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HCM Daily News – January 4th, 2022

Posted by admin at 9:19 pm on January 4, 2022

Jan 042022

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This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Burl Ives scored a #1 country album with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 25 years after it’s release!
2019 – Morgan Evans’ single “Kiss Somebody” was certified Gold
2019 – Dan + Shay‘s single “Speechless” was certified Platinum for selling 1 million tracks
2017 – Cole Swindell‘s single “Middle of a Memory” was certified Gold for selling 500,000 tracks
2014 – Florida Georgia Line topped the charts for the first of 3 weeks with “Stay”
2013 – Hunter Hayes’ single “Wanted” was certified Double Platinum for selling 2 million tracks
1993 – George Strait released his single “Heartland”
1992 – Collin Raye scored his first career #1 hit with “Love, Me”
1969 – Johnny Cash scored a #1 hit with “Daddy Sang Bass”

Today’s Birthdays

Deana Carter
Kathy Forester (Forester Sisters)
Patty Loveless

Today’s New Albums

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Today’s New Singles

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Travis Tritt Announces 2022 Set In Stone Tour Dates

Posted by admin at 9:14 pm on January 4, 2022

Jan 042022

Travis Tritt’s ‘Set In Stone’ tour dates are:

March 11 Orange Beach, AL – The Wharf Amphitheater

March 12 Shreveport, LA – Shreveport Municipal Auditorium (on-sale now)

March 18 Salem, VA – Salem Civic Center (on-sale now)

March 19 Hagerstown, MD – The Maryland Theatre (on-sale now)

March 25 Cherokee, NC – Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center

March 26 North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Performing Arts Center (on-sale now)

March 31 Evansville, IN – Victory Theatre

April 1 Cape Girardeau, MO – Show Me Center

April 2 Robinsonville, MS – Gold Strike Millennium Theatre

April 9 Cocoa, FL – Cocoa Riverfront Park

April 10 Ormond Beach, FL – The Pavilion at Destination Daytona

April 14 Topeka, KS – Topeka Performing Arts Center (on-sale date – 1/14)

April 15 Wichita, KS – Century II Performing Arts Center

April 16 Springfield, MO – Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts (on-sale date – 1/14)

April 22 Dalton, GA – Dalton Convention Center (on-sale now)

April 23 Peachtree City, GA – Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater

May 1 Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theatre

HCM Daily News – January 3rd, 2022

Posted by admin at 9:28 pm on January 3, 2022

Jan 032022

Country Music Headlines

This Date in Country Music History

2019 – Steve Ripley, the lead singer of The Tractors, passed away due to cancer in Oklahoma
2018 – LANco’s single “Greatest Love Story” was certified platinum
2018 – Eric Church‘s album Mr. Misunderstood was certified platinum
2018 – The #’s were in: Chris Stapleton had 2017’s top selling album with From a Room: Volume 1, while Sam Hunt‘s “Body Like a Back Road” was the most downloaded and most streamed single of the year
2000 – George Strait released his single “The Best Day”
1995 – Rhett Akins released his debut album A Thousand Memories
1995 – Wade Hayes released his debut album Ole Enough to Know Better
1995 – Trisha Yearwood released her single “Thinkin’ About You”

Today’s Birthdays

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Today’s New Albums

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Today’s New Singles

Flower Shops – Ernest w/ Morgan Wallen

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HCM Daily News – December 22nd, 2021

Posted by admin at 5:56 pm on December 22, 2021

Dec 222021

Country Music Headlines

This Date in Country Music History

2018 – Brett Young scored a #1 album with Ticket to L.A.
2012 – Florida Georgia Line topped the Billboard country singles chart for the first of a record 24 weeks with “Cruise”
2006 – Jason Michael Carroll made his Grand Ole Opry debut
1984 – The Judds topped the charts with “Why Not Me”
1973 – Merle Haggard scored a #1 hit with “If We Make It Through December”

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