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On April 27, 2019, Luke Combs' This One's for You climbed back to No. 1 on the country albums chart and stayed seven weeks. In 1998, Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn released their duet "If You See Him/If You See Her." Sheena Easton and Kacey Jones share this birthday.
Luke Combs' This One's for You climbed back to No. 1 on the country albums chart and stayed seven weeks. It finished with 50 weeks at No. 1, tying Shania Twain's Come On Over for the record.
Maxine Brown of The Browns was born in Campti, Louisiana. She sang with her brother Jim Ed and sister Bonnie, and the trio hit No. 1 with "The Three Bells" in 1959. Maxine died in 2019 at 87.
Herb Pedersen was born in Berkeley, California. The singer and picker played with The Dillards and later sang harmony in The Desert Rose Band, which topped the country chart in 1988 with "He's Back and I'm Blue."
Kacey Jones was born in Gilroy, California. Under the name Gayle Zeiler she co-wrote Mickey Gilley's "I'm the One Mama Warned You About," and she later led the comedy group Ethel & The Shameless Hussies. She died in 2016 at 66.
Sheena Easton was born in Bellshill, Scotland. Country fans know her for "We've Got Tonight," her 1983 duet with Kenny Rogers that went all the way to No. 1 on the country chart.
John Osborne of Brothers Osborne was born on this day and grew up in Deale, Maryland. He and his brother T.J. scored a top 5 hit with "Stay a Little Longer" and won Vocal Duo of the Year from both the CMA and ACM.
Johnny Cash held the No. 1 spot on the country albums chart with Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash. It was also the very first No. 1 when Billboard started its country album chart in January 1964.
Glen Campbell sat at No. 1 on the country albums chart with Galveston. It took over the top spot from his own Wichita Lineman album.
Kenny Rogers was No. 1 on the country albums chart with Kenny. The album held the top spot for 25 weeks in a row, the longest unbroken run the chart had seen.
Jason Aldean was No. 1 on the country albums chart with My Kinda Party. The album kept coming back to the top spot all through the first half of 2011.
Tammy Wynette put out Tammy's Touch, her eighth studio album. It climbed to No. 1 on the country albums chart, and the single "He Loves Me All the Way" also went to No. 1.
Liberty Records sent out Garth Brooks' "The River," the fifth and last single from Ropin' the Wind. The song became his ninth No. 1 on the Billboard country chart.
Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn released their duet "If You See Him/If You See Her." The song later hit No. 1, the 29th chart-topper for Reba and the 12th for Brooks & Dunn.
Loretta Lynn released Van Lear Rose, produced by Jack White. The album hit No. 2 on the country albums chart and No. 24 on the Billboard 200.
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt sang together for the first time while taping Dolly's syndicated TV show, Dolly! The three friends would later team up as the Trio.
Source: savingcountrymusic.comHerb Pedersen (1944), Kacey Jones (1950) and Sheena Easton (1959) were all born on this date.
It depends on the year. In 1964, Johnny Cash held the No. 1 spot on the country albums chart with Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash. In 2019, Luke Combs' This One's for You climbed back to No. 1 on the country albums chart and stayed seven weeks.
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