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Kelsea Ballerini Shares Video For ‘Heartfirst’

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Kelsea Ballerini has just shared the video for her latest single “Heartfirst.”

The clip opens with Kelsea having a “meet cute” when she bumps into a handsome man with a dog. She’s then transported into a dream, with clips of her on a roller coaster flying through the clouds, free-falling from a diving board, gambling with a bunch of brides and more.

It ends with Kelsea coming back down to earth, and taking the chance on love by introducing herself to the handsome stranger. Check it out below.

Source: Kelsea Ballerini

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1972, when a concert date was cancelled, Barbara Mandrell officially joined the Grand Ole Opry, three weeks earlier than scheduled.
  • Today in 1992, Garth Brooks and then-wife, Sandy Brooks, welcomed their first child, daughter Taylor Mayne Pearl Brooks, in Nashville.
  • Today in 1993, the “Merry Christmas To You” album by Reba McEntire was certified gold.
  • Today in 1994, Travis Tritt scored a #1 hit with his single, “Foolish Pride.”
  • Today in 1996, Keifer Thompson moved to Nashville from Oklahoma. Shortly after, he meets future wife and fellow Thompson Square partner Shawna McIlwain.
  • Today in 1997, Marty Stuart married Connie Smith on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Afterward, they drove out into the wilderness and end up dancing on a cliff to Buck Owens’ “Your Tender Loving Care.”
  • Today in 1998, Brooks & Dunn’s “If You See Her” album was certified gold and platinum simultaneously.
  • Today in 1998, the Roy Orbison Estate filed a $12-million royalty suit against Sony Music Entertainment Inc. The suit alleged that Sony, in selling licenses from the artist’s Monument Records master recordings, consistently underpaid Roy in domestic and international royalties.
  • Today in 2000, Lee Ann Womack’s “I Hope You Dance” began a five-week ride at #1 on the Billboard country chart.
  • Today in 2002, Brad Paisley was #1 on the country charts with his single, “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song).”
  • Today in 2010, Taylor Swift shot the wedding scene for her “Mine” video at the Christ Church in Kennebunk, Maine, with British actor Toby Hemingway in the role of the groom.
  • Today in 2013, Darius Rucker’s single, “Radio,” was released.
  • Today in 2014, Florida Georgia Line’s “Dirt” hit the airwaves.
  • Today in 2016, Garth Brooks became the first country artist to headline at the new Yankee Stadium in New York. He sang two songs written by New Yorker Billy Joel, “Shameless” and “Piano Man.” Brooks also joined wife Trisha Yearwood on “In Another’s Eyes.”
  • Today in 2017, Julianne Hough married NHL player Brooks Laich near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Her brother, Derek Hough, was a member of the wedding party. The couple announced their separation (after months of questions) in May 2020. They’ve since finalized their divorce.
  • Today in 2018, Josh Abbott married Taylor Parnell at Brazos Hall in Austin, Texas.
  • Today in 2019, the Thomas Rhett single, “Remember You Young,” was released.
  • Today in 2020, Lady A filed suit in Nashville against blues singer Lady A to protect its trademark of the name, granted in 2011. The group was formerly known as Lady Antebellum, but shortened the official name in the midst of the Black Lives Matter movement, running into an unexpected conflict in the process.
  • Today in 2021, the Walker Hayes single, “Fancy Like,” hit the airwaves.
  • Today in 2021, Morgan Wallen closed on the sale of his four-bedroom Nashville residence…as in, the house where he was notoriously recorded using a racial slur the previous February. The property went for $835,000, nearly 20% more than the $700-grand he bought it for in 2020.

MEET THE H & S FEED & COUNTRY STORE PET OF THE WEEK: “MAE”

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This week’s H & S Feed & Country Store Pet of the Week is “Mae”. Mae is a 1 year old female Pit bull mix. She’s very energetic and loves to play with toys. She gets along with some other dogs but doesn’t like female dogs or cats. Mae loves people and loves kids, and she’d make a great walking or hiking partner! She’s also house-trained!

If you’d like to set up an appointment to meet Mae 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 Mae with Terry Gott from Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter here:

Blake Shelton Spent Time With Wounded Vet On Fourth Of July

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Blake Shelton may have been celebrating his first wedding anniversary with Gwen Stefani over the Fourth of July holiday, but that didn’t stop him from taking some time out of his day to meet a disabled veteran.

Jason Morgan, a wounded veteran turned motivational speaker, shared on social media that he met Blake when they both just happened to be at the same fueling dock at Highpoint Marina on Lake Texoma, in Oklahoma.

“Great hanging out with Blake Shelton on our boat. Happy Independence Day,” Morgan writes on Facebook. “We were at the same gas dock and someone told Blake that a disabled veteran was in one of the boats gassing up and he come over to meet me. I was very appreciative.” Check out the post here.

