2012
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Luke Bryan's "Country Girl (Shake It For Me)" is certified double-platinum
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2005
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Arista releases Brad Paisley's album "Time Well Wasted"
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2000
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Mary Chapin Carpenter sings "Why Walk When You Can Fly" during the Democratic National
Convention at the Staples Center in Los Angeles as the party nominates vice president Al Gore for president
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1987
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Dan Smyers is born in Pennsylvania. He becomes one-half of Dan + Shay, who earn an Academy of Country
Music nomination for Vocal Duo of the Year in 2014 on the heels of their debut single, "19 You + Me"
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1980
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Alabama registers its first #1 single in Billboard with "Tennessee River"
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1977
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Elvis Presley dies in his bathroom at Graceland Mansion in Memphis. The most significant pop artist
of the 20th century, the beginning and end of his career are grounded in country. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame
in 1998
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1972
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Emily Robison is born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. She co-founds The Dixie Chicks, who meld pop
fashion and twangy country in a quick ascent to Entertainer of the Year, only to see their career unravel after a 2003 comment
about the president. She subsequently joins sister Martie Maguire in Court Yard Hounds
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1969
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Merle Haggard's blue-collar anthem "Workin' Man Blues" goes to #1 on the Billboard country
singles chart
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1939
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Singer/songwriter Billy Joe Shaver is born in Corsicana, Texas. His writing credits include Waylon
Jennings' "You Ask Me To," Johnny Rodriguez's "I Couldn't Be Me Without You" and John Anderson's "I'm Just An Old Chunk Of
Coal (But I'm Gonna Be A Diamond Someday)"
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1935
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Patsy Montana records "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart" in New York
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Today in Country Music History...August 16, 2017
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