This Date in Country Music History – May 12th

 Posted by at 6:21 am on May 12, 2019
May 122019
 
Rascal Flatts

Rascal Flatts

 

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2023 – Jelly Roll released his duet “Save Me” with Lainey Wilson
  • 2023 – Bailey Zimmerman released his album Religiously:  The Album
  • 2018 – Jordan Davis made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2018 – Keith Urban scored a #1 album with Graffiti U
  • 2007 – Mel Tillis was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry by Bill Anderson
  • 2007 – Rascal Flatts topped the charts with “Stand”
  • 1998 – Tracy Byrd‘s I’m From the Country album was released
  • 1992 – Martina McBride‘s debut album The Time Has Come was released
  • 1990 – Travis Tritt scored his first career #1 song with “Help Me Hold On”
  • 1984 – Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson hit #1 on the singles chart with “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before”

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This Date in Country Music History – May 9th

 Posted by at 5:53 am on May 9, 2019
May 092019
 
Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw

 

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2022 – LoCash released their song “Beach Boys”
  • 2020 – Gwen Stefani made her Grand Ole Opry debut when she performed with Blake Shelton remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • 2015 – Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” topped the Billboard charts for the first of 13 weeks
  • 2012 – Tim McGraw signed a new record label deal with Big Machine Records
  • 2010 – Blake Shelton proposed to Miranda Lambert while out in the woods in Oklahoma
  • 2005 – Kenny Chesney married actress Renee Zellweger in the Virgin Islands
  • 2004 – Trick Pony signed a record label deal with Curb Records
  • 2001 – Lee Ann Womack won 3 ACM Awards for her smash hit “I Hope You Dance.”  Trophies were for Single, Song, and Vocal Event (w/ Sons of the Desert)
  • 1992 – Brooks & Dunn hit #1 on the charts with their single “Neon Moon”
  • 1989 – Keith Whitley died of alcohol poisoning
  • 1989 – Tim McGraw moved to Nashville to pursue a career in Country Music

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