- Today in 1973, he‘s been this far several times: Conway Twitty reached #1 in Billboard with “You’ve Never Been This Far Before.”
- Today in 1979, Conway Twitty hit the top of the charts with “I May Never Get To Heaven.”
- Today in 1986, George Strait’s “Merry Christmas Strait To You” album was released.
- Today in 1987, the “Greatest Hits Volume II” collection by George Strait was released.
- Today in 1995, “I Like It, I Love It” by Tim McGraw topped the country singles charts.
- Today in 1997, Kenny Rogers’ “Greatest Hits” album was certified gold.
- Today in 1997, LeAnn Rimes’ version of “How Do I Live” is certified platinum.
- Today in 1998, Vince Gill’s “Breath Of Heaven” album was released.
- Today in 1998, Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell proclaimed the week of September 8-13th as “Garth Brooks Week” in Philly. During a formal ceremony at the First Union Center the Mayor presented Garth with a personalized replica of the Liberty Bell.
- Today in 1999, the Dixie Chicks’ album, “Fly,” debuted at #1 on both “Billboard’s” Top Country Album and the all-genre Billboard 200 charts. It marked the first time a country duo/group ever did so. The ladies repeated their feat with their current album, “Home.” In fact, the first-week sales (nearly 780,000) of their that project dwarfed those of “Fly,” which moved 341,000 copies in its first week.
- Today in 2000, Alan Jackson’s single, “It Must Be Love,” topped on “Radio & Records” country chart.
- Today in 2007, Rodney Atkins climbed to #1 on the Billboard chart with “These Are My People.”
- Today in 2013, Carrie Underwood debuted as the voice of NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” theme, “Waiting All Day For Sunday Night.” The game had George Strait serving as honorary captain of the Dallas Cowboys, who hosted the New York Giants.
- Today in 2015, it was confirmed that Glen Campbell’s family had moved him back into their Nashville home as he lived with the final stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
- Today in 2015, a plaque was placed in front of a building in Frederick, Maryland, designating it as the former home of Patsy Cline.
- Today in 2016, Taylor Swift donated $5,000 to a GoFundMe account set up to help cover the funeral and medical expenses for a fan who died in a car accident. The same day, she made a half-hour phone call to an 18-year-old Cincinnati fan who was dying of a congenital heart defect.
- Today in 2017, Kip Moore’s “Slowheart” album was released. On the same day, Toby Keith album, “The Bus Songs,” was also released.
- Today in 2017, Troy Gentry was killed following a helicopter crash in Medford, New Jersey. He was half of a Grand Ole Opry-member Montgomery Gentry that successfully knit country and Southern rock together, winning the Country Music Association’s Vocal Duo trophy in 2000. Their hits included “My Town,” “Lucky Man” and “Roll With Me.” In the hours after his death, one of the first public commemorations happened at an Old Dominion show in Sandwich, Illinois. The group was performing at the Sandwich Fair remember Troy by covering Montgomery Gentry’s “My Town.”
- Today in 2017, Don Williams died in Mobile, Alabama. A 2010 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame, the “Gentle Giant” left a string of 44 Top 10 singles, including landmark hits “Tulsa Time,” “I Believe In You” and “Good Ole Boys Like Me.” Hours after his passing, Brothers Osborne paid homage by covering “Tulsa Time” during a show in Athens, Ohio.
- Today in 2017, Kelsea Ballerini, Hunter Hayes and Maren Morris are part of a multi-network TV special, “Entertainment Industry Foundation Presents: XQ Super School Live.”
- Today in 2017, Rory Feek performed publicly for the first time since the death of his wife, Joey Feek, at his home in Pottsville, Tennessee.
- Today in 2018, Dierks Bentley headlined Madison Square Garden in New York for the first time. He brought out Brothers Osborne for “Burning Man” and team’s with LANCO’s Brandon Lancaster on “Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident).”
- Today in 2019, Carrie Underwood premiered her new version of NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” theme, “Waiting All Day For Sunday Night,” featuring Joan Jett. The New England Patriots thump the Pittsburgh Steelers in the game, 33-3.
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H & S FEED & COUNTRY STORE PET OF THE WEEK: “SWEET PEA”
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This week’s H&S Feed and Country Store Pet of the Week is “Sweet Pea”, a 6 year old Pit Bull mix. Sweet Pea lives up to her name! She’s a sweet and super-friendly gal who is full of energy, loves kids, tolerates cats, but isn’t fond of small dogs. Sweet Pea is fully housetrained and she’s pretty quiet. Sweet Pea walks well on a leash and would make a terrific furry pal! She’s fully vetted and would love to meet you!
