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This Date in Country Music History – May 19th

Posted by admin at 6:07 am on May 19, 2025

May 192025

Thomas Rhett

This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Jason Aldean released his song “Try That in a Small Town”
2017 – Rascal Flatts released their album Back to Us
2015 – Kelsea Ballerini released her debut album The First Time
2015 – Luke Bryan released his single “Kick the Dust Up”
2014 – Brantley Gilbert released his album Just As I Am
2013 – Trace Adkins won Celebrity Apprentice
2012 – Thomas Rhett made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2007 – Sugarland topped the charts with their single “Settlin'”
1992 – Billy Ray Cyrus‘ debut album Some Gave All is released
1979 – The Bellamy Brothers hit #1 with their single “If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body, Would You Hold It Against Me”
1973 – A 14 year-old Tanya Tucker scores a #1 hit with “What’s Your Mama’s Name”
1962 – George Jones hits #1 with “She Thinks I Still Care”

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Posted by admin at 7:13 am on May 18, 2025

May 182025

Montgomery Gentry

This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Lady A’s single “What If I Never Get Over You” was certified Platinum
2019 – Morgan Wallen scored a #1 single with “Whiskey Glasses”
2016 – Thomas Rhett’s single “Die a Happy Man” was certified double-platinum
2008 – Sugarland swept Song and Single of the Year at the ACM Awards with “Stay”
2004 – Montgomery Gentry released their album You Do Your Thing
1999 – Chely Wright released her album Single White Female
1996 – Brooks & Dunn scored a #1 single with “My Maria”
1959 – Johnny Horton topped the charts with “Battle of New Orleans”

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Posted by admin at 6:24 am on May 18, 2025

May 182025

Happy Birthday to today’s country music birthdays!

Posted by admin at 7:08 am on May 17, 2025

May 172025

Toby Keith

This Date in Country Music History

2022 – The Country Music Hall of Fame announced the class of 2022: Jerry Lee Lewis, Keith Whitley and record executive Joe Galante
2021 – Chris Stapleton released his song “You Should Probably Leave”
2019 – Lady Antebellum released their single “What If I Never Get Over You”
2016 – Guy Clark passed away at the age of 74
2012 – Taylor Swift donated $4 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame to fund an education center
2005 – Bobby Pinson‘s Man Like Me album is released
2005 – Toby Keith‘s Honkytonk University album is released
2005 – Cowboy Troy released his debut album Loco Motive
2001 – The new Country Music Hall of Fame opened in Nashville
1997 – Tammy Wynette made her final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry
1994 – Kenny Chesney‘s debut album, In My Wildest Dreams, is released

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Posted by admin at 1:35 pm on May 16, 2025

May 162025

This Week’s Country Music News and Videos

This Date in Country Music History

2024 – The ACM Awards aired live on Amazon Prime from Frisco, TX
2021 – Songwriter Patsy Bruce passed away. She co-wrote “Mama’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys”
2020 – Kenny Chesney scored a #1 album with Here and Now
2009 – David Nail made his Grand Ole Opry debut
1998 – Faith Hill topped the charts with “This Kiss”
1988 – Martina McBride married her husband John
1980 – Alabama releases their future #1 hit “Tennessee River” as a single