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This Day In Country Music History 4/3/18

Welcome To Tuesday April 3rd 2018

Today we celebrate NATIONAL FILM SCORE DAY | NATIONAL FIND A RAINBOW DAY | NATIONAL WORLD PARTY DAY | NATIONAL TWEED DAY | NATIONAL CHOCOLATE MOUSSE  DAY. (more information available at  National Day)

Interesting Fun Fact

 April Fools’ Day and Easter were the same day this year for the first time since 1956.  But it will happen again in just 11 years, in 2029.

It Happened On This Day In Country Music History

1981 Hank Williams Jr. was at #1 on the US country singles chart with “Texas Women”, his third #1 on the country charts.

1991 Clint Black was at #1 on the US country singles chart with “Loving Blind” the second single from his album Put Yourself in My Shoes. It was his seventh single overall and became his fifth single to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.

2005 Miranda Lambert was at #1 on the US country chart with Kerosene, her first studio album. After placing third in the television competition, Nashville Star in 2003, Lambert signed with Epic Nashville in 2004. The album spawned four Top 40 Billboard Country Chart singles, however only the title track was a major hit, peaking at #15.

Country Music Fun Fact

Dolly Parton is the most honored female country performer of all time. She has garnered 7 Grammy Awards, 10 Country Music Association Awards, 5 Academy of Country Music Awards, 4 People’s Choice Awards, 3 American Music Awards and is one of only five female artists to win the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year Award.

 

 

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