If you’d like to set up an appointment to meet Sweet Pea or any of the pets at Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter, visit https://www.stephenmemorial.org/ and fill out an adoption application.
Check out our visit about Sweet Pea with Shanna from Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter here:
CARLY PEARCE DROPS VIDEO FOR ‘WE DON’T FIGHT ANYMORE’
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For her newest video, Carly Pearce has enlisted some help from her Hollywood friends. “Euphoria” star Shiloh Fernandez and Pearce’s frequent collaborator/“Pretty Little Liars” star Lucy Hale appear in the visualizer for the singer’s latest single “We Don’t Fight Anymore.”
“Having talents like Lucy and Shiloy were truly such a gift,” said Pearce. “The ‘space’ you feel between the two of them is felt so tragically at every moment of this video.” Pearce and Hale have worked together before- back when Pearce sang back-up as Hale pursued a career in country music.
This day in Country Music History
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- Today in 1955, Elvis Presley topped the country charts with his most successful release on Sun Records, “I Forgot To Remember To Forget.” Here’s a fun fact for you – Elvis made five singles for Sun records, each of them combining a blues song on one side with a country song on the other, but both sung in the same vein.
- Today in 1979, Waylon Jennings’ “Greatest Hits” album was certified platinum.
- Today in 1987, the albums “Merry Christmas To You” and “The Last One To Know” by Reba McEntire were released.
- Today in 1990, Dolly Parton’s “Home For Christmas” album was released.
- Today in 1994, Martina McBride’s “The Way That I Am” album was certified gold.
- Today in 2000, Martina McBride joined Amy Grant, Donna Summer and other women by contributing songs to “The Mercy Project,” an album benefiting homes for troubled young women. Martina recorded a song for the project called, “You’ll Get Through This.” All proceeds from the album’s sales go to Mercy Ministries of America, a 17-year-old organization that offers free counseling, social services, and education to women with unplanned pregnancies, addictions, and eating disorders.
- Today in 2005, Brad Paisley and Lee Ann Womack picked up six nominations apiece to lead the pack of nominees in the Country Music Association awards.
- Today in 2006, the video for Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” debuted on CMT.
- Today in 2010, Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney and wife Tiffany Fallon have their daughter, Raquel Blue Rooney, in Nashville.
- Today in 2011, Jason Aldean picked up a double-platinum single for “Dirt Road Anthem” as well as a double-platinum album for “My Kinda Party.”
- Today in 2014, Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood and his wife, Kelli Haywood, welcomed their first son, Cash Van Haywood.
- Today in 2015, the Country Music Hall of Fame exhibit “Ronnie Milsap: A Legend In My Time” closed. The display included three CMA awards from 1977, stagewear and a gold album for “It Was Almost Like A Song” with a plaque that uses Braille.
- Today in 2017, Carrie Underwood returned to NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” for a fifth season, delivering the theme song, “Oh, Sunday Night,” prior to an opening-week game between the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots. Maren Morris sang the national anthem prior to the game at Arrowhead Stadium.
- Today in 2017, Carrie Underwood and Sam Hunt raised over $630,000 for an orphanage in Honduras with a concert for 200 people at The Fontanel in Whites Creek, Tennessee.
LUKE COMBS MAKES COUNTRY CHART HISTORY WITH TOP TWO SONGS
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Luke Combs might be the new King Of Country music. The singer has nabbed the #1 spot on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, which not only sits him on top of the country mountain… it’s made history.
It’s the first time a solo artist has claimed the top two spots on the chart. While “Love You Anyway” is #1, Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” holds tight to #2. What’s maybe even more impressive, it’s not the first time Combs has had two songs at the top. In 2014, his solo hit “Play It Again” was #1- while Florida Georgia Line’s “This Is How We Roll” featuring Combs hit #2. Talk about a hitmaker!
Source: Country Now
This day in Country Music History
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- Today in 1975, “Rhinestone Cowboy” by Glen Campbell peaked at #1 on the pop singles chart – two weeks after it topped the country charts.
- Today in 1980, Johnny Lee’s “Looking For Love” which was featured in the movie, “Urban Cowboy,” reached #1 on the country charts.
- Today in 1985, Willie Nelson’s “Half Nelson” album was released.
- Today in 1991, Mark Chesnutt hit #1 with the single, “Your Love Is A Miracle.”
