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This Date in Country Music History – September 28th

 Posted by at 7:40 am on September 28, 2026
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Ronnie Milsap

Ronnie Milsap

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Kris Kristofferson passed away in Hawaii
  • 2021 – Mandy Barnett was invited by Connie Smith to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry
  • 2021 – Alan Jackson announced that 10 years ago he was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder, a degenerative nerve disease
  • 2020 – Carly Pearce release her song “Next Girl”
  • 2020 – Keith Urban released his duet “One Too Many” with P!nk
  • 2020 – Clay Walker released his single “Need a Bar Sometimes”
  • 2019 – busbee, a popular producer/songwriter, died of brain cancer
  • 2013 – Keith Urban’s album Fuse topped the Billboard Country Albums chart
  • 2010 – Trace Adkins invites Blake Shelton to join the Grand Ole Opry
  • 2007 – Cross Canadian Ragweed made their Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2004 – Rascal Flatts released their album Feels Like Today
  • 2002 – Diamond Rio scored a #1 hit with “Beautiful Mess”
  • 1998 – Sara Evans released her single “No Place That Far”
  • 1993 – George Strait released his album Easy Come, Easy Go
  • 1992 – John Michael Montgomery‘s debut album Life’s a Dance was released
  • 1985 – Ronnie Milsap topped the charts with “Lost In The Fifties Tonight (In The Still Of The Night)”
  • 1984 – George Strait released his album Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
  • 1974 – Waylon Jennings topped the charts with “I’m a Ramblin’ Man”
  • 1968 – Jeannie C. Riley topped the charts with “Harper Valley P.T.A.”
  • 1956 – Elvis Presley released his hit “Love Me Tender”

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This Date in Country Music History – September 27th

 Posted by at 7:18 am on September 27, 2026
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Toby Keith

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Luke Bryan released his album Mind of a Country Boy
  • 2024 – Cody Johnson released his duet “I’m Gonna Love You” with Carrie Underwood
  • 2019 – Sturgill Simpson released his album Sound & Fury
  • 2019 – Jon Pardi released his album Heartache Medication
  • 2016 – Chris Stapleton’s album Traveller was certified Double Platinum
  • 2005 – Gretchen Wilson released her album All Jacked Up
  • 2004 – Jamie O’Neal released her album “Trying to Find Atlantis”
  • 2003 – Dierks Bentley scored his first career #1 hit with “What Was I Thinkin'”
  • 2002 – Aaron Lines made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1997 – Diamond Rio scored a #1 hit with “How Your Love Makes Me Feel”
  • 1994 – Brooks & Dunn released their album Waitin’ on Sundown
  • 1994 – Little Texas released their album Kick a Little
  • 1994 – Clay Walker released his album If I Could Make a Living
  • 1994 – Toby Keith released his album Boomtown

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This Date in Country Music History – September 26th

 Posted by at 7:47 am on September 26, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2025 – Hardy released his album Country! Country!
  • 2022 – Toby Keith released his single “Oklahoma Breakdown”
  • 2022 – Jake Owen released his single “Up There Down Here”
  • 2016 – Blake Shelton released his single “A Guy With A Girl”
  • 2014 – RaeLynn made her Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2006 – Alan Jackson released his album Like Red On A Rose
  • 1995 – Martina McBride released her album Wild Angels
  • 1994 – Bryan White released his self-titled debut album

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This Date in Country Music History – September 25th

 Posted by at 6:47 am on September 25, 2026
Sep 252026
 
Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2021 – Kacey Musgraves scored a #1 album with star-crossed
  • 2020 – Carrie Underwood released her Christmas album My Gift
  • 2020 – Michael Ray released his single “Whiskey and Rain”
  • 2020 – Aaron Watson released his single “Silverado Saturday Night”
  • 2019 – Jameson Rodgers made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2016 – Grand Ole Opry member and Country Music Hall of Famer Jean Shepard passed away in Nashville
  • 2012 – Jake Owen released his Endless Summer EP
  • 2012 – Taylor Swift released her single “Begin Again”
  • 2007 – Rascal Flatts released their album Still Feels Good
  • 2005 – Jake Owen signed his record label deal with RCA Records
  • 1999 – Tim McGraw scored a #1 hit with “Somethin’ Like That”

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This Date in Country Music History – September 24th

 Posted by at 7:25 am on September 24, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2020 – Curtis Grimes released his single “Still a Little Country Left”
  • 2019 – Brett Young’s single “Here Tonight” was certified Platinum
  • 2019 – Florida Georgia Line’s single “Round Here” was certified Triple Platinum
  • 2016 – Kelsea Ballerini scored a #1 hit when “Peter Pan” topped the charts for the first of 2 weeks
  • 2013 – Alan Jackson released The Bluegrass Album
  • 2005 – Sara Evans scored a #1 hit with “A Real Fine Place to Start”
  • 2001 – George Strait released his single “Run”
  • 1997 – Deana Carter‘s “Strawberry Wine” sweeped “Song” and “Single” of the year at the CMA Awards
  • 1996 – Kevin Sharp released his debut album Measure of a Man
  • 1996 – Gary Allan released his debut album Used Heart for Sale
  • 1994 – Joe Diffie topped the charts with “Third Rock From The Sun”
  • 1985 – Growing Pains debuts on ABC, featuring the theme song by B.J. Thomas and Jennifer Warnes, which was written by Steve Dorff

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