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This day in Country Music History

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  • Today in 1952, Kitty Wells’ “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” was released.
  • Today in 1956, Ray Price spent the first of 20 weeks at #1 in Billboard magazine with “Crazy Arms.”
  • Today in 1979, the Charlie Daniels Band released the single, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”
  • Today in 1986, Hank Williams Jr.’s “Montana Café” album was released.
  • Today in 1988, George Strait’s “Greatest Hits Volume III” album was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1992, the album, “Holding My Own,” by George Strait was certified gold.
  • Today in 1993, Brooks & Dunn’s “Brand New Man” album was certified triple platinum.
  • Today in 1995, Garth Brooks’ album, “The Hits,” was certified for sales of six-million copies.
  • Today in 2000, Garth Brooks became one of the first inductees into the newly created Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. He was joined by the previously announced honoree, composer John Williams. The pair was celebrated at the Bowl’s Opening Night Gala, as conductor John Mauceri lead the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in tributes to the inductees. Garth performed with the orchestra in 1994 at a benefit concert and also performed that night.
  • Today in 2001, other than celebrating his very first Father’s Day as a daddy, Clint Black also reveled in receiving the Celebrity of the Year award from ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The honor was in recognition of his many years of devoted support for the organization.
  • Today in 2005, Sara Evans’ “A Real Fine Place To Start” video debuted on CMT.
  • Today in 2007, Tracy Lawrence collected a #1 single in Billboard for the first time in 11 years with “Find Out Who Your Friends Are”
  • Today in 2009, Montgomery Gentry joined the Grand Ole Opry and was officially inducted by Little Jimmy Dickens and Marty Stuart. After the big moment, Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives backed the duo on “Hillbilly Shoes.”
  • Today in 2010, Brad Paisley headlined a concert in the United Kingdom for the first time, playing Shepherds Bush Empire in London.
  • Today in 2012, a new edition of “CMT Crossroads” features Joe Walsh and friends: Brad Paisley, Hunter Hayes, Sara Evans, Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons.
  • Today in 2015, Kacey Musgraves’ “Pageant Material” album was released.
  • Today in 2017, Earth, Wind & Fire performed with Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, Sara Evans, Rascal Flatts, Dan + Shay, Drake White and Martina McBride, who joins the band on “Singasong” as the latest installment of “CMT Crossroads” premieres.
  • Today in 2018, Dierks Bentley was at #1 on the Billboard country albums chart with “The Mountain.”
  • Today in 2018, Craig Morgan received the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal from the U.S. Army during the Army Ball at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Huntington Beach, California.
  • Today in 2018, Big & Rich joined Flo Rida and 3 Doors Down at an early Independence Day celebration for military personnel at Fort Benning, Georgia.
  • Today in 2018, Chris Stapleton played a stadium date as an opening act for The Eagles at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Stapleton’s night includes performances of “Broken Halos,” “Parachute” and “Tennessee Whiskey.” Vince Gill, working with The Eagles, turned in “Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away.”
  • Today in 2019, Granger Smith performed at Chicago’s Country LakeShake in his first concert since the drowning death of his son 18 days earlier. He performed “Backroad Song,” covered Alabama’s “I’m In A Hurry (And Don’t Know Why)” and brings out Mitchell Tenpenny for a duet on “If The Boot Fits.”

Kacey Musgraves Covers ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love With You’ For ‘Elvis’ Soundtrack

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Kacey Musgraves is one of the many artists on the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” biopic.  The singer covers the Elvis Presley classic, “Can’t Help Falling In Love With You.”

The soundtrack of the Baz Luhrmann’s highly anticipated film includes “original songs and recordings by Elvis Aaron Presley,” along with music from Chris Isaak, Eminem and CeeLo Green, Stevie Nicks, Gary Clark, Jr., Jack White, Maneskin, Jazmine Sullivan, Pnau, Tame Impala, Swae Lee and Diplo, and Yola, as well as the film’s star Austin Butler, actor Kodi Smit-McPhee and more.

Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” starring Butler and Tom Hanks, hits theaters June 24th. The soundtrack drops the same day.

