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This Date in Country Music History – May 9th

admin — Sat, 09 May 2026 09:53:23 +0000

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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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admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:16:16 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2021 – Niko Moon scored a Billboard Country #1 single with “Good Time”
2020 – Former Gloriana band member Rachel Reinert released her debut solo album Into the Blue
2018 – The Band Perry’s single “If I Die Young” was certified 7x platinum
2015 – Aaron Watson made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2011 – Taylor Swift released her single “Mean”
2009 – Justin Moore made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2001 – Tricky Pony released their self-titled debut album
1999 – Trisha Yearwood became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
1999 – The Dixie Chicks topped the charts with “You Were Mine”

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admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:59:41 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2025 – Tucker Wetmore released his single “3, 2, 1”
2025 – Russell Dickerson released his single “Happen to Me”
2023 – Carrie Underwood released her song “Out of That Truck”
2023 – Tim McGraw released his song “Standing Room Only”
2023 – Thompson Square released their song “Without You”
2017 – Josh Turner released his album Deep South
2017 – Old Dominion released their single “No Such Thing as a Broken Heart”
2009 – Keith Urban released his single “Kiss A Girl”
2007 – Trace Adkins topped the charts with “Ladies Love Country Boys”
2003 – Trace Adkins released his single “Then They Do”
2003 – Darryl Worley released his single “Have You Forgotten?”
2001 – Trick Pony made their Grand Ole Opry debut
2001 – Diamond Rio topped the charts with “One More Day”
1997 – George Strait released his single “One Night At A Time”
1992 – Aaron Tippin released his album Read Between The Lines
1992 – Vince Gill released his album I Never Knew Lonely
1990 – Patty Loveless topped the charts with “Chains”
1983 – Lee Greenwood released his single “I.O.U.”
1973 – Tammy Wynette topped the charts with “Til I Get It Right”
1962 – Porter Wagoner scored his first career #1 hit with “Misery Loves Company”

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admin — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 10:02:00 +0000

This Date in Country Music History

2024 – Lainey Wilson released her album Whirlwind
2024 – Thomas Rhett released his album About a Woman
2021 – Sara Evans filed for divorce from Jay Barker
2021 – Chris Young and Mitchell Tenpenny’s song “At the End of a Bar” was released
2021 – Hardy announced his engagement to Caleigh Ryan
2021 – Applebees launched an ad campaign featuring the viral Walker Hayes hit “Fancy Like”
2019 – Midland released their album Let It Roll
2019 – Vince Gill released his album Okie
2019 – Tanya Tucker released her album While I’m Livin’
2017 – Little Big Town’s single “Better Man” was certified platinum
2017 – Justin Moore saw 2 of his albums get certified platinum: Justin Moore and Outlaws Like Me
2011 – Sunny Sweeney released her album Concrete
2005 – Trick Pony released their album R.I.D.E.
2004 – Big & Rich‘s single “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” is released for commercial sale
2003 – Trace Adkins was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry
1993 – Brad Paisley moved to Nashville from West Virigina
1980 – Eddie Rabbitt topped the charts with “Drivin’ My Life Away’
1975 – Glen Campbell scored a #1 hit with “Rhinestone Cowboy”
1969 – Johnny Cash topped the charts with his hit “A Boy Named Sue”
1952 – Kitty Wells became the first woman to ever score a #1 hit as “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” topped the charts

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admin — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 19:21:41 +0000

Happy Birthday to today’s Country Music birthdays!