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Today’s Birthdays – February 23rd

Posted by admin at 8:55 pm on February 23, 2019

Feb 232019

Steve Holy

Happy Birthday to today’s country music birthdays!

Posted by admin at 6:30 am on February 22, 2019

Feb 222019

This Date in Country Music History

2019 – Dan + Shay’s single “How Not To” was certified Platinum for sales of 1 million digital downloads
2016 – Country Music Hall of Famer Sonny James passed away in Nashville
2011 – Garth Brooks is announced as an inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
2003 – Blake Shelton scored a #1 hit with “The Baby”
2000 – Phil Vassar released his self-titled debut album
1999 – Montgomery Gentry released their single “Hillbilly Shoes”
1997 – Brooks & Dunn scored a #1 hit with “A Man This Lonely”
1994 – Rick Trevino released his self-titled debut English album
1968 – June Carter said yes to Johnny Cash when he asked her to marry him while on stage in London, Ontario

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Posted by admin at 10:28 pm on February 21, 2019

Feb 212019

Zach Swon

Happy Birthday to today’s country music birthdays!

Posted by admin at 6:09 am on February 21, 2019

Feb 212019

This Date in Country Music History

2023 – Chris Janson released his song “All I Need Is You”
2023 – Jordan Davis released his song “Next Thing You Know”
2020 – Taylor Dye (of Maddie & Tae) married Josh Kerr
2020 – Tim McGraw signed with The Big Machine Label Group
2020 – Shay Mooney (of Dan + Shay) and his wife welcomed a son
2017 – Brantley Gilbert’s single “One Hell of an Amen” was certified Platinum
2017 – Thomas Rhett’s single “Die a Happy Man” was certified Triple Platinum
2015 – A Thousand Horses made their Grand Ole Opry debut
2015 – Sam Hunt topped the Billboard Country chart for the first of 11 weeks with “Take Your Time”
2004 – Toby Keith topped the charts with “American Soldier”
2000 – Chad Brock released his single “Yes!”
2000 – Rascal Flatts released their debut single “Prayin’ For Daylight”
1995 – Mark Chesnutt released his single “Gonna Get a Life”
1976 – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson topped the charts with “Good Hearted Woman”