This day in Country Music History

Posted on by Bob Ballard
  • Today in 1951, MGM releases Hank Williams’ “Hey, Good Lookin'”
  • Today in 1977, Kenny Rogers’ single, “Lucille,” was certified gold.
  • Today in 1995, “The Woman in Me” album by Shania Twain was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1998, the Dixie Chicks’ album, “Wide Open Spaces” was certified gold.
  • Today in 1999, George Jones’ “Cold Hard Truth” album was released.
  • Today in 2000, Wynonna was officially divorced from her first husband, Arch Kelley.
  • Today in 2001, Lonestar’s single, “I’m Already There” was at #1 on “Radio & Records’” Country Top 50 chart.
  • Today in 2001, New York City’s Mayor Rudy Guiliani declared June 22nd as “Reba McEntire Day” as Reba ended her triumphant run as Annie Oakley in the Broadway revival of “Annie Get Your Gun.”
  • Today in 2002, Joe Diffie, Mark Chesnutt and Tracy Lawrence kicked off their “Rockin’ Roadhouse Tour” in Fargo, North Dakota.
  • Today in 2005, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill opens in Oklahoma City. The singer was on hand for an opening-day ribbon-cutting ceremony.
  • Today in 2006, Josh Turner’s “Would You Go With Me” video premiered on CMT along with Brooks & Dunn’s “Building Bridges” featuring Vince Gill and Sheryl Crow
  • Today in 2011, Glen Campbell revealed in “People” magazine that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Despite the issues it posed in remembering lyrics, he launched and completed a farewell concert tour that was documented in the film, “I’ll Be Me.”
  • Today in 2014, Justin Moore performed “Lettin’ The Night Roll” in a surprise appearance during Blake Shelton’s concert at Little Rock’s Verizon Arena.
  • Today in 2017, Sam Hunt’s “Montevallo” album went triple-platinum.
  • Today in 2018, Dan + Shay’s self-titled album was released.
  • Today in 2019, Lady A played a free show for soldiers stationed at Fort Polk, Louisiana.
  • Today in 2019, Luke Combs’ EP “The Prequel” debuted at #1 on the “Billboard” country albums chart.
  • Today in 2019, Easton Corbin performs the first of six free concerts for enlisted men and women, launching the tour at Lauglin Air Force Base in Del Rio, Texas.
  • Today in 2019, the mayor of Shreveport extended a formal apology to singer Carla Cooke for the city’s treatment of her father, Sam Cooke, who was jailed in 1963 when he protested a motel refusing to accommodate him because he was Black. Cooke wrote the country hits “Good Times” and “Bring It On Home To Me.”
  • Today in 2021, Reba McEntire’s Grand Ole Opry performance of “Is There Life Out There” is shot by NBC for “Macy’s Fourth Of July Fireworks Spectacular.”
  • Today in 2021, Brad Paisley and wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley joined First Lady Jill Biden as she conducts a vaccine promotion event in downtown Nashville.

Chris Stapleton Launches Charity Sweepstakes For Pilgrimage Festival

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Chris Stapleton is set to headline the Pilgrimage Festival, and now he’s giving one fan a chance to win a VIP experience at the fest, and it’s all for a good cause.

Chris has launched a sweepstakes through Fandiem, where one lucky fan and a guest will win an all-expense paid VIP trip to the fest, which goes down September 24th and 25th in Franklin, Tennessee. The package includes VIP passes and express entry, as well as stage front viewing, access to the VIP pavilion, roundtrip travel and a three-night hotel stay, a ground transportation stipend and more. The winner will also get a signed Stapleton Gibson ES-335 vintage burst guitar.

Fans can donate as little as $10 to enter for a chance to win the grand prize, with proceeds going to Chris’ Outlaw State of Kind charity. Click here to enter.

 

This day in Country Music History

Posted on by Bob Ballard
  • Today in 1975, “Rhinestone Cowboy” by Glen Campbell entered the Top 40 chart.
  • Today in 1975, Don Williams topped the country charts with “You’re My Best Friend.”
  • Today in 1976, Reba McEntire married Charlie Battles in Oklahoma. They divorced in 1987.
  • Today in 1988, Hank Williams Jr.’s “Wild Streak” album was released.
  • Today in 1991, Juice Newton’s “Juice Newton – Greatest Hits” album was certified gold.
  • Today in 1994, the video, “Livin’, Lovin’ And Rockin’ That Jukebox,” by Alan Jackson was certified platinum.
  • Today in 1995, John Berry’s daughter, Caelan, was born.
  • Today in 1996, Tracy Lawrence hit #1 with the single, “Time Marches On.”
  • Today in 1996, Wynonna’s daughter, Grace Pauline Kelly, was born.
  • Today in 2000, Jo Dee Messina’s video, “That’s The Way,” premiered on CMT.
  • Today in 2000, Patty Loveless kicked off her first major tour in two years.
  • Today in 2001, Alan Jackson was chosen for induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
  • Today in 2004, Gretchen Wilson’s debut album, “Here for the Party” was certified gold and platinum.
  • Today in 2014, Luke Bryan headlined a stadium for the first time at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. Supporting acts include Dierks Bentley, Lee Brice, and Cole Swindell.
  • Today in 2014, Lucy Hale made her Grand Ole Opry debut.
  • Today in 2018, Kane Brown collected gold singles from the RIAA for “Found You” and “There Goes My Everything,” plus a double-platinum award for “Heaven” and a triple-platinum single for his Lauren Alaina collaboration, “What Ifs.”
  • Today in 2019, Chris Pratt received two pigs for his birthday from his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger. The pets are named Tim and Faith.
  • Today in 2019, the Willie Nelson album ,”Ride Me Back Home,” was released.

