Country Pop Bites: Josh Turner – July 16

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 2008 Josh Turner received a gold single for "Would You Go With Me"?

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Here are 5 interesting facts about Josh Turner.

• 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.
• He wrote breakthrough hit "Long Black Train" after listening to a Hank Williams box set while at the Belmont library.