Source: The Boot

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1954, Memphis disc jockey Dewey Phillips played Elvis Presley’s debut single, “That’s All Right,” on his radio show. It was the first time an Elvis record had ever been played on the radio.
  • Today in 1992, “Achy Breaky Heart” single by Billy Ray Cyrus was certified gold and platinum. “Weird Al” Yankovic later parodied it into “Achy Breaky Song.”
  • Today in 1993, the Recording Industry Association of America announced that Garth Brooks was the leading recording artist of the decade, with sales of 24 million records.
  • Today in 1995, Shania Twain topped the country charts with “Any Man of Mine.”
  • Today in 1995, Collin Raye’s album, “In This Life,” went platinum.
  • Today in 1998, LeAnn Rimes’ “Sittin’ On Top Of The World” album was certified gold and platinum.
  • Today in 1998, beloved singing cowboy Roy Rogers died of heart failure at the age of 86.
  • Today in 2002, the Dixie Chicks album, “Fly,” was certified with the coveted Diamond Award from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which commemorates sales of 10-million units.
  • Today in 2004, Jimmy Buffett’s “Hey, Good Lookin'” video – featuring appearances by George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, Clint Black and Alan Jackson – debuted on CMT.
  • Today in 2004, Big & Rich’s debut album, “Horse Of A Different Color,” was certified gold.
  • Today in 2007, Montgomery Gentry rolled straight sevens by topping the Billboard chart with “Lucky Man” on 7-7-07.
  • Today in 2007, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood performed “We Shall Be Free” from the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., for the Al Gore-sponsored Live Earth charity concerts.
  • Today in 2008, Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman welcomed their daughter, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville.
  • Today in 2011, Blake Shelton’s “God Gave Me You” was released.
  • Today in 2012, Eric Church wrote his 2014 single, “Talladega,” with Luke Laird at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York.
  • Today in 2014, Luke Bryan’s “Roller Coaster,” which was written by Cole Swindell, hit the airwaves.
  • Today in 2017, Craig Morgan filed a $40-million suit against Kent Sporting Goods and a subsidiary that manufactured the live vest his son was wearing when he drowned in July 2016, indicating the vest was not certified for water sports, but had the appearance of vests that have been approved.
  • Today in 2017, Florida Georgia Line played the first of three summer stadium shows at Boston’s Fenway Park, joined by The Backstreet Boys, Nelly and Chris Lane. FGL and BSB team on “God, Your Mama, And Me,” Nelly covers “Die A Happy Man,” and the whole crew closed the concert with a mass version of “Cruise.”
  • Today in 2017, the film, “Hickok,” debuted with Trace Adkins and Kris Kristofferson having starring roles.

Luke Combs Tops Two Billboard Charts

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Luke Combs is dominating the country charts. First off, the singer’s latest album, “Growin’ Up,” debuts on top the “Billboard” Top Country Album charts, with Luke moving 74,000 equivalent album units.

Luke also debuted at two on the all-genre “Billboard” 200 Album chart.

“Growin’ Up,” is now Luke’s fourth number one album, following 2019’s “What You See Is What You Get,” 2019’s “The Prequel” and 2017’s “This One’s For You,” which all debuted at number one.

  • Meanwhile, in addition to the album chart, Luke’s single “The Kind of Love We Make” tops the Hot Country Songs chart this week, his fifth number one on that chart. The tune also tops the Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales charts for a second week.

Source: Billboard

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1978, Tammy Wynette was no longer d-i-v-o-r-c-e-d from George Jones as she married George Richey.
  • Today in 1990, Mark Chesnutt released his first single, “Too Cold At Home.”
  • Today in 1993, the “Whoever’s In New England” album by Reba McEntire was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1994, Doug Supernaw’s “Red And Rio Grande” album was certified gold.
  • Today in 1994, the album, “This Is Me,” by Randy Travis was certified gold.
  • Today in 1996, Shania Twain was #1 on the singles charts with “No One Needs to Know.”
  • Today in 1997, George Strait’s single, “Carrying Your Love with Me,” topped the charts.
  • Today in 1998, “That’s Why I’m Here” by Kenny Chesney was the #1 song on the charts.
  • Today in 1998, beloved singing cowboy Roy Rogers died of heart failure at the age of 86.
  • Today in 2000, fresh from her appearance on PBS’ live “Capitol Fourth” telecast, Lee Ann Womack was told “I Hope You Dance” – the first single from her gold album of the same name – was again the #1 song in the country.
  • Today in 2000, it was revealed that Mark Chesnutt was a hero over the July 4th Apparently, Mark came upon an overturned car in Nebraska and gave assistance while his crew called for help. He wasn’t planning to tell anybody about the incident – but word started spreading after the victim’s daughter posted a “thank you” message on his fan club’s website. Mark later said quote, “It never occurred to me that we should brag about doing something that was simply the right thing to do. We were all thankful to be able to offer assistance when someone needed help. It was definitely a case of being in the right place at the right time. I’d like to think that if something like that ever happened to my mom or someone in my family, someone would stop to take care of them.” Mark, you deserved a high-five then, and you still do.
  • Today in 2000, it was announced that Aaron Tippin and his wife, Thea, were expecting their second child in December. The happy couple welcomed their son, Thomas Aaron, into the world on December 1st.
  • Today in 2001, Grand Ole Opry member Johnny Russell was laid to rest in Nashville. Active pallbearers at the service included Garth Brooks and Brad Paisley as well as Jim Ed Brown, Jack Greene, Billy Walker, Porter Wagoner and Little Jimmy Dickens.
  • Today in 2003, The Dixie Chicks perform at Dallas’ American Airlines Center despite a threat that Natalie Maines will be shot on stage.
  • Today in 2008, Kix Brooks runs with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
  • Today in 2009, Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley married Nashville music publicist Cassie McConnell in the Bahamas
  • Today in 2013, Toby Keith raised $2-million for tornado relief with a concert at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, joined by Garth Brooks, Ronnie Dunn, Willie Nelson, Trisha Yearwood, Mel Tillis, Kellie Coffey, John Anderson and Sammy Hagar. “Beer For My Horses” got played twice.
  • Today in 2015, Blake Shelton filed for divorce from Miranda Lambert in Oklahoma. When the world found out about it on July 20th – it was signed, sealed and delivered.
  • Today in 2016, Eric Paslay performed at a diabetes conference in Orlando, where he was introduced as an ambassador for Dexcom, a company that makes glucose monitoring devices for people with diabetes.

