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  • RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
  • August 18, 2022 CDT

  • A new way to experience country music history and the people who made it.
    Look at the genre in dozens of ways that were never before possible.

  • People
  • Timeline
  • Aug 18, 1979 Songwriter/guitarist Brad Tursi is born. In addition to songs for his band Old Dominion, he also pens Luke Bryan's "Light It Up," Tyler Farr's "A Guy Walks Into A Bar" and Kenny Chesney's "Save It For A Rainy Day"
  • Places
  • City
  • Aug 18, 2002 The Oak Ridge Boys are honored as Kentucky Colonels when they perform at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville
  • Titles
  • Song Timeline
  • Aug 18, 1971 John Denver nabs his first gold single from the Recording Industry Association of America with "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
  • Time
  • This Date In Country Music
  • Aug 18, 2007 Kenny Chesney appears at Detroit's Ford Field, the last of six stadiums on the itinerary of his Flip Flop Summer tour. The production also features Brooks & Dunn, Sugarland, Sara Evans and Pat Green
  • Miscellaneous
  • Timelines
  • Aug 18, 2012 Highway 101 drummer Cactus Moser is injured when his motorcycle collides with an oncoming car near Hill City, South Dakota. His left leg is amputated as a result of the collision. Wife Wynonna Judd cancels a Canadian tour
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