COUNTRY HISTORY

On this day in 2014, Luke Bryan's "Play It Again" was going through another week at number one on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. It was released in March as the fourth single from his…

On this day in 1993, Reba McEntire's It's Your Call was Certified Double Platinum. The album produced three hits, "Its Your Call", "The Heart Won't Lie", which featured Vince Gill, and "Baby's Gone Blues", which…

On this day in 1992, Billy Ray Cyrus'  debut album Some Gave All, which featured "Achy Breaky Heart", landed at #1 on the Country Albums Chart.  Some Gave All would wind up the best-selling album…

On this day in 1998, George Strait's "I Just Want to Dance with You" started a three-week stay at the top of the charts. The song was released as the first single for Strait's eighteenth studio…

On this day in 2005, Keith Urban got his first platinum single of his career with "You'll Think of Me."  The song was released in 2004 and was a crossover hit, landing spots on the Billboard…

On this day in 1978, Willie Nelson's Stardust made it to #1, enjoying a total of 551 weeks on the charts.  The album as universally praised, and produced two number one hits for Willie, "Georgia…

On this day in 2014, Capitol released Keith Urban's "Somewhere in My Car" to radio. The song was the fifth overall from his eighth studio album Fuse. The song would later top the Country Charts.

On this day in 2015, RCA released Miranda Lambert's single "Smokin' And Drinkin'," featuring Little Big Town, to radio. Though  the song was later nominated for a CMA Award, its reach on the charts peaked…

On this day in 1993, Toby Keith scored his very first #1 song with "Should've Been A Cowboy." The first of his twenty number one  hits, "Should've Been A Cowboy" was the lead-off single from…

On this day in 2001, Tim McGraw landed his 16th number one hit with "Grown Men Don't Cry." The song was released in April of the same year as the first single from McGraw's sixth album…