Luke Bryan Gets His ‘Country On’ With New Single

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Luke Bryan is back with a brand new single. The singer just dropped the new tune “Country On,” written by Mark Nesler, David Frasier, Mitch Oglesby, and Styles Haury.

“I love that the song uplifts the hardworking American people out there, and it brings a lot of unity,” Luke shares. “It just has feel-good vibes all the way around it and anytime you can reference country music fans in a song, and you can really make it feel natural, it’s great. And this song does just that.”

Fans should expect a video for the song soon. Luke just shot the clip in downtown Nashville, where he was joined by Metro Nashville Police Officers and other first responders. Check out the song below.

Source: Luke Bryan

This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1954, Elvis Presley had his first commercial recording session and recorded his first single: “That’s All Right (Mama)” backed with Bill Monroe’s “Blue Moon of Kentucky”. Presley had met Phillips seven months earlier when he made a demo at Phillips’s open-to-the-public studio.
  • Today in 1969, Merle Haggard’s single, “Working Man Blues,” hit the charts and began its climb to the top of the charts.
  • Today in 1989, Tanya Tucker’s daughter, Presley Tanita Tucker, was born.
  • Today in 1991, Alan Jackson’s single, “Don’t Rock The Jukebox,” hit #1.
  • Today in 1994, the single, “Every Once In a While,” by BlackHawk topped the charts.
  • Today in 2000, the videos, “Best of Intentions,” by Travis Tritt and “He Will, She Knows” by Kenny Rogers, premiered on CMT.
  • Today in 2001, Trace Adkins was arrested for suspicion of drunk driving in Nolensville, Tennessee. He was automatically charged with DUI when he refused breath and blood alcohol tests. He later pled guilty and was sober for years until January 2014, which had him embroiled in in an altercation with an impersonator. Soon after, his father passed. And then, he and Rhonda (his wife of 16 years) separated. While the couple has since finalized their divorce, Trace has since rebounded. Good for him.
  • Today in 2002, Brad Paisley‘s single, “I’m Gonna Miss Her” was at #1 on “Radio & Records’” Country Top 50 chart.
  • Today in 2007, Toby Keith’s “Love Me If You Can” video airs on TV for the first time on CMT.
  • Today in 2013, Luke Bryan made a surprise appearance during an Alabama show in Orange Beach, Alabama. Bryan provided a vocal assist on “Love In The First Degree.”
  • Today in 2014, Luke Bryan’s “Play It Again” arrived at #1 on the “Billboard” country singles chart.
  • Today in 2014, Blake Shelton and Darius Rucker are forced to cancel July 6 appearances at the Cavendish Beach Music Festival as a major storm prevents travel to Prince Edward Island in Canada.
  • Today in 2015, the title track to Blake Shelton’s album, “Bringing Back The Sunshine,” debuted as NBC’s NASCAR theme prior to its telecast of the Coke Zero 400 from the Daytona Motor Speedway in Florida. Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the checkered flag.
  • Today in 2017, Brett Young threw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field in Chicago, where the Cubs down the Tampa Bay Rays, 7-3, in an afternoon baseball game.

Taylor Swift & Joe Alwyn Engaged?

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Has Taylor Swift finally found her happy ever after? Well, that’s what “The Sun” claims, with the tab reporting that she and boyfriend Joe Alwyn have gotten engaged.

A source claims they’ve been engaged “for a few months,” noting, they’ve “only told their inner-inner circle — basically immediate family, and trusted, very old friends” who have been “sworn to secrecy.”

The insider says Joe has given Taylor a “beautiful ring” but she only wears it “behind closed doors.”

“Taylor and Joe are incredibly happy, and very, very in love,” the source shares. “They want their love to stay away from the cameras as much as possible. This is just for them.” The insider adds, “if and when they do exchange vows” you won’t see the pics in magazines, noting, “It will be simple and elegant — like them.”

Source: The Sun

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