Terri Clark

This Date in Country Music History

• 2023 – Gabby Barrett released her song “Glory Days”
• 2022 – Toby Keith revealed that he had been fighting stomach cancer for the past 6 months
• 2021 – Thomas Rhett and his father Rhett Akins played the Grand Ole Opry together for the first time
• 2012 – Josh Turner released his Punching Bag album
• 2012 – Eden Edge‘s self-titled debut album was released
• 2007 – Toby Keith released his Big Dog Daddy album
• 2004 – Terri Clark becomes the first Canadian-born woman to join the Grand Ole Opry
• 1965 – Tex Ritter joined the Grand Ole Opry
• 1954 – Ferlin Husky joined the Grand Ole Opry

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• 2015 – Nashville Entertainment Guide: Friday, June 12th, 2015
• Today’s Birthdays – June 12th

Today’s Photo Flashback

• Colt Ford – 6/12/14 – Round Up in Davie, FL
• Eddy Raven – 6/12/15 – Durango Music Spot Stage at CMA Fest in Nashville, TN, FL
• Lady Antebellum – 6/12/15 – LP Field at CMA Fest in Nashville, TN
• Lauren Alaina – 6/12/15 – AT&T Showcase Stage at CMA Fest in Nashville, TN
• Lee Brice – 6/12/15 – LP Field at CMA Fest in Nashville, TN
• Luke Bryan – 6/12/15 – LP Field at CMA Fest in Nashville, TN
• Maddie & Tae – 6/12/15 – LP Field at CMA Fest in Nashville, TN
• Oak Ridge Boys – 6/12/15 – LP Field at CMA Fest in Nashville, TN
• Radio Romance – 6/12/14 – Round Up in Davie, FL
• Rainey Qualley – 6/12/15 – AT&T Showcase Stage at CMA Fest in Nashville, TN
• Randy Houser – 6/12/15 – LP Field at CMA Fest in Nashville, TN
• Restless Heart – 6/12/15 – CMA Fest at LP Field in Nashville, TN
• Rhett Akins – 6/12/15 – BMI Tailgate Party at CMA Fest in Nashville, TN
• Savannah Berry – 6/12/15 – Durango Music Spot Stage at CMA Fest in Nashville, TN
• The Band Perry – 6/12/15 – LP Field at CMA Fest in Nashville, TN
• Zac Brown Band – 6/12/15 – LP Field at CMA Fest in Nashville, TN

This Date in Country Music History

• 2024 – Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys announced his retirement
• 2019 – Steve Ripley, the lead singer of The Tractors, passed away due to cancer in Oklahoma
• 2018 – LANco’s single “Greatest Love Story” was certified Platinum
• 2018 – Eric Church’s album Mr. Misunderstood was certified Platinum
• 2018 – The #’s were in:  Chris Stapleton had 2017’s top selling album with From a Room:  Volume 1, while Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” was the most downloaded and most streamed single of the year
• 2000 – George Strait released his single “The Best Day”
• 1995 – Rhett Akins released his debut album A Thousand Memories
• 1995 – Wade Hayes released his debut album Ole Enough to Know Better
• 1995 – Trisha Yearwood released her single “Thinkin’ About You”

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This Date in Country Music History

• 2018 – The Urban Cowboy movie soundtrack was certified Triple Platinum
• 2018 – Mitchell Tenpenny released his debut album Telling All My Secrets
• 2015 – Cole Swindell released his single “You Should Be Here”
• 2002 – Toby Keith made his Grand Ole Opry debut
• 1996 – Rhett Akins made his Grand Ole Opry debut
• 1973 – Lorrie Morgan made her Grand Ole Opry debut

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Today’s New Albums

• Derek Lersch – 100 Proof (EP)
• Gabby Barrett – Goldmine (Deluxe)
• Noah Smith – Ain’t So Bad Round Here
• Pryor & Lee – Right Now (EP)
• Randy Travis – An Old Time Christmas (Deluxe)
• Sam Tio – 1897
• Tyler Braden – What Do They Know (EP)
• Wade Bowen – Where Phones Don’t Work (EP)
• Willie Nelson – The Willie Nelson Family

Today’s New Singles

• AA – Walker Hayes
• Cowboys Go – Parker Graye
• Florida Cowboy – Corey Kilgannon
• Heartbeat – Jacob Bryant
• Home Sweet – Russell Dickerson w/ Lady A
• How To Talk To Girls – Brantley Gilbert
• I Want You – Connor McCutcheon
• I’m Movin On – Brodie Dawson
• Insecure – Abby Anderson
• Lucky For Me – Eli Young Band
• One Of Y’all – Hardy w/ Rhett Akins & The Cadillac Three
• Only Light I Need – Noah Guthrie
• Pickup – MacKenzie Porter
• Probably At a Bar – Chris Bandi
• Stop the Bullett – Ashliegh Lisset
• Those Tonights – Nicky James
• Wild in the Woods – Dallas Remington

Here’s some info from the release that accompanied the announcement:

The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (NaSHOF) has announced its Class of 2021: Amy Grant, Toby Keith, Rhett Akins, Buddy Cannon and John Scott Sherrill. The five will be inducted into the Hall this November, according to an announcement made today by Sarah Cates, chair of the organization’s board of directors, and Mark Ford, its executive director.

The five new inductees-elect will join the 213 previously inducted members of the elite organization when they are officially inducted during the “50/51” Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala on Monday, November 1, at the Music City Center. Because the organization’s 50th Anniversary celebration was postponed last year, this year’s event will honor two classes in a special double-sized event that will also spotlight NaSHOF’s previously named Class of 2020: Steve Earle, Bobbie Gentry, Kent Blazy, Brett James and Spooner Oldham.

“Today is one of my favorite days of the year, as we begin our journey to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala in November with the announcement of our upcoming class,” says Cates. “Nashville has always been the home of legendary songs written by the world’s finest songwriters – and this class is no exception. It’s our great honor today to welcome our class of 2021:  Rhett Akins and Buddy Cannon in the songwriter category; John Scott Sherrill in the veteran songwriter category; Toby Keith as our songwriter/artist and Amy Grant as our veteran songwriter/artist.”

Rhett Akins’ songwriter credits include his own “That Ain’t My Truck,” as well as “Honey Bee” (Blake Shelton) and “It Goes Like This” (Thomas Rhett). Buddy Cannon’s resume is known for “Set ‘Em Up Joe” (Vern Gosdin), “I’ve Come To Expect It From You” (George Strait) and “Give It Away” (George Strait). John Scott Sherrill’s hits include “Wild And Blue” (John Anderson), “The Church On Cumberland Road” (Shenandoah) and “How Long Gone” (Brooks & Dunn). Amy Grant popularized many of her own compositions, including “Baby Baby,” “That’s What Love Is For” and “Tennessee Christmas.” Toby Keith recorded many of his self-penned hits, including “Should’ve Been A Cowboy” “How Do You Like Me Now?!” and “As Good As I Once Was.”