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This Date in Country Music History – March 27th

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This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Ashley McBryde released her single “Light On in the Kitchen”
2021 – Thomas Rhett scored a #1 single with “What’s Your Country Song”
2020 – Joe Diffie announced that he had contracted COVID-19, which would take his life in the coming days
2020 – Ingrid Andress released her album Lady Like
2020 – Wade Bowen & Randy Rogers released their Texas Country hit “Hold My Beer”
2018 – The 2018 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees were announced: Ricky Skaggs, Dottie West, and Johnny Gimble
2018 – Lee Brice’s single “A Woman Like You” was certified Double Platinum
2018 – Brantley Gilbert’s single “The Weekend” was certified Platinum
2007 – Tim McGraw released his album Let It Go
1999 – Kenny Chesney topped the charts for the first of 6 weeks with “How Forever Feels”
1971 – Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn topped the charts with “After The Fire Is Gone”
1965 – Roger Miller topped the charts with “King of the Road”

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admin — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 11:32:05 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2024 – Drew Baldridge released his song “Tough People”
2024 – Kelsea Ballerini released her album Patterns
2021 – Carrie Underwood’s album Some Hearts was certified 9x Platinum
2019 – Old Dominion released their self-titled album Old Dominion
2017 – “All In For The Gambler: Kenny Rogers Farewell Concert Celebration” was held in Nashville
2015 – The Oak Ridge Boys, Jim Ed Brown and the Browns, and Grady Martin were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
2014 – Jason Aldean’s album Old Boots, New Dirt debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Album’s chart
2010 – Taylor Swift released her album Speak Now
2008 – Craig Morgan joined the Grand Ole Opry
2003 – Gary Allan scored a #1 hit with “Tough Little Boys”
1992 – Country Music Hall of Famer Roger Miller passed away due to cancer

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admin — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 11:51:36 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2022 – Loretta Lynn passed away at her home in Hurricane Mills, TN
2021 – Parmalee released their single “Take My Name”
2021 – Morgan Wade released her single “Wilder Days”
2019 – Brantley Gilbert released his album Fire & Brimstone
2019 – The single “10,000 Hours” by Dan + Shay w/ Justin Bieber was released
2019 – Blanco Brown’s single “The Git Up” was certified Platinum
2012 – Michael Ray, under the guidance of John Rich, wins the CW show The Next
2011 – Scotty McCreery released his debut album Clear as Day
2011 – Rodney Atkins released his album Take a Back Road
2005 – Sara Evans released her album Real Fine Place
2000 – Charley Pride and Faron Young are inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
1995 – Roger Miller was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
1991 – Diamond Rio made their Grand Ole Opry debut
1975 – Willie Nelson scored his first career #1 hit with “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain”

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admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:05:18 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Scotty McCreery released his single “Cab in a Solo”
2023 – Jordan Davis released his single “Tucson Too Late”
2023 – Drew Baldridge released his single “She’s Somebody’s Daughter”
2021 – Don Everly died in Nashville
2020 – Tim McGraw released his album Here on Earth
2020 – The Lauren Alaina & Jon Pardi duet “Gettig Over Him” was released
2018 – Dustin Lynch was invited to become the next member of the Grand Ole Opry by Trace Adkins
2017 – Tim McGraw’s single “Humble and Kind” was certified double-platinum
2012 – Dustin Lynch released his self-titled debut album
2007 – Joe Nichols released his album Real Things
2006 – Tracy Lawrence released his single “Find Out Who Your Friends Are”
2006 – Sara Evans released her single “You’ll Always Be My Baby”
2001 – Mark Wills released his album Loving Every Minute
1995 – Roger Miller was announced as the latest artist to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
1989 – Garth Brooks released his single “If Tomorrow Never Comes”
1981 – The Oak Ridge Boys released their single “(I’m Settin’) Fancy Free”

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admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:28:20 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

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