Carrie Underwood Lands 10th Top 10 Record

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Carrie Underwood’s new album is a hit. The singer’s latest, “Denim & Rhinestones,” debuts at 10 on the “Billboard” 200 Album chart, moving 31,000 equivalent album units.

The album is now Carrie’s 10th consecutive Top 10 hit, with her first coming in 2005 with her debut album “Some Hearts.”

Carrie isn’t the only country artist in the Top 10. Morgan Wallen’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” is still in the Top 10, landing at six this week.

Source: Billboard

This day in Country Music History

Posted on by Bob Ballard
  • Today in 1981, “Queen Of Hearts” by Juice Newton entered the Top 40 chart.
  • Today in 1981, Dolly Parton’s single, “But You Know That I Love You,” graced the top of the country charts.
  • Today in 1991, Mickey Gilley’s “Encore” album was certified gold.
  • Today in 1992, the Mavericks debuted on the charts with the single, “Hey Good Lookin’.”
  • Today in 1995, George Jones and Tammy Wynette released the reunion album, “One.”
  • Today in 2000, Martina McBride and Loretta Lynn were among the acts set to kick off the Opry’s series of Tuesday matinee shows.
  • Today in 2000, Sammy Kershaw’s album, “Sammy Kershaw Covers The Hits,” arrived in stores. The project was a collection of cover tunes that he recorded over the previous seven years. The album includes such classics as “Third Rate Romance,” “Memphis, Tennessee” and “If I Fell.”
  • Today in 2000, Amanda Wilkinson became a high school graduate.
  • Today in 2001, it was announced that Chely Wright was tapped to join Luther Vandross, the Irish Tenors, the Pointer Sisters and event host Barry Bostwick of ABC-TV’s “Spin City” for the annual “Capitol Fourth Concert.”
  • Today in 2001,T. Oslin told Billboard.com that her latest album, “Live Close By, Visit Often,” would probably be her last release.
  • Today in 2005, Gretchen Wilson received the key to the city of Pocahontas, Illinois, when she returns to her hometown to cut the ribbon on a new ball field concession stand she donated to the community. The event takes place at the renamed Gretchen Wilson Park
  • Today in 2007, the Academy of Country Music presented the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award to Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, Don Williams and songwriter Harlan Howard at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville. Buck Owens receives the Jim Reeves International Award.
  • Today in 2009, Steel Magnolia was introduced on the season premiere of CMT’s competition “Can You Duet.” Judges for the season include Big Kenny, Naomi Judd and Big Machine executive Scott Borchetta.
  • Today in 2011, “Remind Me,” Brad Paisley’s duet with Carrie Underwood, hit the airwaves.
  • Today in 2013, Florida Georgia Line’s single, “Cruise,” went quadruple-platinum. The same day, Luke Bryan’s “Doin’ My Thing” album also went platinum.
  • Today in 2014, Rascal Flatts collected a gold single from the RIAA for “Rewind.”
  • Today in 2015, Willie Nelson endorsed Democrat Bernie Sanders for president.
  • Today in 2015, Luke Bryan became the first country artist to headline TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. He was joined on the bill by Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Randy Houser and Dustin Lynch. FGL returned to the stage during Bryan’s set to collab on “The Only Way I Know.”
  • Today in 2016, a spokesperson for Don McLean indicated the “Crying” singer had reached a settlement in his divorce with his wife, Patrisha, receiving $10-million.
  • Today in 2016, stars of the ABC series, “Nashville,” performed in Dublin, Ireland, to conclude the cast’s first-ever international tour. The lineup included Charles Esten, Clare Bowen, Chris Carmack, Jonathan Jackson and Sam Palladio.
  • Today in 2017, Dylan Scott took home a gold single from the RIAA, for “My Girl.”
  • Today in 2017, Canaan Smith’s rental car is broken into while he’s on tour in San Jose. Thieves make off with a guitar, a computer and concert equipment.
  • Today in 2018, Ashley McBryde’s brother, William McBryde Jr., a veteran who was previously stationed in Iraq, died at his home in Russellville, Arkansas.

