This Date in Country Music History – January 17th

Posted by admin at 6:45 am on January 17, 2019

Jan 172019

Garth Brooks

This Date in Country Music History

2020 – Vince Gill invited Gene Watson to be the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry
2020 – Thomas Rhett‘s single “Sixteen” was certified Double Platinum
2020 – Little Big Town released their album Nightfall
2020 – Dustin Lynch released his album Tullahoma
2019 – Luke Combs‘ single “She Got The Best Of Me” was certified Platinum for sales of over one million
2018 – Dierks Bentley released his single “Woman, Amen”
2013 – Cassadee Pope signed with Republic Nashville
2006 – Gary Allan released his single “Life Ain’t Always Beautiful”
2000 – Garth Brooks was named Artist of the Decade at the American Music Awards
1998 – Tim McGraw topped the charts for the first of 6 weeks with “Just To See You Smile”
1981 – Eddie Rabbitt scored a #1 hit with “I Love a Rainy Night”