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            [description] => Luke Bryan records "Most People Are Good" in the first session for his album "What Makes You Country" at the Starstruck Recording Studio in Nashville

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            [description] => Warner Bros. releases Chris Janson's "Fix A Drink" to radio. "Hank"--presumably Hank Williams Jr.--is namechecked in the second verse

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Kelly Clarkson gets engaged to her manager, Brandon Blackstock
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An edition of "CMT Crossroads" featuring Joe Walsh & Friends is shot at The Factory in Franklin, Tennessee. The friends include Hunter Hayes, Brad Paisley, Luke Bryan, Sara Evans and ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons

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"Hillbilly Bone," Blake Shelton's collaboration with Trace Adkins, earns a gold single from the RIAA

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