This Date in Country Music History – August 26th

 Posted by at 4:55 am on August 26, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Megan Moroney released her single “Am I Okay?”
  • 2024 – Aaron Watson released his single “Hit the Hay Runnin'”
  • 2023 – Oliver Anthony scored a #1 Billboard Country Single with “Rich Men North of Richmond”
  • 2022 – The Kenny Chesney & Old Dominion duet “Beer With My Friends” was released.  It would peak at #28 on the Country Aircheck radio airplay chart.
  • 2022 – Hardy released his hit duet “Wait in the Truck” with Lainey Wilson
  • 2022 – Ingrid Anders released her album Good Person
  • 2017 – Brett Eldredge scored a #1 album with his self-titled album Brett Eldredge
  • 2016 – Florida Georgia Line released their album Dig Your Roots
  • 2016 – Sam Hunt earned a lot of hardware. “Take Your Time” was certified triple platinum, “Break Up In A Small Town,” “Leave The Night On,” and “House Party” were certified double-platinum, and “Make You Miss Me” and “Ex To See” were certified platinum
  • 2014 – Brad Paisley released his album Moonshine in the Trunk
  • 2013 – The Band Perry released their single “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely”
  • 2013 – Dierks Bentley released his single “I Hold On”
  • 2008 – The Lost Trailers released their album Holler Back
  • 2008 – Jimmy Wayne released his album Do You Believe Me Now
  • 2000 – Darryl Worley made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2000 – Pam Tillis officially joined the Grand Ole Opry
  • 1997 – Martina McBride released her album Evolution
  • 1985 – George Strait released his single “The Chair”
  • 1977 – Ronnie McDowell made his Grand Ole Opry debut

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This Date in Country Music History – August 25th

 Posted by at 7:00 am on August 25, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2023 – Tim McGraw released his album Standing Room Only
  • 2023 – Zach Bryan released his self-titled album Zach Bryan
  • 2021 – Songwriter Kim Tribble died. He wrote hits such as Collin Raye’s “I Can Still Feel You,” Montgomery Gentry’s “One In Every Crowd,” and Mindy McCready’s “Guys Do It All The Time”
  • 2017 – Old Dominion released their album Happy Endings
  • 2012 – Charlie Worsham made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2009 – Love N Theft released their debut album World Wide Open
  • 2007 – Chuck Wicks made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1998 – Alabama released their album For The Record
  • 1992 – Collin Raye released his album In This Life
  • 1979 – The Charlie Daniels Band topped the charts with “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”

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This Date in Country Music History – August 24th

 Posted by at 7:46 am on August 24, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2020 – Lainey Wilson released her song “Things a Man Oughta Know”
  • 2016 – Little Big Town’s single “Girl Crush” was certified Triple Platinum
  • 2004 – Tim McGraw released his album Live Like You Were Dying
  • 1999 – Clay Walker released his album Live, Laugh, Love
  • 1990 – Doug Stone made his Grand Ole Opry debut

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This Date in Country Music History – August 23rd

 Posted by at 6:02 am on August 23, 2025
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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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HCM Weekly Country Music News – August 22nd, 2025

 Posted by at 1:21 pm on August 22, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2022 – Parmalee released their single “Girl In Mine”
  • 2020 – Luke Bryan scored a #1 album with Born Here Live Here Die Here
  • 2018 – Luke Combs picked up a lot of hardware for some of his singles: “Hurricane” was certified Triple Platinum, “When It Rains It Pours” was certified Double Platinum, and “One Number Away” was certified Platinum
  • 2018 – Old Dominion scored 3 Platinum singles:  “No Such Thing As A Broken Heart”, “Written in the Sand”, and “Song For Another Time”
  • 2016 – Cole Swindell‘s song “You Should Be Here” was certified Platinum
  • 1998 – Jo Dee Messina scored a #1 hit with the Phil Vassar penned “I’m Alright”
  • 1997 – Mark Wills made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1995 – Collin Raye released his album I Think About You
  • 1987 – Restless Heart topped the charts with their hit “Why Does It Have To Be (Wrong or Right)”

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  • Asleep at the Wheel – Riding High in Texas
  • Austin Snell – Home Sweet Hell
  • Lainey Wilson – Whirlwind (Deluxe)
  • Old Dominion – Barbara
  • Russell Dickerson – Famous Back Home
  • Walker Hayes – 17 Problems

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  • Deserve Her – Drew Baldridge
  • Tequila Cowboys – Jon Wolfe & Randy Rogers
  • Voices – A Thousand Horses

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