2015
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Surprise! Sam Hunt shows up during Taylor Swift's concert at Soldier Field in Chicago. The two duet
on "Take Your Time"
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2014
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Blake Shelton headlines Wrigley Field in Chicago, joined on the bill by The Band Perry, Neal McCoy
and Dan + Shay. Shelton's set list includes "All About Tonight," "Doin' What She Likes" and "God Gave Me You"
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2004
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Gretchen Wilson's album "Here For The Party" is certified double-platinum
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2003
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The video to "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere," the Alan Jackson collaboration with Jimmy Buffett, makes
its debut on CMT's "Most Wanted Live"
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1997
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George Strait starts a four-week stay at the top of the Billboard chart with "Carrying Your Love
With Me"
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1993
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Liberty releases Garth Brooks' "Ain't Going Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)"
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1991
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The brakes fail on Dottie West's car on the way to the Grand Ole Opry. She loses control and hits
a wall but sustains only minor injuries
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1980
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Mickey Gilley's version of the Buddy Holly song "True Love Ways" goes to #1 on the Billboard country
chart
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1947
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Bernie Leadon is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He becomes a founding member of The Eagles, playing
on their lone country hit, "Lyin' Eyes," before leaving the group in 1975. He briefly joins The Nitty Gritty Dirt
Band during the 1980s
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1937
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George Hamilton IV is born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Added to the Grand Ole Opry in 1961,
he gains a massive #1 single with "Abilene" in 1963 and earns hits with Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain"
and Joni Mitchell's "Urge For Going"
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