Luke Combs’ Debut Album, ‘This One’s For You,’ Passes Huge Milestone On Country Charts Nearly A Decade After Its Release

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Luke Combs’ Debut Album, ‘This One’s For You,’ Passes Huge Milestone On Country Charts Nearly A Decade After Its Release

His debut album is still on the country charts. Luke Combs released his debut album This One’s for You nearly a decade ago in the summer of 2017, which quickly jumped to #1 on the Top Country Albums chart for 50 weeks, a record for a male artist at the time. Of course, huge hits like “Hurricane”, “When It Rains It Pours”, and “One Number Away” helped garner tons of attention, and country music fans around the world resonated deeply […]

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“Every Man I Know Thinks It’s Dirty” — Why Country Radio DJs Refused To Play Dolly Parton’s Most Misunderstood #1 Hit

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“Every Man I Know Thinks It’s Dirty” — Why Country Radio DJs Refused To Play Dolly Parton’s Most Misunderstood #1 Hit

If you can believe it, even Dolly Parton has had a song or two banned from the radio. On this date in 1975, she released “The Bargain Store,” which according to Showbiz, was banned at almost every radio station when most DJ’s across the country refused to play her it because they viewed a lot of the lyrics as “suggestive.” Specifically, they didn’t like the line “you can easily afford the price,” which they (incorrectly) viewed as a thinly veiled reference […]

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An Oklahoma Meteorologist Asked People To Send In Their Measurements – But She Probably Should Have Been More Specific

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An Oklahoma Meteorologist Asked People To Send In Their Measurements – But She Probably Should Have Been More Specific

Gotta be more specific there. Oklahoma meteorologist Lacey Swope had to issue a clarification when she asked people to send in their “measurements” – obviously asking for snowfall totals, but getting a lot more than she bargained for. A historic snow and ice storm hit the south this weekend and caused chaos all the way from eastern New Mexico up through New England. Places like Fort Worth, Texas, which obviously doesn’t see snow very often, got up to three inches […]

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