Faith Hill Thought She Wouldn’t Act Again After ‘Stepford Wives’

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Faith Hill currently stars in the hit Paramount+ series “1883” but she says there was a time when she never thought she’d act again.

In case you missed it, Faith stopped by “The Kelly Clarkson Show” this week where she revealed that after appearing in the 2004 film “The Stepford Wives,” with Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick, she lost her taste for acting.

“I had done a couple of things. I did ‘Stepford Wives’ with an amazing cast,” she shares. “It wasn’t the best experience, so I said, ‘I will never, ever, ever, ever, ever do another, anything like that, a movie,'” explaining, “”Because it took so long. The waiting for me…,” noting, “I have to be busy doing stuff.”

While she didn’t give up acting completely, appearing in the indie film “Dixieland” in 2015, it wasn’t until “1883” that she really felt like she had to go back to it.

“I’ve read a lot of scripts over the years, and nothing hit me or the timing wasn’t right,” she says of the series, which co-stars hubby Tim McGraw. “I honestly had never read anything like that. So we just made the decision to do it.”

Source: The Kelly Clarkson Show

This day in Country Music History

Posted on by Bob Ballard
  • Today in 1975, J. Thomas found his way to the top of the Billboard country chart with one of country music’s longest song titles: “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song.”
  • Today in 1983, Bill Monroe was a guest at the White House, along with Frank Sinatra, as president Ronald Reagan recognized Monroe as the only living American credited with originating an American music form.
  • Today in 1992, the album, “No Fences,” by Garth Brooks was certified for multi-platinum sales of 8-million.
  • Today in 1993, Johnny Cash began four days of recording in producer Rick Rubin’s living room in Los Angeles, backed only by his own guitar. It marked the start of work on Cash’s “American Recordings” album.
  • Today in 1997, Lonestar’s “Crazy Nights” album was released.
  • Today in 1997, Ricochet released “Blink of An Eye” and Lila McCann released her debut album, “Lila.”
  • Today in 2000, the Grand Ole Opry radio show, carried since 1925 on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, began webcasting the Opry program.
  • Today in 2001, the new $37-million Country Music Hall of Fame opened in downtown Nashville. On hand were Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Diamond Rio, Martina McBride, Bill Anderson and ribbon-cutters Charley Pride, Brenda Lee and Kitty Wells.
  • Today in 2002, Elvis Presley was back at #1 on the U.K. singles chart for the first time since shortly after his death in 1977. That means he broken the quarter-century-long stalemate with the Beatles for the most chart-topping singles in British history. The remix of his 1968 song, “A Little Less Conversation,” was also the first remix of any Elvis recording, which was sanctioned by his estate.
  • Today in 2005, Tim McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying,” which was written by Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman, won Single Record and Song of the Year during the 40th annual Academy of Country Music awards.
  • Today in 2006, Kenny Chesney kicked off a five-week run at Billboard #1 with his song, “Summertime.”
  • Today in 2010, Taylor Swift received the Hal David Starlight Award as the Songwriters Hall of Fame inducted David Foster, Jackie DeShannon, Leonard Cohen and Sunny Skylar.
  • Today in 2013, Thomas Rhett’s “It Goes Like This” video debuted on CMT, as did Zac Brown Band’s “Jump Right In.”
  • Today in 2015, Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn began a Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace.
  • Today in 2016, Garth Brooks attended the Tennessee funeral of Mike Chapman, who played bass on many of his hits, including “Shameless,” “Friends In Low Places,” “The Thunder Rolls” and, appropriately, “The Dance.”
  • Today in 2016, Jon Pardi’s album, “California Sunrise,” was released.
  • Today in 2016, Garth Brooks’ 2007 album, “The Ultimate Hits,” was certified nine-times platinum by the RIAA.
  • Today in 2019, Meghan Linsey got engaged to Tyler Cain in Alaska during a video shoot. The lovebirds eloped to Hawaii in January 2022.
  • Today in 2020, Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell and Scotty McCreery play a livestream benefit for Music Health Alliance, joined by Steve Wariner, Jordan Davis, Keb’ Mo’, Sara Evans, Craig Morgan and Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires.
  • Today in 2021, Brad Paisley was honored as Father of the Year by the National Father’s Day Committee.
  • Today in 2021, Carly Pearce was officially invited by Dolly Parton to join the Grand Ole Opry. She was inducted the following August.

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

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This week’s H & S Feed & Country Store Pet of the Week is “Cleo”, an adorable 3 year old Terrier/Pit Bull mix. Cleo will win you over with her winning personality. She’s a lover, who enjoys attention and belly rubs, and gets along with other dogs, loves kids, and seems to be house-trained. Cleo is fully vetted and vaccinated, and ready to be your new best friend!

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

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