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This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Longtime Grand Ole Opry guitarist Jimmy Capps passed away
2018 – Florida Georgia Line released their single “Simple”
2000 – John Rich made his Grand Ole Opry debut as a solo artist
1999 – Lonestar released their Lonely Grill album, which featured the mega-hit “Amazed”
1999 – Brad Paisley‘s debut album, Who Needs Pictures, was released
1991 – Diamond Rio scores their first career #1 with “Meet in the Middle”
1975 – Willie Nelson‘s Red Headed Stranger album was released
1974 – Ronnie Milsap scored his first career #1 hit with the Eddie Rabbitt penned “Pure Love”
1964 – Dolly Parton moved to Nashville the day after graduating high school

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This Date in Country Music History

2024 – John Morgan released his duet “Friends Like That” with Jason Aldean
2022 – Jason Aldean released his album Macon, Georgia
2021 – Delbert McClinton announced his retirement
2014 – The Country Music Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2014: Ronnie Milsap, Mac Wiseman, and Hank Cochran
2013 – Hunter Hayes released his single “I Want Crazy”
2008 – Phil Vassar released his album Prayer of a Common Man
2000 – Amy Grant made her Grand Ole Opry debut
2000 – George Strait topped the charts with “The Best Day”
1997 – Anita Cochran released her debut album Back To You
1997 – George Strait released his album Carrying Your Love With Me
1995 – John Michael Montgomery topped the charts with “I Can Love You Like That”
1989 – Clint Black made his Grand Ole Opry debut
1989 – Shenandoah topped the charts with “The Church on Cumberland Road”
1950 – Hank Williams topped the charts with “Long Gone Lonesome Blues”

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admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:18:03 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Thomas Rhett released his single “Angels Don’t Always Have Wings”
2021 – Luke Combs scored a #1 single with “Better Together”
2021 – Rhonda Vincent was officially inducted into the Grand Ole Opry
2020 – Cody Johnson’s single “On My Way To You” was certified Platinum
2020 – Dan + Shay’s single “From the Ground Up” was certified Double Platinum
2018 – Jessica Andrews gave birth to a son
2017 – Keith Urban released his duet with Carrie Underwood titled “The Fighter”
2014 – Garth Brooks performed on Jay Leno’s final Tonight Show
2010 – Sammy Kershaw was announced as the newest member of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame
2007 – Jason Michael Carroll released his debut album Waitin’ in the Country
2001 – Diamond Rio released their album One More Day
1998 – Michael Peterson made his Grand Ole Opry debut
1976 – Ronnie Milsap became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
1971 – Dolly Parton scored her first career #1 hit with “Joshua”
1960 – George Hamilton IV became a member of the Grand Ole Opry

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admin — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:04:49 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Aaron Watson was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
2020 – Scotty McCreery’s single “Five More Minutes” was certified Double Platinum
2020 – The Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber collaboration “10,000 Hours” was certified Platinum
2012 – The Zac Brown Band released their single “No Hurry”
2012 – Alan Jackson released his single “So You Don’t Have To Love Me Anymore”
2010 – Country Music Hall of Famer Carl Smith passed away in Franklin, TN
2007 – Bucky Covington released his single “A Different World”
1999 – Trisha Yearwood was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry by Ricky Skaggs
1999 – Alan Jackson topped the charts with his hit “Right on the Money”
1982 – Ronnie Milsap scored a #1 hit with “I Wouldn’t Have Missed It For The World”
1975 – B.J. Thomas released his single “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song”
1943 – Ernest Tubb made his Grand Ole Opry debut

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admin — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:58:03 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2019 – Kendell Marvel made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2019 – Morgan Wallen’s single “Whiskey Glasses” was certified Double Platinum
2019 – Jon Pardi’s single “Dirt On My Boots” was certified Triple Platinum
2018 – Zac Brown Band’s single “Chicken Fried” was certified six-times Platinum
2018 – Eric Church’s single “Round Here Buzz” was certified Platinum
2018 – Dierks Bentley’s single “Drunk On A Plane” was certified triple-Platinum
2018 – Sam Hunt’s single “Body Like a Back Road” was certified six-times Platinum
2016 – For the first time in history, 2 country artists received nominations in the all-genre Best New Artist category for the Grammy’s thanks to Maren Morris and Kelsea Ballerini
1986 – George Strait topped the charts with “It Ain’t Cool To Be Crazy About You”
1980 – Ronnie Milsap scored a #1 hit with his classic “Smoky Mountain Rain”

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