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HCM Weekly Country Music News – March 14th, 2025

Posted by admin at 4:39 pm on March 14, 2025

Mar 142025

This Week’s Country Music News and Videos

This Date in Country Music History

2022 – Jimmie Allen released his single “Down Home”
2021 – MLB’s Texas Rangers re-name their spring training baseball park in Surprise, AZ as Charley Pride Field
2020 – Maren Morris scored a #1 single with “The Bones”
2013 – Longtime Grand Ole Opry legend Jack Greene passed away
2011 – Luke Bryan released his single “Country Girl (Shake It For Me)”
2011 – Brad Paisley released his single “Old Alabama“
2000 – Shania Twain‘s album Come On Over became the highest selling country album of all time, passing 17 million copies sold
1998 – Jo Dee Messina made her Grand Ole Opry debut
1998 – Diamond Rio was invited to become members of the Grand Ole Opry
1995 – Toby Keith released his single “You Ain’t Much Fun”
1992 – John Anderson scored a #1 hit with “Straight Tequila Night”
1970 – Merle Haggard topped the charts with “Fightin’ Side of Me”

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This Date in Country Music History

2021 – Niko Moon scored a Billboard Country #1 single with “Good Time”
2020 – Former Gloriana band member Rachel Reinert released her debut solo album Into the Blue
2018 – The Band Perry’s single “If I Die Young” was certified 7x platinum
2015 – Aaron Watson made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2011 – Taylor Swift released her single “Mean”
2009 – Justin Moore made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2001 – Tricky Pony released their self-titled debut album
1999 – Trisha Yearwood became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
1999 – The Dixie Chicks topped the charts with “You Were Mine”