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Little Big Town Announces Christmas Shows at the Ryman

Posted by admin at 10:26 pm on June 23, 2025

Jun 232025

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Jun 232025

Tracy Lawrence

This Date in Country Music History

2022 – Sam Hunt released his song “Water Under the Bridge”
2018 – Dierks Bentley scored a #1 album with The Mountain
2016 – Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley passed away due to skin cancer
2015 – Kacey Musgraves released her album Pageant Material
2015 – Canaan Smith released his debut album Bronco
2009 – Montgomery Gentry officially became members of the Grand Ole Opry
2007 – Tracy Lawrence scored a #1 hit with “Find Out Who Your Friends Are”
2001 – Lonestar scored a #1 hit with “Already There” that ended up topping the charts for 6 weeks
1977 – Alabama released their debut single, “I Wanna Be With You Tonight”
1956 – Ray Price scored a #1 hit with “Crazy Arms” that held the top spot for 20 weeks!
1952 – Kitty Wells released her single “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”

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Posted by admin at 6:09 am on June 22, 2025

Jun 222025

Montgomery Gentry

This Date in Country Music History

2019 – Luke Combs scored a #1 album with The Prequel
2018 – Dan + Shay released their self-titled album Dan + Shay
2017 – Sam Hunt’s album Montevallo was certified triple platinum
2002 – George Strait scored a #1 hit with “Living And Living Well”
1999 – Montgomery Gentry released their single “Lonely and Gone”
1999 – The Dixie Chicks released their single “Ready to Run”
1998 – George Strait released his single “True”
1996 – Tracy Lawrence scored what would be a 3-week #1 hit with his song “Time Marches On”
1993 – Mark Chesnutt released his Almost Goodbye album
1991 – Garth Brooks scored a #1 hit with “The Thunder Rolls”
1974 – Waylon Jennings scored his first career #1 hit with “This Time”
1951 – Hank Williams released his iconic hit “Hey Good Lookin'”
1897 – The balcony of the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN is completed to accommodate a Civil War Veterans Convention, earning it the name of the Confederate Gallery

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Posted by admin at 7:28 am on June 21, 2025

Jun 212025

Kenny Rogers

This Date in Country Music History

2024 – The Brantley Gilbert & Ashley Cooke duet “Over When We’re Sober” was released
2019 – Aaron Watson released his album Red Bandana
2014 – Grand Ole Opry star Jimmy C. Newman passed away in Tennessee
2014 – Lucy Hale made her Grand Ole Opry debut
2014 – Trace Adkins was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame
2011 – Justin Moore released his album Outlaws Like Me
2010 – Miranda Lambert released her single “Only Prettier”
1982 – Kenny Rogers released his single “Love Will Turn You Around”

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Posted by admin at 12:35 pm on June 20, 2025

Jun 202025

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This Date in Country Music History

2018 – Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Roof Top Bar opened in Nashville
2015 – The collaborative album, Django & Jimmie, by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, debuted at #1 on the country albums chart
2014 – Kenny Chesney released his single “American Kids”
2013 – Florida Georgia Line‘s single “Cruise” was certified quadruple platinum
2003 – Miranda Lambert made her Grand Ole Opry debut
2000 – Billy Gilman‘s debut album One Voice was released