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On December 16, 2023, Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves held No. 1 on Hot Country Songs with "I Remember Everything." In 2010, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood kicked off nine sold-out concerts at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. Jeff Carson and Frankie Ballard share this birthday.
Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves held No. 1 on Hot Country Songs with "I Remember Everything." The duet also topped the Hot 100 and later won the Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.
Jim Glaser was born in Spalding, Nebraska. He scored a No. 1 country hit in 1984 with "You're Gettin' to Me Again." He died in 2019 at 81.
Jeff Carson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He topped the country chart in 1995 with "Not on Your Love." In 2009 he left music to serve as a police officer in Franklin, Tennessee. He died in 2022 at 58.
Songwriter Andrew Dorff, a Los Angeles native, was born on this day. He co-wrote Kenny Chesney's "Save It for a Rainy Day," Hunter Hayes' "Somebody's Heartbreak" and Martina McBride's "Ride." He died in December 2016 at 40.
Source: last.musicrow.comFrankie Ballard was born in Battle Creek, Michigan. His single "Helluva Life" went to No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart in 2014, the first of his three No. 1s there.
Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line debuted at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs with "Meant to Be." Rexha became the first woman to enter that chart at the top, and the song held No. 1 for a record 50 weeks.
Taylor Swift's Red (Taylor's Version) was No. 1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The album is her new recording of Red, first released in 2012.
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood kicked off nine sold-out concerts at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. The shows raised millions of dollars to help Tennessee recover from the 2010 floods.
Source: last.musicrow.comJenny Lou Carson died in Los Angeles at 63. In 1945 she became the first woman to write a No. 1 country hit, "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often." Early on she toured Texas as a trick-shooting, rope-spinning cowgirl.
Gary Stewart died in Fort Pierce, Florida, at 59. Fans remember him best for "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)," which went to No. 1 on the country chart in 1975.
Ray Price died at his home in Mount Pleasant, Texas, at 87, after a fight with pancreatic cancer. The Country Music Hall of Fame member gave fans "Crazy Arms," "Heartaches by the Number" and "For the Good Times."
Texas songwriter Richard Dobson died of cancer in Switzerland at 75. The Tyler native ran with Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and Rodney Crowell in 1970s Nashville and co-wrote songs with Clark and Steve Earle.
Jim Glaser (1937), Jeff Carson (1963) and Frankie Ballard (1982) were all born on this date.
It depends on the year. In 2017, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line debuted at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs with "Meant to Be." In 2023, Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves held No. 1 on Hot Country Songs with "I Remember Everything."
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