This Date in Country Music History – February 5th

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Feb 052026

This Date in Country Music History

2024 – Toby Keith died at the age of 62 after a battle with stomach cancer
2024 – Dan + Shay released their single “Bigger Houses”
2021 – Dan + Shay released their single “Glad You Exist”
2019 – Hayes Carll made his Grand Ole Opry debut
2019 – The Zac Brown Band signed with BMG
2018 – Brett Young‘s single “In Case You Didn’t Know” was certified triple platinum
2016 – Dan + Shay released their single “From The Ground Up”
2013 – Tim McGraw released his album Two Lanes of Freedom
2005 – Brad Paisley topped the charts with “Mud on the Tires”
2001 – Montgomery Gentry released their single “She Couldn’t Change Me”
2000 – The Dixie Chicks scored a #1 hit with “Cowboy Take Me Away”
1994 – John Michael Montgomery topped the charts for the first of 4 weeks with “I Swear”
1938 – Roy Acuff made his Grand Ole Opry debut