This Date in Country Music History – May 29th

 Posted by at 6:30 am on May 29, 2025
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Jason Aldean

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This Date in Country Music History – May 28th

 Posted by at 7:34 am on May 28, 2025
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Brad Paisley

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Sam Hunt released his single “Country House”
  • 2024 – Scotty McCreery released his single “Fall of Summer”
  • 2022 – Morgan Wallen scored a #1 single on the Billboard country chart with “You Proof”
  • 2016 – Keith Urban scored a #1 album with Ripcord
  • 2013 – Aaron Lewis made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2013 – David Nail‘s “Whatever She Got” is released as a single
  • 2009 – George Strait‘s single “Living For The Night” was released
  • 2005 – Keith Urban‘s “Making Memories of Us” hits #1 for the first of 5 straight weeks
  • 1999 – Brad Paisley made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1996 – Bill Engvall’s comedy album, Here’s Your Sign, was released
  • 1994 – Tim McGraw scored his first career #1 hit with “Don’t Take The Girl”
  • 1973 – The Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn duet “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man” is released as a single

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This Date in Country Music History – May 27th

 Posted by at 7:47 am on May 27, 2025
May 272025
 
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Jason Aldean

 

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2020 – Morgan Wallen released his single “More Than My Hometown”
  • 2020 – Kelsea Ballerini released her single “hole in the bottle”
  • 2017 – Chris Stapleton scored a #1 album with From a Room:  Volume 1
  • 2016 – Dierks Bentley released his album Black
  • 2008 – Jessica Simpson released her debut country single “Come On Over”
  • 2006 – Jason Aldean scored his first career #1 hit with “Why”
  • 2002 – Toby Keith released his single “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)”
  • 1997 – Competing versions of the single “How Do I Live” are released by both Trisha Yearwood and LeAnn Rimes
  • 1995 – Ty Herndon‘s “What Mattered Most” became a #1 hit
  • 1982 – George Strait released his single “Fool Hearted Memory”

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This Date in Country Music History – May 26th

 Posted by at 7:47 am on May 26, 2025
May 262025
 
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Toby Keith

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2009 – Montgomery Gentry was invited by Charlie Daniels to join the Grand Ole Opry
  • 2009 – Jason Aldean released his single “Big Green Tractor”
  • 2007 – Billy Currington hit #1 with “Good Directions” – a song written by Luke Bryan
  • 2004 – Toby Keith dominates the ACM Awards, taking home 4 trophies:  Entertainer of the Year, Top Male Vocalist, Album of the Year (Shock’n Y’all), and Video of the Year (“Beer for My Horses” w/ Willie Nelson)
  • 2000 – Phil Vassar made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry
  • 1933 – Jimmie Rodgers, who would become the first person inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, passed away

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