- Today in 1994, Tim McGraw’s “Not A Moment Too Soon” album was certified triple platinum.
- Today in 2001, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced that they planned to present the Golden Note Award to Garth Brooks on September 11th at an invitation-only reception and dinner on Capitol Hill. The event, which was set to be attended by members of Congress, was postponed “indefinitely” following the terrorist attacks earlier that day. Garth finally received his award on March 12th this year.
- Today in 2001, Tim McGraw was tapped for “People” magazine’s annual “Best Dressed” list.
- Today in 2001, the Gospel Music Association has announced plans to induct Elvis Presley into its Hall of Fame on November 27th during ceremonies at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Elvis Presley may be best known as the “king of rock ‘n’ roll,” but gospel is the music he loved first and best. With the honor, Elvis, who died in 1977 at the age of 42, became the first Hall of Famer in three genres – country, rock and gospel.
- Today in 2011, Jason Aldean, Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley and Blake Shelton notch five nominations apiece to lead the field as the finalists are announced for the 45th annual Country Music Association awards.
- Today in 2012, Vince Gill received a star at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Wife Amy Grant and longtime pal Reba McEntire delivered induction speeches.
This day in Country Music History
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- Today in 1956, Johnny Cash debuted on the charts with “I Walk The Line.”
- Today in 1958, The Country Music Association was founded in Nashville.
- Today in 1975, “Rhinestone Cowboy” single by Glen Campbell was certified gold.
- Today in 1981, “(There’s) No Getting Over Me” by Ronnie Milsap peaked at #5 on the pop singles chart.
- Today in 1981, “Fancy Free” by the Oak Ridge Boys topped the country charts.
- Today in 1989, the “Reba McEntire Live” album was released.
- Today in 1995, Wade Hayes’ “Old Enough To Know Better” album was certified gold.
- Today in 1996, Bryan White’s album, “Between Now And Forever,” was certified gold.
- Today in 1998, Brooks & Dunn topped the Billboard chart with their single, “How Long Gone.”
- Today in 2000, Alan Jackson’s “It Must Be Love” pushed Lonestar’s “What About Now” out of the #1 spot on the country charts.
- Today in 2001, it was announced that was the highest grossing country tour of 2001 belonged to Tim McGraw. His 43-city jaunt, “Tim McGraw On Tour,” also included Kenny Chesney and Mark Collie.
- Today in 2001, Alan Jackson’s album, “When Somebody Loves You,” was certified platinum. His 1996 CD, “Everything I Love”, was tapped for triple platinum status.
- Today in 2001, Brooks & Dunn’s “Greatest Hits” album was certified triple platinum, while their “If You See Her” project was certified for sales of two-million copies.
- Today in 2001, the Dixie Chicks were “flying high.” Their “Fly” album was certified for sales of 9-million. It has since gone on to sell over 10-million copies.
- Today in 2001, Pam Tillis’ “Greatest Hits” collection was certified platinum.
- Today in 2001, Tim McGraw was in Nashville celebrating the success of his #1 single, “Grown Men Don’t Cry.”
- Today in 2001, Toby Keith’s album, “Pull My Chain,” debuted at #1 on the country album charts.
- Today in 2001, LeAnn Rimes joined Don Henley, Courtney Love and others at a hearing before members of the California State Senate in Sacramento, as lawmakers examine California statutes governing record deals.
- Today in 2007, Taylor Swift received a gold single for “Teardrops On My Guitar.”
- Today in 2009, Jason Aldean’s “Big Green Tractor” started its four-week run at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
- Today in 2012, Eric Church topped the nomination list for the Country Music Association awards.
- Today in 2014, Kelly Clarkson made a surprise appearance to perform “PrizeFighter” with Trisha Yearwood during a Garth Brooks concert at Chicago’s Allstate Arena. The audience included Carrie Underwood.
Legendary ‘Margaritaville’ Singer Jimmy Buffett Dead At 76
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Legendary singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, known for his song “Margaritaville” along with his laid-back island style, has died. He was 76.
“Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs,” a statement on Buffett’s official website reads.
The statement continued, “He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many.”
While no cause of death was revealed, Buffett was briefly hospitalized in May to address some issues that required immediate attention.
Buffett, who was in Boston when he was admitted to the hospital, didn’t share the exact nature of the medical issue that required him to be hospitalized.
