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On June 28, 2010, Miranda Lambert held the top spot on the country chart with "The House That Built Me." In 1994, Alan Jackson put out Who I Am, his fifth studio album. Bobby Bare Jr. and Kellie Pickler share this birthday.
Miranda Lambert held the top spot on the country chart with "The House That Built Me." Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin wrote it, and the song later won Lambert her first Grammy.
George Morgan was born in Waverly, Tennessee. He scored a No. 1 hit with "Candy Kisses" in 1949 and was the last to sing on the Ryman stage before the Opry moved in 1974.
Songwriter Kim Williams was born. He wrote hits for Randy Travis and Garth Brooks and won CMA Song of the Year in 2003 for "Three Wooden Crosses."
Lloyd Maines was born in Lubbock, Texas. The steel guitar player and producer played with the Joe Ely Band and won a Grammy for producing the Dixie Chicks album Home.
Bobby Bare Jr. was born in Nashville, son of country star Bobby Bare. As a boy he shared a 1974 Grammy nomination with his dad for the Shel Silverstein song "Daddy What If."
Kellie Pickler was born in Albemarle, North Carolina. She won fans on season five of American Idol, then charted with "Red High Heels" from her first album, Small Town Girl.
Alan Jackson put out Who I Am, his fifth studio album. It went to No. 1 on the country albums chart and gave fans four No. 1 singles, including "Summertime Blues," "Livin' on Love" and "Gone Country."
Tim McGraw sent "Something Like That" to radio. The song climbed to No. 1, and Nielsen BDS later counted it as the most-played radio song of any kind in the 2000s.
George Morgan (1924), Lloyd Maines (1951), Bobby Bare Jr. (1966) and Kellie Pickler (1986) were all born on this date.
It depends on the year. In 2010, Miranda Lambert held the top spot on the country chart with "The House That Built Me."
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