’ My Life Away” is released as a single
• 1972 – Donna Fargo‘s single “The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.” reached #1 on the charts

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• Bill Anderson – 6/3/14 – Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN
• Carrie Underwood – 6/3/14 – Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN
• Charlie Worsham – 6/3/14 – Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN
• Jennifer Nettles – 6/3/14 – Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN
• Josh Turner – 6/3/14 – Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN
• Oak Ridge Boys – 6/3/14 – Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN
• Taylor Swift – 6/3/11 – Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, FL
• Terri Clark – 6/3/14 – Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN
• Trace Adkins – 6/3/14 – Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN

This Date in Country Music History

• 2022 – Morgan Wallen scored a Billboard Country Singles #1 with “Thought You Should Know”
• 2021 – Blake Shelton released his album Body Language
• 2021 – Jordan Davis released his album Buy Dirt
• 2018 – Scotty McCreery’s single “Five More Minutes” was certified Platinum
• 2018 – Darius Rucker’s former pop/rock band Hootie and the Blowfish saw their album Cracked Rear View get certified 21-times Platinum for sales of over 21 million copies
• 2016 – Maren Morris made her Grand Ole Opry debut
• 2016 – Florida Georgia Line scored a #1 hit with “H.O.L.Y.”
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• 2013 – Darius Rucker‘s True Believers album was released
• 2013 – Kellie Pickler was named the winner of “Dancing with the Stars”
• 2013 – Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert open up NBC’s The Voice with a rendition of “Over You” in honor of tornado victims in Oklahoma
• 2013 – Hunter Hayes is awarded with triple platinum certification for his single “Wanted“
• 2012 – Blake Shelton‘s single “Over” was released
• 2012 – Jake Owen released “The One That Got Away” to radio
• 2002 – Emerson Drive‘s self-titled debut album was released
• 1994 – John Berry topped the charts with “Your Love Amazes Me”
• 1991 – Tracy Lawrence signs a record label deal with Atlantic Records
• 1988 – Kathy Mattea topped the charts with “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Rozes”
• 1984 – Lee Greenwood‘s “God Bless the USA” is released as a single
• 1977 – Waylon Jennings topped the charts for the first of 6 weeks with “Luckenbach, Texas”

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Alan Jackson

This Date in Country Music History

• 2021 – Alan Jackson released his album Where Have You Gone
• 2020 – Hannah Mulholland announced her departure from Runaway June
• 2013 – George Strait released his Love Is Everything album
• 2013 – Keith Urban released “Little Bit of Everything” as a single to radio
• 2012 – Kenny Chesney released his single “Come Over”
• 2011 – Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert got married in Texas
• 2005 – Jo Dee Messina hits #1 with her single “My Give a Damn’s Busted”
• 1991 – Alan Jackson released his album Don’t Rock the Jukebox
• 1984 – Alabama won 3 ACM Awards:  Entertainer of the Year, Top Vocal Group, and Album of the Year

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Today’s Photo Flashback

• Eric Church – 5/14/09 – Round Up in Davie, FL
• Cam – 5/14/15 – Round Up in Davie, FL
• Michael Ray – 5/14/15 – Round Up in Davie, FL

Tim McGraw

This Date in Country Music History

• 2025 – Blake Shelton released his album For Recreational Use Only
• 2025 – Johnny Rodriguez passed away
• 2025 – Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert and Lainey Wilson released their song “Trailblazer”
• 2022 – LoCash released their song “Beach Boys”
• 2020 – Gwen Stefani made her Grand Ole Opry debut when she performed with Blake Shelton remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• 2015 – Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” topped the Billboard charts for the first of 13 weeks
• 2012 – Tim McGraw signed a new record label deal with Big Machine Records
• 2010 – Blake Shelton proposed to Miranda Lambert while out in the woods in Oklahoma
• 2005 – Kenny Chesney married actress Renee Zellweger in the Virgin Islands
• 2004 – Trick Pony signed a record label deal with Curb Records
• 2001 – Lee Ann Womack won 3 ACM Awards for her smash hit “I Hope You Dance.”  Trophies were for Single, Song, and Vocal Event (w/ Sons of the Desert)
• 1992 – Brooks & Dunn hit #1 on the charts with their single “Neon Moon”
• 1989 – Keith Whitley died of alcohol poisoning
• 1989 – Tim McGraw moved to Nashville to pursue a career in Country Music

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Jake Owen

This Date in Country Music History

• 2022 – Country legend Mickey Gilley passed away
• 2021 – Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall released their album The Marfa Tapes
• 2016 – Sturgill Simpson scored a #1 album with A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
• 2013 – Lady Antebellum released their album Golden
• 2013 – The Pistol Annies released their album Annie Up
• 2012 – Jake Owen married Lacey Buchanan in his hometown of Vero Beach, FL
• 2007 – LeAnn Rimes released her single “Nothin’ Better To Do”
• 2004 – Scotty Emerick made his Grand Ole Opry debut
• 2002 – Kellie Coffey released her debut album When You Lie Next To Me
• 1998 – Eddie Rabbitt passed away from lung cancer
• 1996 – Sammy Kershaw released his album Politics, Religion, and Her
• 1994 – Clint Black scored a #1 hit with his single “Good Run of Bad Luck”
• 1991 – Travis Tritt released his hit single “Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)”
• 1949 – Hank Williams topped the charts with “Lovesick Blues”

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Today’s Photo Flashback

• Amber Leigh – 5/7/11 – Video Shoot at Crest Theater in Delray Beach, FL