Source: RTT Music News
LUKE COMBS AND WIFE NICOLE WELCOME SON, BEAU LEE COMBS
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Congratulations to Luke Combs and wife Nicole – proud parents of their second child, Beau Lee Combs! Apparently the young man was born two weeks ago (August 15) but we’re just finding it out through an Instagram post Nicole made yesterday.
“8.15.2023 – Beau Lee Combs. Welcome to the world. We couldn’t love you more ????” mom wrote alongside a video clip of a developing polaroid of the newborn, with a hand writing his name on the bottom border of the picture.
In a previous post, the couple had said that Beau was due in September – but it looks like neither Mama or Beau could wait. Congratulations to the Combs family!
Source: WhiskeyRiff
This day in Country Music History
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- Today In 1956, Elvis Presley buys his mother a pink Cadillac while in Los Angeles to record.
- Today In 1974, John Denver closed a one-week stand at Los Angeles’ Universal Amphitheatre, where he recorded the live album “An Evening With John Denver.” It included “Thank God I’m A Country Boy.”
- Today In 1992, Vince Gill releases his “I Still Believe in You” album.
- Today In 1998, Richie McDonald, of Lonestar, and wife Lorie welcome daughter Mollie Ann.
- Today In 1998, Alan Jackson’s “High Mileage” album is released.
- Today In 1999, Chad Brock marries Marleda Upton, the woman who inspired his hit “Yes!” Unfortunately, they later said “No!” The couple has divorced.
- Today In 2000, The Dixie Chicks’ Wide Open Spaces receives a diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (R-I-A-A) for selling more than 10-million copies.
- Today In 2001, The Broadway revival of “Annie Get Your Gun” closes with Crystal Bernard (“Wings”) in the title role. She took over when Reba McEntire left the production just two months earlier, but ticket sales slumped after Reba departed.
- Today In 2003, Jimmy Wayne and Buddy Jewell perform on Jerry Lewis’ annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon.
- Today in 2004, Sara Evans performed “Born To Fly” on the third night of the Republican National Convention at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Brooks & Dunn sing “Only In America” after a speech by incumbent vice president Dick Cheney.
- Today in 2005, Little Big Town’s “Boondocks” video debuted on CMT.
- Today in 2006, Taylor Swift performed “Tim McGraw” in her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry.
- Today in 2010, Miranda Lambert wound up with a total of nine Country Music Association Awards nominations – the most ever for a female artist – as the CMA wrapped two days of finalist announcements for its 44th annual awards.
- Today in 2012, Blake Shelton’s “Over” was at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
- Today in 2013, during ABC’s “MDA Show Of Strength Telethon” special, Luke Bryan performed “Country Man,” Darius Rucker sang “Radio” and Lee Ann Womack offered up a rendition of “I Hope You Dance.” The event also featured Carole King, Kenny Loggins and Blue Sky Riders.
- Today in 2015, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires welcomed their daughter, Mercy Rose Isbell.
- Today in 2015, Don Henley was at Austin City Limits Live in Texas to record an edition of PBS’ “Austin City Limits.” He was joined by Jamey Johnson, Martina McBride, Ashley Monroe and Trisha Yearwood, as well as Chicks Martie Maguire and Emily Robison Strayer.
- Today in 2016, Angel, an 18-year-old cancer patient in Alabama, received an encouraging phone call from her favorite country act, Florida Georgia Line.
- Today in 2017, Luke Bryan played “Light It Up” live for the first time as a guest on “The Bobby Bones Show.”
- Today in 2018, Cole Swindell had Billboard’s #1 country album with “All Of It.”
- Today in 2018, Big & Rich’s “Comin’ To Your City” returned as the theme song for ESPN’s “College GameDay.” Luke Bryan appeared in the season’s opening week as guest picker…and rightly so! He successfully predicted nine winners in 12 key games.
- Today in 2020, Miranda Lambert was the top nominee with seven nod for the 54th annual CMA Awards. She competed for Entertainer and Female Vocalist of the Year; with “Bluebird” for Single, Song and Music Video. Her “Wildcard” Album was also nominated, as was the multi-artist cover of “Fooled Around And Fell In Love” – for Musical Event.
- Today in 2020, Elvie Shane’s debut single, “My Boy,” hit the airwaves.
- Today in 2021, the “Nelly & Friends” episode of “CMT Crossroads” premiered with guests Florida Georgia Line, Kane Brown, Blanco Brown and BRELAND.
- Today in 2021, Honeysuckle Hill Farm in Springfield, Tennessee, revealed its annual corn maze had been made in the likeness of Loretta Lynn.
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