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I hate his political views, but love this song.
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Adam Hood, singer / songwriter from Opelika, Alabama. 6 albums, 2 EPs. This is from his fourth album The Sharp of things issued in 2011.
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Happy Birthday, Trace Adkins (born in 1962).
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James Houston Davis (September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000) was an American singer, songwriter, and Democratic Party politician. He wrote about 700 country and gospel songs and served two non-consecutive terms as governor of Louisiana.
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Happy Birthday, Ricky van Shelton!
10 no. 1 hits on the BB Hot Country charts. Born in 1952, Danville, Virginia.
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Born today in 1939 in Brewton, Alabama, was William Lee Golden, singer with The Oak Ridge Boys.
He is the one with the beard. Happy Birthday!
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Born on this day in 1926 (Perryville, Tx) was Ray Price, singer, songwriter, guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music. Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Tex Ritter (Born Jan 12, 1905) was an American country singer and film star, one of the original “Singing Cowboys.” Known for western ballads and his rich baritone, he recorded from the 30s to the 60s and starred in many Western films.
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Artists with the most no. 1 hits on the Country Airplay Charts (est. 1990):
1. Kenny Chesney - 33
2. Blake Shelton - 30
3. Tim McGraw - 29
4. George Strait - 26
5. Alan Jackson - 26
6. Luke Bryan - 26
Source: Pulse Music Board
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What shall I say about Roy Acuff? He‘s a legend, man!
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Born on this day in Karnes City, Texas, was Goldie Hill (1933 - 2005), one of the first women to reach the top of the country music charts, "I Let the Stars Get In My Eyes" (1953).
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Hot Disc Top 40 Jan 4, 2026
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Born on this day in Houston, Leon McAuliffe was a pioneering steel guitarist who played with Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys from 1935 to 1942. In 1949, he scored an instrumental hit with the western swing classic “Panhandle Rag.”
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1976: C. W. McCall was at #1 on the US country album chart with Black Bear Road, which included the #1 hit novelty song, "Convoy". The song itself was largely responsible for starting a nationwide citizens' band radio craze.
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Bob Wills is still… you know the rest.
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Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith was an American guitarist and songwriter. A pioneer of country, boogie, and early rock influences, he later gained TV fame and wrote the theme for Deliverance (Feudin‘ Banjos, 1955).
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A sad classic Country new year song.
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New Country Album releases
January 10
Ringo Starr/Look Up/UMG Nashville
Trey Lewis/Livin’ Left To Do
Nolan Taylor/Nolan Taylor/Atlantic Records
Julia Cole/Day Late & A Buck Short/444 Productions
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Welcome, 2026.
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The Shelton Brothers were an influential American country duo of the 1930s, best known for close harmony singing and early hillbilly recordings that helped shape the foundations of traditional country music.
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1952: Country Music legend Hank Williams died.
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In 2017, Luke Bryan was at #1 on the Country Charts with What Makes You Country his sixth studio album. The album includes the singles "Light It Up", "Most People Are Good", "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset". and the title track.
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Born today was John Denver (1943 - 1997) as Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. His song „Take me home, Country roads“ peaked at no. 2 on the BB Hot 100 Chart for the week ending Aug 28, 1971 and is one of the four state hymns of West Virginia.
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The Rural Routes – a name symbolic of the Canadian Country duo’s Maritime and Indigenous prairie lives together. Their only album is from 2016, New music is expected soon.
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Gene Autry was an American country singer, songwriter, and film star known as the “Singing Cowboy.” A pioneer of western music, he recorded classics like “Back in the Saddle Again” and became a major media icon.
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Longtime Grand Ole Opry cast member Stu Phillips died on Dec. 25 at age 92.
More info:
musicrow.com/2025/12/opry...
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In 1985, Alabama released “She and I,” which topped the Country charts in April 1986. It marked the band’s 19th No. 1 hit in an extraordinary run of 21 consecutive chart-toppers, achieved across releases from 1980 to 1987.
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Born in 1931 in Dry Ridge, Kentucky, was Skeeter Davis. She was one of the first women to achieve major stardom in the country music field as a solo vocalist. Davis died on Sept 19 2004. „The end of the world“ (1962) reached no. 2 (BB Hot 100).
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Brigitte Bardot has passed away. She has been immortalized in a country song, The Bellamy Brothers' You're My Favorite Star. It never appeared on an album until they released their third greatest hits album in 1989. R.I.P., Brigitte.