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 Posted by at 1:01 pm on September 11, 2024
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Thank you for visiting Hometown Country Music!

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  • Keeping fans updated on the latest new music, tours and festivals while honoring the past of Country Music
  • Providing hometown artists a platform to get some national exposure alongside today’s stars and legends

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This Date in Country Music History – January 4th

 Posted by at 7:05 am on January 4, 2026
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Collin Raye

Collin Raye

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”

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This Date in Country Music History – January 3rd

 Posted by at 7:38 am on January 3, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys announced his retirement
  • 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”

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This Date in Country Music History – January 2nd

 Posted by at 1:57 am on January 2, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

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This Date in Country Music History – January 1st

 Posted by at 7:31 am on January 1, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – The Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville announced it’s closure after 30 years.  It would later re-open as Luke Combs’ Category 10
  • 2024 – John Michael Montgomery announced that 2025 would be his last year of touring
  • 2020 – Ryman Hospitality launched The Circle Network
  • 2011 – Kellie Pickler and songwriter Kyle Jacobs get married in the Caribbean
  • 2011 – Shania Twain got married to Frederic Thiebaud
  • 1994 – Faith Hill scored her first career #1 hit with “Wild One”
  • 1971 – Tom T. Hall became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
  • 1953 – Hank Williams passed away in West Virginia

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