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This day in Country Music History

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Today in 1994, Alan Jackson’s album, “Don’t Rock The Jukebox,” was certified double platinum.

Today in 1997, George Strait’s “Carryin’ Your Love With Me” album was certified double platinum.

Today in 1997, the album, “Evolution,” by Martina McBride was released.

Today in 1997, LeAnn Rimes’ “How Do I Live” single was certified gold.

Today in 1997, the single, “It’s Your Love,” by Tim McGraw was certified gold and platinum simultaneously.

Today in 1997, Trisha Yearwood’s project, “Songbook – A Collection of Hits,” arrived in stores.

Today in 1998, Mark Wills and his wife, Kelly, welcomed their daughter, Mally. For those who don’t know, Mally’s name is a purposeful combination of her parents’ names.

Today in 2000, Pam Tillis was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.

Today in 2000, Rascal Flatts’ Gary LeVox and his wife, Tara, welcomed their daughter, Brittany Kay.

Today in 2000, Jamie O’Neal and her hubby, Rodney Good, were married.

Today in 2000, Darryl Worley made his Grand Ole Opry debut.

Today in 2002, the album, “Part II,” by Brad Paisley was certified platinum.

Today in 2002, Toby Keith’s album, “Unleashed,” was certified gold and platinum simultaneously.

Today in 2002, Alan Jackson’s “Drive” album was certified triple platinum.

Today in 2007, Billy Currington travelled to Hawaii to receive therapy related to anger issues he suffered from his stepfather during in childhood. The abuser was actually the subject of Currington’s first hit, “Walk A Little Straighter.”

Today in 2011, Luke Bryan’s single, “Country Girl (Shake It For Me),” was certified platinum.

Today in 2013, Joe Nichols’ “Sunny And 75” video debuted on CMT.

Today in 2016, Florida Georgia Line’s “Dig Your Roots” album was released

Jason Aldean Set For Virtual Backyard Livestream Friday

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Jason Aldean is bringing some summer fun into fans homes this weekend. The singer is teaming with Corona for an end of summer virtual backyard livestream, taking place Friday at 5 pm CT.

“This summer has been a lot different for all of us with more time at home but I wanted to perform for my fans no matter where we all are,” Jason shares.

The live stream will air on Twitter (via @LiveNation), as well as Live Nation’s Virtual concert hub.

The concert will also give fans several chances to win prizes, with one grand prize winner being named “Jason’s featured fan of summer,” which comes with an autographed vinyl album and a social media shout out from Jason.

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On this day in 1979: “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” hits number one

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On this day in 1979: “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by the Charlie Daniels Band reached number one on the country chart.

The song was released on their 1979 album Million Mile Reflections.

The song is written in the key of D minor. Vassar Clements originally wrote the basic melody an octave lower, in a tune called “Lonesome Fiddle Blues” released on Clements’ self-titled 1975 album on which Charlie Daniels played guitar.  The song was the band’s biggest hit, also reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100, prevented from further chart movement by “After The Love Has Gone” by Earth, Wind and Fire and “My Sharona” by The Knack.

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Luke Bryan Launches Outdoors-Themed Amazon Storefront

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It’s no secret Luke Bryan loves the outdoors, and now he’s sharing all his favorite things to help others love it as well. The singer just launched his very own Amazon storefront, featuring personally curated outdoors products, including items for fishing, camping and hunting.

“Since I’m always on the road, Amazon makes it easy to shop all the necessities needed to hunt and fish. When I get back, I can immediately get outdoors and spend time doing what I love,” Luke shares. “When you’re outdoors, you always have to be prepared. Amazon has everything you need for a perfect summer day for hunting and fishing to items you need to keep you warm in the rain and cold.”

On this day in 1977: Waylon busted for cocaine possession

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On this day in 1977: Not long after being made an honorary police chief in Nashville, Waylon Jennings was arrested on cocaine charges. The arrest occurred during a recording session, along with his secretary, Lori Evans, on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine. The event inspired his song “Don’t You Think This Outlaw Bit’s Done Got Out Of Hand.”

Taylor Swift Donates $30K So Teen Can Go To College

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Taylor Swift has opened up her wallet to help one young girl’s dream of going to college come true. Teen Vitoria Mario recently sent up a GoFundMe account to help her raise money for her tuition at University of Warwick, where she had been accepted.

“I am a young Black 18 year old with a dream,” she explained on the page. “However, I am still in a position of uncertainty as I may not be able to attend university due to my circumstances.” Vitoria, who moved from Portugal to the UK four years ago, wasn’t eligible for loans or aid, and due to her family being “low income” they couldn’t help her with the fees.

