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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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2024 – Brantley Gilbert and Ashley Cooke released their single “Over When We’re Sober”
2017 – Luke Combs score a #1 album with his debut album This One’s For You
2015 – Ashley Monroe released her album The Blade
2003 – Jimmy Wayne released his self-titled debut album
2000 – Billy Gilman, then only 12 years old, made his Grand Ole Opry debut
1997 – Toby Keith released his Dream Walkin’ album
1995 – Tracy Lawrence scored a #1 hit with “Texas Tornado”
1989 – Garth Brooks made his Grand Ole Opry debut
1978 – The Oak Ridge Boys scored their first ever #1 hit with “I’ll Be True To You”
1974 – Lynyrd Skynyrd released their iconic single “Sweet Home Alabama”

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2025 – Parker McCollum released his self-titled album Parker McCollum. It would win the 2026 ACM Award for Best Album!
2022 – Sam Hunt released his song “Water Under the Bridge”
2018 – Dierks Bentley scored a #1 album with The Mountain
2016 – Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley passed away due to skin cancer
2015 – Kacey Musgraves released her album Pageant Material
2015 – Canaan Smith released his debut album Bronco
2009 – Montgomery Gentry officially became members of the Grand Ole Opry
2007 – Tracy Lawrence scored a #1 hit with “Find Out Who Your Friends Are”
2001 – Lonestar scored a #1 hit with “Already There” that ended up topping the charts for 6 weeks
1977 – Alabama released their debut single, “I Wanna Be With You Tonight”
1956 – Ray Price scored a #1 hit with “Crazy Arms” that held the top spot for 20 weeks!
1952 – Kitty Wells released her single “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”

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2019 – Luke Combs scored a #1 album with The Prequel
2018 – Dan + Shay released their self-titled album Dan + Shay
2017 – Sam Hunt’s album Montevallo was certified triple platinum
2002 – George Strait scored a #1 hit with “Living And Living Well”
1999 – Montgomery Gentry released their single “Lonely and Gone”
1999 – The Dixie Chicks released their single “Ready to Run”
1998 – George Strait released his single “True”
1996 – Tracy Lawrence scored what would be a 3-week #1 hit with his song “Time Marches On”
1993 – Mark Chesnutt released his Almost Goodbye album
1991 – Garth Brooks scored a #1 hit with “The Thunder Rolls”
1974 – Waylon Jennings scored his first career #1 hit with “This Time”
1951 – Hank Williams released his iconic hit “Hey Good Lookin'”
1897 – The balcony of the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN is completed to accommodate a Civil War Veterans Convention, earning it the name of the Confederate Gallery

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