Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 2006 Josh Turner's "Your Man" hit #1 in Billboard?

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Here are 5 interesting facts about Josh Turner.

  • He was introduced to country music by his grandmother.
  • His musical influences include Hank Williams, Randy Travis, John Anderson, Johnny Cash and Vern Gosdin.
  • He made his public singing debut in church at age 5 with the song "Arky Arky."
  • He developed a vocal lesion in the mid-'90s, due in part to working around chemicals in an agricultural warehouse. He had to cease singing for a year while it healed.
  • He was a classmate of American Idol contestant Melinda Doolittle at Belmont University.

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