This Date in Country Music History – July 15th

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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Post Malone released his duet “Pour Me a Drink” with Blake Shelton
  • 2019 – Jimmie Allen gets engaged while at Disney World in Orlando, FL
  • 2014 – Maddie & Tae released their debut single “Girl in a Country Song
  • 2010 – Hit songwriter Hank Cochran passed away from pancreatic cancer
  • 2008 – Darius Rucker made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2003 – Brooks & Dunn released their Red Dirt Road album
  • 2003 – Pat Green released his album Wave On Wave
  • 1997 – Michael Peterson released his self-titled debut album
  • 1997 – Kenny Chesney released his I Will Stand album
  • 1997 – Chely Wright released her single “Shut Up And Drive”
  • 1961 – Bill Anderson joined the Grand Ole Opry
  • 1949 – Hank Williams released his single “Mind Your Own Business”

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This Date in Country Music History – July 14th

 Posted by at 6:24 am on July 14, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2021 – Ashley Monroe began treatment for a rare form of blood cancer
  • 2014 – Brett Eldredge released his single “Mean to Me”
  • 1998 – Collin Raye released his The Walls Came Down album
  • 1998 – Trisha Yearwood released her album Where Your Road Leads
  • 1992 – Tracy Byrd released his debut single “That’s The Thing About a Memory”
  • 1990 – Garth Brooks scored a #1 hit with “The Dance” – it stayed there for 3 weeks
  • 1956 – Elvis Presley scored a #1 hit with “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”

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This Date in Country Music History – July 13th

 Posted by at 7:37 am on July 13, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2021 – Toby Keith, Rhett Akins, Amy Grant, Buddy Cannon and John Scott Sherill were named as the Class of 2021 for the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
  • 2019 – Blanco Brown scored a #1 Billboard Country single with “The Git Up”
  • 2018 – Chris Lane released his album Laps Around the Sun
  • 2017 – Kid Rock signed a recording deal with Broken Bow Records
  • 2015 – Thomas Rhett’s single “It Goes Like This” was certified Double Platinum
  • 2014 – David Nail was named co-MVP of the MLB Celebrity Softball Game after hitting 2 HR’s
  • 2012 – Billy Currington’s single “Good Directions” was certified Platinum
  • 2010 – Jerrod Niemann released his debut album Judge Jerrod and the Hung Jury
  • 2009 – Uncle Kracker released his single “Smile”
  • 2004 – Jimmy Buffett released his License to Chill album featuring duets with many country stars
  • 2002 – Brad Paisley scored a #1 hit with “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song)”
  • 1996 – Shania Twain scored a #1 hit with “No One Needs To Know”
  • 1993 – Clint Black released his album No Time To Kill

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This Date in Country Music History – July 12th

 Posted by at 7:21 am on July 12, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Megan Moroney released her album Am I Okay?
  • 2019 – Kenny Chesney released his single “Tip of My Tongue”
  • 2018 – Eric Church released his single “Desperate Man”
  • 2017 – Michael Ray’s single “Kiss You In The Morning” was certified Gold
  • 2014 – “Somethin’ Bad” by Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood topped the charts
  • 2013 – Jason Aldean became the first country artist to ever headline a concert at Boston’s Fenway Park
  • 2011 – Blake Shelton released his album Red River Blue
  • 2011 – Chris Young released his album Neon
  • 2010 – Kenny Chesney released his single “The Boys of Fall”
  • 2001 – Alan Jackson Day is declared in Nashville as he celebrates the sale of 35 million albums with a Music Row Block Party

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