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    • Oct 21, 1933
    Mel Street is born in Grundy, Virginia. He nets a steady stream of major and minor hits on independent labels from 1972-1978, but takes his own life on his 45th birthday
    Oct 21, 1970
    Mel Street records "Borrowed Angel"
    May 13, 1972
    Mel and Betty Street have a daughter, Jenny Carol Street
    Mar 6, 1976
    Kenny Rogers and Mel Street guest on "Hee Haw," where Street performs "Smokey Mountain Memories." Host Buck Owens sings "Please Mr. Please," and co-host Roy Clark does "Red River Valley"
    Nov 27, 1976
    Johnny Paycheck and Mel Street appear as guests on "Hee Haw." The show is hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark, who performs "Back Home Again"
    Dec 21, 1977
    Polydor releases Mel Street's "If I Had A Cheating Heart"
    Oct 21, 1978
    Mel Street commits suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot on his 45th birthday at home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He scored a number of hits on independent labels from 1972-1978, and influenced later country singers Ricky Van Shelton and Marty Raybon, of Shenandoah
    Sep 2, 2001
    Mel Street is inducted into the West Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Mel Street appears on the list twice, with "Lovin' On Backstreets" and "I Met A Friend Of Your's Today"
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