A Lot Of Platinum Handed Out - Today In Country Music History

November 19, 1997

George Strait’s collection Strait Out of the Box was certified multi-platinum for sales of 5 million copies. The 4 disc set included of most of Stait’s singles between 1976 and 1995, including 3 singles recorded for Independent label D Records in the 70’s. It also included two new singles: “Check Yes or No” (#1) and “I Know She Still Loves Me” (#5).

LeAnn Rimes’ album Unchained Melody: The Early Years was certified gold, platinum and double platinum. It featured songs recorded prior to her debut album Blue and included the title track, which was released as a single and was filled with covers of songs from many different genres, including Dolly Parton, Patsy Montana and the Beatles.

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2007
Tim McGraw’s Greatest Hits Volume 2: Reflected was certified double platinum for sales of 2 million copies. It included two hits prior to 2000, “Not A Moment Too Soon” and “Everywhere” and the remaining songs were all recorded after his 2000 Greatest Hits album. Four new songs were added: “When The Stars Go Blue” (#18) “My Little Girl” (#3) were released as singles, while “Beautiful People” and “I’ve Got Friends That Do” remained album cuts.
2004
Josh Turner flags down his first platinum album, for "Long Black Train"
1992
Garth Brooks’ album The Chase was certified multi-platinum for sales of 5 million copies. Hits included “We Shall Be Free” (#12), “Learing To Live Again” (#2), “Somewhere Other Than The Night” (#1), “Walkin’ After Midnight” (#2), and “That Summer (#1).
#1 On This Date
SINGLES
2011 – Eli Young Band – “Crazy Girl”
2005 – Keith Urban – “Better Life”
1994 – Mary Chapin Carpenter – “Shut Up And Kiss Me”
1988 – Ricky Van Shelton – “I’ll Leave This World Loving You”
1983 – Barbara Mandrell – “One Of A Kind Pair of Fools”
1977 – Waylon Jennings – “The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don’t Want To Get Over You)”
1966 – Bill Anderson – “I Get The Fever”
1955 – Webb Pierce – “Love, Love, Love”
1949 – Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely – “Slipping Around”
1950 – Hank Snow – “I’m Movin’ On”
1944 – Red Foley – “Smoke On The Water”

ALBUMS
2011 – Miranda Lambert – Four The Record
2005 – Martina McBride - Timeless
1994 – Mary Chapin Carpenter – Stones In The Road
1988 – Ricky Van Shelton – Loving Proof
1983 – Kenny Rogers – Eyes That See In The Dark
1977 – Elvis Presley – Elvis In Concert
1966 – Loretta Lynn – You Ain’t Woman Enough
Birthdays
Singer Billy Currington is 41.
Jason Albert (Heartland) is 41

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