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Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Announces 2022 Concert Lineup

Posted by admin at 8:15 pm on January 6, 2022

Jan 062022

HCM Daily News – January 5th, 2022

Posted by admin at 7:36 pm on January 5, 2022

Jan 052022

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This Date in Country Music History

2019 – Gene Autry scored a #1 album…62 years after it was released, with Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer and Other Christmas Favorites
2004 – George Strait released his single “Desperately”
1985 – George Strait scored a #1 hit with “Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind”
1980 – Kenny Rogers topped the charts for the first of 3 weeks with his hit “Coward of the County”

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Amarillo Rain – Colleen Michelle Miller
Loving You – Mario Moreno

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HCM Daily News – January 4th, 2022

Posted by admin at 9:19 pm on January 4, 2022

Jan 042022

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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”

Today’s Birthdays

Deana Carter
Kathy Forester (Forester Sisters)
Patty Loveless

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Travis Tritt Announces 2022 Set In Stone Tour Dates

Posted by admin at 9:14 pm on January 4, 2022

Jan 042022

Travis Tritt’s ‘Set In Stone’ tour dates are:

March 11 Orange Beach, AL – The Wharf Amphitheater

March 12 Shreveport, LA – Shreveport Municipal Auditorium (on-sale now)

March 18 Salem, VA – Salem Civic Center (on-sale now)

March 19 Hagerstown, MD – The Maryland Theatre (on-sale now)

March 25 Cherokee, NC – Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center

March 26 North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Performing Arts Center (on-sale now)

March 31 Evansville, IN – Victory Theatre

April 1 Cape Girardeau, MO – Show Me Center

April 2 Robinsonville, MS – Gold Strike Millennium Theatre

April 9 Cocoa, FL – Cocoa Riverfront Park

April 10 Ormond Beach, FL – The Pavilion at Destination Daytona

April 14 Topeka, KS – Topeka Performing Arts Center (on-sale date – 1/14)

April 15 Wichita, KS – Century II Performing Arts Center

April 16 Springfield, MO – Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts (on-sale date – 1/14)

April 22 Dalton, GA – Dalton Convention Center (on-sale now)

April 23 Peachtree City, GA – Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater

May 1 Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theatre

HCM Daily News – January 3rd, 2022

Posted by admin at 9:28 pm on January 3, 2022

Jan 032022

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This Date in Country Music History

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”