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May 192025
Thomas Rhett
This Date in Country Music History
- 2023 – Jason Aldean released his song “Try That in a Small Town”
- 2017 – Rascal Flatts released their album Back to Us
- 2015 – Kelsea Ballerini released her debut album The First Time
- 2015 – Luke Bryan released his single “Kick the Dust Up”
- 2014 – Brantley Gilbert released his album Just As I Am
- 2013 – Trace Adkins won Celebrity Apprentice
- 2012 – Thomas Rhett made his Grand Ole Opry debut
- 2007 – Sugarland topped the charts with their single “Settlin'”
- 1992 – Billy Ray Cyrus‘ debut album Some Gave All is released
- 1979 – The Bellamy Brothers hit #1 with their single “If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body, Would You Hold It Against Me”
- 1973 – A 14 year-old Tanya Tucker scores a #1 hit with “What’s Your Mama’s Name”
- 1962 – George Jones hits #1 with “She Thinks I Still Care”
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May 182025
Montgomery Gentry
This Date in Country Music History
- 2020 – Lady A’s single “What If I Never Get Over You” was certified Platinum
- 2019 – Morgan Wallen scored a #1 single with “Whiskey Glasses”
- 2016 – Thomas Rhett’s single “Die a Happy Man” was certified double-platinum
- 2008 – Sugarland swept Song and Single of the Year at the ACM Awards with “Stay”
- 2004 – Montgomery Gentry released their album You Do Your Thing
- 1999 – Chely Wright released her album Single White Female
- 1996 – Brooks & Dunn scored a #1 single with “My Maria”
- 1959 – Johnny Horton topped the charts with “Battle of New Orleans”
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May 182025
Happy Birthday to today’s country music birthdays!
- David Nail
- George Strait
- Joe Bonsall (Oak Ridge Boys) (d)
May 172025
Toby Keith
This Date in Country Music History
- 2022 – The Country Music Hall of Fame announced the class of 2022: Jerry Lee Lewis, Keith Whitley and record executive Joe Galante
- 2021 – Chris Stapleton released his song “You Should Probably Leave”
- 2019 – Lady Antebellum released their single “What If I Never Get Over You”
- 2016 – Guy Clark passed away at the age of 74
- 2012 – Taylor Swift donated $4 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame to fund an education center
- 2005 – Bobby Pinson‘s Man Like Me album is released
- 2005 – Toby Keith‘s Honkytonk University album is released
- 2005 – Cowboy Troy released his debut album Loco Motive
- 2001 – The new Country Music Hall of Fame opened in Nashville
- 1997 – Tammy Wynette made her final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry
- 1994 – Kenny Chesney‘s debut album, In My Wildest Dreams, is released
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