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Today’s Birthdays – December 20th

Posted by admin at 6:26 am on December 20, 2025

Dec 202025

Happy Birthday to today’s Country Music Birthday(s)!

Posted by admin at 6:20 am on December 19, 2025

Dec 192025

Alan Jackson

This Date in Country Music History

2019 – Cam gave birth to her daughter
2018 – Michael Ray and Carly Pearce got engaged in Mexico
1998 – Brooks & Dunn scored a #1 hit with “Husbands & Wives”
1992 – Alan Jackson scored a #1 hit with “She’s Got the Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)”
1970 – Loretta Lynn scored a #1 hit with “Coal Miner’s Daughter”

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Posted by admin at 6:18 am on December 18, 2025

Dec 182025

This Date in Country Music History

2021 – Lauren Alaina was invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry by her idol Trisha Yearwood
2020 – Maren Morris cancelled her entire 2021 tour due to Covid-19
2012 – Cassadee Pope won NBC’s The Voice while being coached by Blake Shelton
2008 – Former country star Jeff Carson graduated from the Tennessee State Police Academy
2004 – Blaine Larsen made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2004 – Tim McGraw scored a #1 hit with “Back When”
1993 – Faith Hill made her Grand Ole Opry debut
1980 – The David Frizzell & Shelly West duet “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma” was released

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Posted by admin at 6:12 am on December 17, 2025

Dec 172025

This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Joe Bonsall made his final appearance performing with The Oak Ridge Boys
2015 – Dan + Shay’s single “19 You + Me” was certified Platinum
2015 – Sam Hunt’s single “Break Up In A Small Town” was certified Platinum
2014 – Billy Currington’s single “Hey Girl” was certified Platinum
2005 – Joe Nichols topped the charts with “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off”
2004 – Josh Gracin made his Grand Ole Opry debut
1994 – Joe Diffie topped the charts for the first of 4 weeks with his hit “Pickup Man”
1988 – Restless Heart scored a #1 hit with “A Tender Lie”
1955 – Tennessee Ernie Ford topped the charts with “Sixteen Tons”

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Posted by admin at 6:27 am on December 16, 2025

Dec 162025

This Date in Country Music History

2020 – LeAnn Rimes was crowned the winner of The Masked Singer on Fox
2017 – Garth Brooks scored a #1 album with The Anthology: Part I, The First Five Years
2017 – The Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line duet “Meant to Be” topped the Billboard Country Singles Chart for the first of 50 weeks
2014 – Craig Wayne Boyd won NBC’s The Voice
2013 – Country Music Hall of Famer Ray Price passed away from pancreatic cancer
2013 – Brantley Gilbert released his single “Bottoms Up“
2008 – Julianne Hough made her Grand Ole Opry debut
2006 – Rascal Flatts scored a #1 hit with “My Wish”
2000 – Brad Paisley was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry
2000 – Tim McGraw topped the charts with “My Next Thirty Years”
1991 – Garth Brooks released his single “What She’s Doing Now”
1978 – Kenny Rogers topped the charts with his iconic hit “The Gambler”
1969 – The Johnny Cash & June Carter duet “If I Were A Carpenter” was released

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