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This Date in Country Music History – April 9th

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This Date in Country Music History

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This Date in Country Music History

2021 – Walker Hayes released his single “AA”
2021 – Morgan Wallen’s double album Dangerous was certified Double Platinum
2019 – Blanco Brown made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2018 – Jon Pardi’s album California Sunrise was certified platinum
2017 – Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry member Mel Tillis passed away at the age of 85
2016 – Brooke Eden made her Grand Ole Opry debut
2016 – Keith Urban scored a #1 hit with “Blue Ain’t Your Color” for the first of 16 weeks on the Billboard charts
2012 – Dustin Lynch released his single “She Cranks My Tractor”
2011 – The Marshall Tucker Band made their Grand Ole Opry debut
2007 – Martina McBride surprised Charlie Daniels with an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry
2002 – Shania Twain released her album Up!
1994 – Mary Chapin Carpenter scored a #1 hit with “Shut Up And Kiss Me”

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This Date in Country Music History

2023 – The Jon Pardi and Luke Bryan duet “Cowboys and Plowboys” was released
2023 – Luke Combs released his single “Where the Wild Things Are”
2019 – Walker Hayes’ single “You Broke Up With Me” was certified Platinum
2012 – Jason Aldean released his album Night Train
2012 – Darius Rucker was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry
2004 – Sara Evans scored a #1 hit with “Suds in the Bucket”
1993 – Tracy Byrd made his Grand Ole Opry debut
1993 – Clay Walker scored his first career #1 hit with “What’s It To You”
1972 – Loretta Lynn became the first woman to win the CMA Entertainer of the Year award
1961 – Patsy Cline‘s signature hit “Crazy” was released. It was written by Willie Nelson!

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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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This Date in Country Music History

2024 – Jelly Roll released his song “Liar”
2024 – Ella Langley released her album Hungover
2022 – The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announced the class of 2022 which included Shania Twain, Steve Wariner, Hillary Lindsley, Gary Nicholson and more
2021 – Tim McGraw released his single “7500 OBO”
2021 – Dierks Bentley released his single “Beers on Me” with Hardy & Breland
2021 – Walker Hayes released his single “Fancy Like”
2021 – Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood released their duet “If I Didn’t Love You” to radio
2019 – Tyler Childers released his album Country Squire
2011 – Trace Adkins released his album Proud to be Here
2003 – Brooks & Dunn scored a #1 hit with “Red Dirt Road”
1986 – George Strait scored a #1 hit with “Nobody In His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her”
1985 – The George Jones album, Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes, was released

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