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 Posted by at 1:01 pm on September 11, 2024
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This Date in Country Music History – January 23rd

 Posted by at 7:39 am on January 23, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2021 – Morgan Wallen scored a #1 album with Dangerous:  The Double Album
  • 2021 – Morgan Wallen’s single “Wasted On You” topped the Billboard Country Singles Chart
  • 2020 – Carrie Underwood’s singles “Just a Dream” and “Undo It” were certified Double Platinum, her single “Cowboy Casanova” was certified Triple Platinum, her single “Blown Away” was certified Quadruple Platinum, and her single “Before He Cheats” was certified Six-Times Platinum
  • 2018 – Lari White passed away in Nashville from cancer
  • 2017 – Big & Rich’s single “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” was certified double platinum
  • 2017 – Dan + Shay’s single “From The Ground Up” was certified platinum
  • 2013 – Carrie Underwood‘s single “I Told You So” is certified platinum
  • 2012 – Clay Walker performed on ABC’s “The Bachelor”
  • 2007 – Kenny Chesney‘s album The Road and the Radio was certified triple platinum
  • 1996 – Tracy Lawrence released his album Time Marches On
  • 1981 – Alabama released their single “Old Flame”

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This Date in Country Music History – January 22nd

 Posted by at 7:53 am on January 22, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Jelly Roll released his single “Halfway to Hell”
  • 2024 – Tim McGraw released his song “One Bad Habit”
  • 2021 – Jake Owen made his big screen debut as “Our Friend” debuted in theaters
  • 2013 – Gary Allan released his album Set You Free
  • 2013 – Randy Houser released his album How Country Feels
  • 2013 – Lady Antebellum released their single “Downtown”
  • 2008 – Chuck Wicks released his debut album Starting Now
  • 2007 – Luke Bryan released his debut single “All My Friends Say”
  • 2005 – Darryl Worley scored a #1 hit with “Awful, Beautiful Life”
  • 1994 – Hal Ketchum became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
  • 1994 – Tim McGraw released his single “Indian Outlaw”
  • 1955 – Porter Wagoner made his Grand Ole Opry debut

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This Date in Country Music History – January 21st

 Posted by at 6:39 am on January 21, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2021 – Lady A was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry by Darius Rucker
  • 2019 – Carrie Underwood gave birth to a son
  • 2017 – Crystal Gayle was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry
  • 2013 – New York City gets it’s first country station in 17 years when Nash 94.7 WNSH launched with Randy Houser‘s “How Country Feels”
  • 2013 – Florida Georgia Line released their single “Get Your Shine On”
  • 2006 – Carrie Underwood topped the charts for the first of 6 weeks with “Jesus Take the Wheel”

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This Date in Country Music History – January 20th

 Posted by at 7:52 am on January 20, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2023 – Hardy released his album The Mockingbird & The Crow
  • 2023 – Thomas Rhett released his single “Angels Don’t Always Have Wings”
  • 2021 – Garth Brooks, Tyler Hubbard and Tim McGraw performed during President Joe Biden’s inauguration
  • 2009 – Rascal Flatts released their single “Here Comes Goodbye”
  • 2003 – Jimmy Wayne released his debut single “Stay Gone”
  • 2001 – Sara Evans scored a #1 hit with “Born to Fly”
  • 1983 – The Oak Ridge Boys released their album American Made
  • 1973 – Jerry Lee Lewis made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1968 – Merle Haggard topped the charts with “Sing Me Back Home”

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