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• Lineup Announced for Oklahoma’s “Born and Raised” Festival
• Scotty McCreery Welcomed into the Grand Ole Opry Family
• This Week’s Texas Country Music Chart
• Live Video:  “Ring of Fire” by 33 Years

This Date in Country Music History

• 2022 – HCM Daily News – April 22nd, 2022
• 2022 – Today’s New Music – April 22nd, 2022
• 2021 – Delbert McClinton announced his retirement from music
• 2020 – HCM Daily News – April 22nd, 2020
• 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”

Today’s Birthdays

• Glen Campbell (d)
• Kellie Coffey

Today’s New Albums

• The Little Lord Street Band – Time and Place

Today’s New Singles

• Devil You Know – Tyler Braden
• Friends Like That – John Morgan w/ Jason Aldean
• Hangin’ On To My Haggard – Cody Widner
• Hero – Greg Strawn
• Roulette On the Heart – Conner Smith & Hailey Whitters
• Some Type of Way – Parris Pittman

Today’s Photo Flashback

• Clay Walker – 4/22/17 – Double Dee’s Ranch in West Palm Beach, FL

This Week’s Notable Events

• Juna N Joey – Hermitage, TN – Apr 22, 2024 – 7:00 pm
• Walkin’ After Midnight: The Music of Patsy Cline – Nashville, TN – Apr 22, 2024
• Vince Gill, Ashley McBryde, Natalie Hemby & More – Nashville, TN – Apr 23, 2024 – 7:00 pm
• Jeep Beach 2024 Music Festival – Daytona Beach, FL – Apr 26, 2024
• National Cornbread Festival – South Pittsburg, TN – Apr 27, 2024
• Jo Dee Messina – Nashville, TN – Apr 27, 2024 – 9:00 pm
• National Cornbread Festival – South Pittsburg, TN – Apr 28, 2024

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