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• Remembering Mickey Gilley
• This Week’s Texas Country Music Chart
• Gabby Barrett Announces Pregnancy
• Craig Morgan Announces “God, Family, Country” 2022 Tour Dates
• Garth Brooks Adds Second Edmonton Stadium Show

This Date in Country Music History

• 2020 – HCM Daily News – May 9th, 2020
• 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

Today’s Birthdays

• Hank Snow (d)

Today’s New Albums

• Jaret Ray Reddick – Just Woke Up

Today’s New Singles

• Beach Boys – LoCash w/ Mike Love & Bruce Johnston
• I Can’t Decide – Easton Corbin
• Louisiana Rain – Sammy Sadler
• Shades – Dave Herrera

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