On this day in 2003, Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man” was ranked #1 when CMT debuts its “100 Greatest Songs Of Country Music.” Ex-husband George Jones chimed in at #2, with “He Stopped Loving Her Today.” Wynette also landed at #35, with “D-I-V-O-R-C-E”
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Looks like Darius Rucker’s daughter Dani is following in her father’s footsteps. In case you missed it, Darius recently shared the 19-year-old’s first single, “I Don’t Love You Like That.”
“Making the best of these stay at home orders and family time I decided to play around with my garage band and put on my producer hat,” Darius shares. “With my daughter @dani_rucker back home from college, she joined on lead vocals.”
On this day in 2000, Garth Brooks’ “Double Live” album was certified for sales of 13-million. This distinction tied with Bruce Springsteen’s “Live 1975-1985” as the biggest-selling live albums in history. As a bit of trivia, that certification pushed Garth’s total career sales to 5-million. As of now, his sales exceed 100-million.
Meet “LeAnn”, our Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter Pet of the Week, brought to you by H & S Feed & Country Store in Oskaloosa. LeAnn is an attention-loving and affectionate 2 1/2 year old kitty who gets along well with people, but she’s a bit more selective about other cats. LeAnn would love to find her new forever home, so if you’re interested in meeting her, you can call Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter to set up an appointment at 641-673-3991.
Learn more about LeAnn with Terry Gott below:
Tyler Farr is ready to share some new music with fans. The singer will drop the new four-track EP, “Only Truck In Town,” digitally tomorrow. The EP was produced by Jason Aldean.
“It’s been five years since I put out the ‘Suffer in Peace’ album—I love my fans and they have been waiting patiently for new music and now I can finally say that the new music is here…for them,” Tyler shares. “These songs really speak to who I am.”
He adds, “my good buddy, Jason Aldean, produced the EP and knows me better than most people so working with him just felt right,” noting, “Together we created something very real and that’s exactly what I want my fans to hear from me.”
Check out the track list below:
“Only Truck In Town”
“Soundtrack To A Small Town Sundown”
“I Wish Dogs Could Live Forever”
“Heaven On Dirt”
Source: Music Row
On this day in 1982: Alabama held their first ever June Jam in their hometown of Fort Payne, Alabama. More than 30,000 attended the charity concert near the high school, where the hometown band shares the stage with Janie Fricke, The Oak Ridge Boys, Louis Mandrell and R.C. Bannon.
Jake Owen has been off the road for months due to the coronavirus, and it sounds like he’s really enjoying it, especially since it’s allowed him to spend more time with his one-year-old daughter Paris, who he shares with girlfriend Erica. (He also has seven-year old daughter Olive Pearl, from a previous marriage.)
“I can’t tell you how much this last month … being home every day and the simple things of watching my little girl, as a one-year-old, crack up laughing in the morning while we’re feeding her a bottle,” Jake tells “Southern Living’s” Biscuits & Jam podcast. “Usually I’d be calling her from wherever, from a bus, a parking lot … it’s been a really big blessing.”
Jake says he’s also been very creative while and home and while he was supposed to be on tour with Lady Antebellum this summer, he admits he’s not really missing life on the road.
“I don’t feel like a caged animal,” he says. “I haven’t been this happy in 15 years, which is weird to say in a time like now.” He adds, “I’m hoping with this virus and everything that’s happening is that it breeds that same love and energy into people of understanding that life is fragile and … let’s start taking care of everyone around us more.”
Source: Southern Living
On this day in 1989: Reba McEntire married her road manager, Narvel Blackstock, in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. He had previously been her steel guitar player. Reba joked that after she’d promoted him to road manager, she demoted him to husband. The couple has one child, Shelby Stephen.
Luke Bryan has a new Top Ten hit. The singer’s “One Margarita” lands at ten the “Billboard” Country Airplay chart, making it Luke’s 30th Top Ten song.
Luke is now the 14th artist with at least 30 Top Ten hits. He has surpassed both Blake Shelton and Kenny Chesney, who both have 29. George Strait still has the most, with 61.
Meanwhile, topping the Country Airplay chart for a second week is Luke Combs’ “Does To Me,” featuring Eric Church.
Elsewhere on the charts…
Florida Georgia Line debuts at five on the Top Country Albums chart, with their new EP “6-Pack.” It is now the duo’s sixth Top Ten album.
Maren Morris’ “The Bones” is spending its 13th week on top the Hot Country Songs chart.
Source: Billboard
On this day in 2002: Mary Chapin Carpenter married contractor Timmy Smith. Well-known for being intensely private, the nuptials weren’t confirmed until weeks later, by friends of the couple – not from anyone in Mary Chapin’s camp.
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