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 Posted by at 1:01 pm on September 11, 2024
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This Date in Country Music History – December 17th

 Posted by at 6:12 am on December 17, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2023 – Joe Bonsall made his final appearance performing with The Oak Ridge Boys
  • 2015 – Dan + Shay’s single “19 You + Me” was certified Platinum
  • 2015 – Sam Hunt’s single “Break Up In A Small Town” was certified Platinum
  • 2014 – Billy Currington’s single “Hey Girl” was certified Platinum
  • 2005 – Joe Nichols topped the charts with “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off”
  • 2004 – Josh Gracin made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1994 – Joe Diffie topped the charts for the first of 4 weeks with his hit “Pickup Man”
  • 1988 – Restless Heart scored a #1 hit with “A Tender Lie”
  • 1955 – Tennessee Ernie Ford topped the charts with “Sixteen Tons”

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This Date in Country Music History – December 16th

 Posted by at 6:27 am on December 16, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2020 – LeAnn Rimes was crowned the winner of The Masked Singer on Fox
  • 2017 – Garth Brooks scored a #1 album with The Anthology:  Part I, The First Five Years
  • 2017 – The Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line duet “Meant to Be” topped the Billboard Country Singles Chart for the first of 50 weeks
  • 2014 – Craig Wayne Boyd won NBC’s The Voice
  • 2013 – Country Music Hall of Famer Ray Price passed away from pancreatic cancer
  • 2013 – Brantley Gilbert released his single “Bottoms Up“
  • 2008 – Julianne Hough made her Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2006 – Rascal Flatts scored a #1 hit with “My Wish”
  • 2000 – Brad Paisley was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry
  • 2000 – Tim McGraw topped the charts with “My Next Thirty Years”
  • 1991 – Garth Brooks released his single “What She’s Doing Now”
  • 1978 – Kenny Rogers topped the charts with his iconic hit “The Gambler”
  • 1969 – The Johnny Cash & June Carter duet “If I Were A Carpenter” was released

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This Date in Country Music History – December 15th

 Posted by at 7:47 am on December 15, 2025
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Eric Church

Eric Church

 

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2018 – ‘T-R-O-U-B-L-E” Songwriter and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Jerry Chesnut passed away
  • 2016 – The TV show Nashville made it’s debut on CMT after being cancelled by ABC.  It aired for 2 more seasons before ending in 2018
  • 2015 – Jason Isbell made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2014 – Eric Church’s album The Outsiders was certified platinum

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This Date in Country Music History – December 14th

 Posted by at 7:09 am on December 14, 2025
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2018 – The Urban Cowboy movie soundtrack was certified Triple Platinum
  • 2018 – Mitchell Tenpenny released his debut album Telling All My Secrets
  • 2015 – Cole Swindell released his single “You Should Be Here”
  • 2002 – Toby Keith made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1996 – Rhett Akins made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1973 – Lorrie Morgan made her Grand Ole Opry debut

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This Date in Country Music History – December 13th

 Posted by at 6:38 am on December 13, 2025
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Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw

 

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2020 – Runaway June’s Naomi Cooke was proposed to by Martin Johnson.  She said yes!
  • 2019 – Garth Brooks’ album Triple Live was certified Platinum and his album In Pieces was certified Nine Times Platinum
  • 2019 – Blake Shelton released his album Fully Loaded:  God’s Country
  • 2016 – Former child star Billy Gilman finished 2nd on The Voice
  • 2014 – Tim McGraw scored a #1 hit with “Shotgun Rider”

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