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This Date in Country Music History – June 2nd

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Toby Keith

This Date in Country Music History

2025 – Collin Raye was inducted into the Arkansas Country Music Hall of Fame
2023 – Jelly Roll released his album Whittsitt Chapel
2017 – Luke Combs released his debut album This One’s For You
2015 – Billy Currington released his album Summer Forever
2015 – Gloriana released their album Three
2014 – Darius Rucker was not allowed into his own after-party because he forgot his ID
2011 – Shania Twain received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2003 – Alan Jackson‘s smash duet with Jimmy Buffett “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” is released
2003 – Sherrie Austin‘s “Streets of Heaven” was released as a single
1998 – Reba McEntire‘s If You See Him album was released
1998 – Brooks & Dunn‘s If You See Her album was released
1992 – Mark Chesnutt released his single “I’ll Think of Something”
1986 – Reba McEntire released her single “Little Rock”

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Lauren Alaina

This Date in Country Music History

2025 – Morgan Wallen scored a #1 album with I’m the Problem
2019 – Thomas Rhett released his album Center Point Road
2018 – Luke Bryan’s singles “Drink a Beer” and “Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day” were both certified double-platinum
2016 – Kiefer Sutherland made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2013 – Lauren Alaina graduated from High School
2013 – Cassadee Pope‘s debut single, “Wasting All These Tears” is released
2006 – Little Big Town‘s Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook get married
2002 – Emerson Drive made their Grand Ole Opry debut
2001 – Toby Keith released his single “I’m Just Talkin’ About Tonight”
1997 – Lee Ann Womack made her Grand Ole Opry debut
1988 – Keith Whitley‘s Don’t Close Your Eyes album is released
1986 – Reba McEntire scored a #1 hit with “Whoever’s In New England”

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Kenny Rogers

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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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This Date in Country Music History

2019 – Dan + Shay’s single “Speechless” was certified Double Platinum
2019 – Dan + Shay’s single “Tequila” was certified Triple Platinum
2019 – Cole Swindell’s single “Break Up in the End” was certified Platinum
2019 – Cole Swindell’s single “Chillin’ It” was certified Double Platinum
2019 – Brett Eldredge’s single “The Long Way” was certified Platinum
2013 – George Jones passed away in Nashville
2010 – The JaneDear Girls released their single “Wildflower”
2005 – Jo Dee Messina released her album Delicious Surprise
1999 – Jo Dee Messina released her single “Lesson in Leavin'” 19 years to the date after Dottie West topped the charts with the song
1997 – George Strait topped the charts for the first of 5 weeks with “One Night At A Time”
1994 – Pam Tillis released her album Sweetheart’s Dance
1994 – Reba McEntire released her album Read My Mind
1994 – Randy Travis released his album This Is Me
1993 – Garth Brooks released his single “That Summer”
1980 – Dottie West topped the charts with “A Lesson in Leavin'”

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