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This day in Country Music History

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.

Luke Combs Releasing Deluxe Edition Of Sophomore Album

Luke Combs is giving fans some more music this fall. The singer will release a deluxe version of his sophomore album “What You See Is What You Get.” The new version, dubbed “What You See Ain’t What You Get,” will drop October 23rd, with five new songs, bringing the track list to 18 songs.

The new deluxe release will likely mean more weeks at number one for Luke. The original record debuted at number one, and helped Luke become the first artist to ever have his first two studio albums spend 25 or more weeks at number one.

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Blake Shelton & Luke Bryan Have Twitter “Feud” Over Their Music

Buddies Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton had a little fun ribbing each other on social media yesterday. It all started when Blake shared a fake story about drivers falling asleep to Luke’s music.

“Wow! Just catching up on the news…” Blake tweeted. “Shocking! I have noticed some fatigue when @lukebryanonline comes on..”

Well, Luke wasn’t about to let it end there. Referring to Blake’s two duets, “Happy Together” and “Nobody But You,” with girlfriend Gwen Stefani, Luke cracked, “Your girlfriend is the only reason people are listening to your last two singles.”

To that Blake replied, “Hey, don’t hate just cause I know how to work the system!!!”

 

Shania Twain Releasing “The Woman In Me: Diamond Edition” And More

Shania Twain is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her GRAMMY-winning album “The Woman In Me” with the release of “The Woman In Me: Diamond Edition,” dropping October 2nd.

The “Diamond Edition,” available in two and three-CD configurations, features a remastered version of the multi-platinum album, along with previously unreleased racks, live recordings and mixes. Fans can also get their hands on the remastered album in vinyl, and limited-edition colored variant vinyl.

Those who buy the three-CD set will get five live performances recorded at a December, 2019 performance of Shania’s residency at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas. It will also feature an entire “Shania Vocal Mix” containing early takes of 11 songs from nearly a year before the album’s release.

In other Shania news…

The singer revisits her iconic leopard print outfit from the video for 1997’s “That Don’t Impress Me Much” for the new video for her collaboration with Orville Peck, “Legends Never Die.” Fans will want to be sure to tune into “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” tonight, where she and Orville are set to perform the song.

In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight Shania shares that she’s spent her time in quarantine writings songs and getting closer to hubby Frederic Thiebaud. “You learn so much about each other, but I think more than anything, I’ve learned a lot about myself,” she shared. “We’re closer, for sure. I think we realized through this that we’re definitely going to make it.”

Shania also addressed Luke Bryan recently saying on “Watch What Happens Live” that she refuses to give him her phone number. “It’s not true. I would never refuse Luke Bryan,” she says. “He can find me. I will reach out to him now specifically to give him my number. I don’t want to call him a liar, but I never did refuse him, so I’ll make sure we get on a call real soon, get it all straightened out.”

Source: Shania Twain

On this day in 2001: Tim McGraw performs on the “Today” show

On this day in 2001, Tim McGraw performed on NBC’s “Today” show as part of their “Summer Concert Series” and drew nearly 4,000 fans into Rockefeller Plaza. According to “Today” show sources, this is among the largest crowds they have ever seen as part of their live concert performances. He entertained the masses with three songs – “Angel Boy,” “Things Change” and “Grown Men Don’t Cry” – from his album, “Set This Circus Down.”

 

ACM’s All-Star “On The Road Again” Is Out Now

The ACM has brought together Willie Nelson and all of this year’s Best New Artist nominees for a cover of Willie’s classic “On The Road Again,” and now the song is finally out.

The tune features Ingrid Andress, Gabby Barrett, Jordan Davis, Russell Dickerson, Lindsay Ell, Riley Green, Caylee Hammack, Cody Johnson, Tenille Townes and Morgan Wallen.

Proceeds from the song will to ACM Lifting Lives COVID-19 Response Fund.

Meet the H & S Feed & Country Store Pets of the Week: Sandy & Archie

This week’s H & S Feed & Country Store Pets of the Week are adorable 11 month old rat terriers Sandy & Archie. Sandy & Archie have been together since birth, and are very bonded to each other, so they must be adopted as a pair. Sandy & Archie are affectionate and energetic, and would love to find their forever home. If you’d like to set up an appointment to meet Sandy & Archie or any of the pets at Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter, give them a call at 641-673-3991.

Check out our visit about Sandy & Archie with Terry Gott from Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter here:

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