That’s where Taylor comes in. The singer learned about Vitoria’s story and donated the equivalent of $30,000 to the fund to help her reach her goal. “Vitoria, I came across your story online and am so inspired by your drive and dedication to turning your dreams into reality,” Taylor offered. “I want to gift you the rest of your goal amount. Good luck with everything you do! Love, Taylor.”

And that’s not the only way Taylor is helping out folks in need. The singer actually did her part to try and help save independent record stores, surprising stores around the country with signed copies of “Folklore.” Several stores revealed the surprise Taylor contribution via social media, with copies limited to one per customer. “Fan reaction has been through the roof,” a rep for Newbury Comics tells Rolling Stone, adding, “many locations sold out almost instantly.”

The surprise promotion drove many young people to stores they likely wouldn’t have stepped into before. “[All involved members of the Alliance of Independent Media Stores] had our stores full of young people when we opened, most of whom had never been here before, seeing what a cool spot this is, and over the moon happy to get a signed CD,” says a representative from Nashville Grimey’s. “This was an incredible promotion. and the right way to do it!”

ONE MORE THING! As we told you, Taylor’s BFF Selena Gomez has her own cooking show on HBO Max, and apparently Taylor makes a cameo in an upcoming episode. In a preview for a future episode of “Selena + Chef,” Selena FaceTimes with Taylor to show off her Korean barbecue Texas breakfast taco.

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

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This week’s H & S Feed & Country Store Pet of the Week is “Ivey”, a two-year-old miniature Schnauzer mix. Ivey is affectionate, gets along great with people and kids, and she’s housebroken. Ivey is looking for her forever home, and would love to meet you! If you’d like to set up an appointment to meet Ivey 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 Ivey with Terry Gott from Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter here:

A Song Needs To “Hit” Tim McGraw Before He Records Them

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Tim McGraw’s new album “Here On Earth” drops tomorrow and while it’s filled with songs that are important to him, he didn’t actually write any of the tracks on the record, which isn’t uncommon for him.

“I write for every project that I do,” Tim shares. “Sometimes it makes it, sometimes it doesn’t.” For Tim it’s more important “for the best song to win,” noting that before he chooses to record a song “it has to hit me.” “It has to viscerally hit me and feel like it’s coming from me and it feels like my voice,” he shares, “or I can hear it in my head as my voice and hear my interpretation of it.”

Tim realizes that if he gets a song from another songwriter it has to go from the songwriter, to him and then to the fans, noting, “if a song holds up through all those steps, to me, then it’s a really good song.”

Meanwhile, Tim kicks off he album with the song “LA,” which features an orchestral sound, which Tim thought was a perfect way to launch the record. He explains, “I did want it to kick the album off because of the strings at the beginning. I just thought it set a tone for the album.”

 

This day in Country Music History

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Today in 1986, the album, “My Home’s In Alabama,” by Alabama was certified double platinum.

Today in 1993, Little Texas topped the country charts with “What Might Have Been.”

Today in 1996, Billy Ray Cyrus released “Trail of Tears” and the Beach Boys released “Stars and Stripes Volume 1,” which featured the group collaborating with stars like Lorrie Morgan, Sawyer Brown, Toby Keith and Collin Raye.

Today in 1997, Alabama Governor Fob James joined the mayors of Montgomery and Georgina, Alabama in the Alabama State Capitol to dedicate a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 65 to the memory of country great Hank Williams. The section of roadway was renamed the “Hank Williams Memorial Lost Highway.”

Today in 2000, “InStyle” magazine released their annual “What’s Sexy Now” issue, which featured hundreds of their readers voting on the “lust factor” of various people, places and things. In the category of Sexiest Female Musician, the winner by a landslide was Shania Twain, with 52% of the vote.

Today in 2000, Kenny Chesney’s third album, “I Will Stand,” which includes hits like “That’s Why I’m Here” and “She’s Got It All,” was certified platinum.

Today in 2000, Shania Twain’s album, “Come On Over,” broke the record for being the #1 album on the “Billboard” Country Albums chart. On the top for 44-weeks, the album officially held the spot longer than any other album in history. The previous record holder was Randy Travis’ “Always and Forever,” which spent 43-weeks in the top spot. Plus, she also became the only country artist ever to have eight top 20 country hits from the same album: “Come On Over.”

Today in 2002, Diamond Rio’s “Completely” and Lee Ann Womack’s “Something Worth Leaving Behind” albums arrived in stores.

Today in 2010, Lady Antebellum earned a gold certification (marking sales of 500k) for their single, “American Honey” and a quadruple-platinum cert (marking sales of 4-million) for their single, “Need You Now.”

Today in 2015, Carrie Underwood’s “Smoke Break” hit the airwaves.

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