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Posted by admin at 1:24 pm on November 24, 2025

Nov 242025

Posted by admin at 7:54 am on November 24, 2025

Nov 242025

This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Garth Brooks opened his Friends in Low Places bar in downtown Nashville
2018 – Kane Brown scored a #1 single with “Lose It” and a #1 album with Experiment
2007 – Dierks Bentley scored a #1 hit with “Free And Easy (Down the Road I Go)”
2001 – Toby Keith scored a #1 hit with “I Wanna Talk About Me”
1973 – Charlie Rich scored a #1 hit with “The Most Beautiful Girl”
1958 – Brenda Lee released her Christmas classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”

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Posted by admin at 7:09 am on November 23, 2025

Nov 232025

This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Hal Ketchum passed away from complications due to dementia
2019 – Luke Combs scored a #1 album with What You See Is What You Get
2001 – Confederate Railroad made their Grand Ole Opry debut
1996 – Trace Adkins proposed to his then-girlfriend while making his Grand Ole Opry debut
1996 – Deana Carter scored a #1 hit with “Strawberry Wine”
1992 – Country Music Hall of Famer Roy Acuff died of congestive heart failure
1968 – Tammy Wynette scored a #1 hit with “Stand By Your Man”

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Posted by admin at 7:17 am on November 22, 2025

Nov 222025

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This Date in Country Music History

2022 – Vince Gill, Marty Stuart and Ray Stevens were among the group of artists inducted into the Nashville Musicians Hall of Fame
2019 – Jason Aldean released his album 9
2019 – Maddie and Tae’s Maddie Marlow got married to Jonah Font
2019 – Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits album was certified 9x Platinum
2015 – Florida Georgia Line took home 2 AMA Awards – Favorite Country Duo/Group and Favorite Country Album with Anything Goes
2005 – Reba released her double-disc album Reba #1’s
1980 – Kenny Rogers scored a #1 hit with “Lady”

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Posted by admin at 12:32 pm on November 21, 2025

Nov 212025

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This Date in Country Music History

2021 – Hank Williams Jr, Marty Stuart and Dean Dillon were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
2020 – Jon Pardi got married to Summer Duncan
2019 – Sam Hunt was arrested for a DUI in Nashville
2016 – Kelsea Ballerini’s single “Peter Pan” was certified Platinum
1998 – Kevin Sharp made his Grand Ole Opry debut
1995 – Garth Brooks released his album Fresh Horses
1992 – Alabama scored a #1 hit with “I’m In A Hurry (And Don’t Know Why)”
1981 – Hank Williams Jr scored a #1 hit with “All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)”