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19399 |
Feb 7, 1970 |
Jimmy Dean dies. The brother of western star Eddie Dean, he performed on WLS Radio's "The... |
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19398 |
Aug 31, 1903 |
Jimmy Dean is born. The brother of western star Eddie Dean, he appears with him for three years... |
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19397 |
Jan 16, 1987 |
Art Davis dies. He briefly held a career as a singing cowboy in movies, but was more successful... |
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19396 |
May 31, 1913 |
Fiddler Art Davis is born in Palestine, Texas. He appears in several Gene Autry movies, and... |
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Palestine |
tx |
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19395 |
Jan 23, 1990 |
Texas Jim Lewis dies of colon cancer at Swedish Hospital in Seattle. He appeared in numerous... |
Swedish Hospital |
Seattle |
wa |
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19394 |
Oct 15, 1909 |
Texas Jim Lewis is born in Meigs, Georgia. Making several appearances in western movies, he... |
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Meigs |
ga |
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19393 |
Dec 1, 1947 |
Roy Rogers teams with the Sons Of The Pioneers to record "Blue Shadows On The Trail" and... |
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19392 |
Nov 3, 1946 |
Roy Rogers' wife, Arline, dies in the hospital of a blocked blood vessel, less than a week... |
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19391 |
Oct 28, 1946 |
Roy and Arline Rogers have a son, Roy Rogers Jr., better known as Dusty |
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19390 |
Oct 6, 1942 |
Leonard Slye legally adopts the name by which he became a star: Roy Rogers |
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19389 |
Sep 23, 1945 |
Gene Autry's "Melody Ranch" radio show returns to the airwaves, two months after he ended his... |
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19388 |
Jul 4, 1942 |
Gene Autry performs at Chicago's Soldier Field, his last concert appearance for three years,... |
Soldier Field |
Chicago |
il |
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19387 |
Mar 12, 1940 |
Spade Cooley's star rises as he plays fiddle on his first Gene Autry recording session in... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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19386 |
Jan 27, 1904 |
Steel guitarist Frankie Marvin is born in Butler, Oklahoma. He plays in numerous Gene Autry... |
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Butler |
ok |
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19385 |
Aug 24, 1880 |
Herb Yates is born in Brooklyn, New York. He founds Republic Pictures, which releases a series... |
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New York |
ny |
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19384 |
Sep 30, 1931 |
An ad in The Los Angeles Herald seeks a yodeler for an "old-time act." Lifeguard Bob Nolan... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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19383 |
Dec 24, 1940 |
Songwriter Billy Hill dies in a Boston hotel room. His writing successes include Jimmie... |
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Boston |
ma |
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19382 |
Jul 14, 1899 |
Songwriter Billy Hill is born in Boston, Massachusetts. He writes Jimmie Rodgers' "Prairie... |
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Boston |
ma |
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19381 |
Dec 30, 1933 |
Canadian country singer Wilf Carter successfully auditions for Victor |
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19380 |
Sep 5, 1973 |
Milt Mabie dies in Roswell, New Mexico. A member of Louise Massey & The Westerners, he was also... |
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19379 |
Sep 5, 1973 |
Milt Mabie dies in Roswell, New Mexico. A member of Louise Massey & The Westerners, he was also... |
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Roswell |
nm |
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19378 |
Oct 3, 1933 |
Louise Massey & The Westerners hold their first recording session in Chicago |
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Chicago |
il |
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19377 |
Jun 20, 1934 |
Elton Britt holds his first solo recording session, with songwriter Bob Miller backing him on piano |
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19376 |
Jul 28, 1933 |
The Girls Of The Golden West hold their first recording session, for the Bluebird label, in... |
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Chicago |
il |
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19375 |
Mar 12, 1900 |
Zora Layman is born in Hutchinson, Kansas. She becomes the first woman to have a western hit,... |
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Hutchinson |
ks |
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19374 |
Nov 4, 1932 |
Jimmie Davis records several numbers at the Victor Recording Studio in Camden, New Jersey. Playing... |
Victor Studio |
Camden |
nj |
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19373 |
Apr 11, 1933 |
Red Foley participates in a recording session for the first time, as a member of The Cumberland... |
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19372 |
Apr 18, 1934 |
Stuart Hamblen holds Decca Records' first country recording session |
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19371 |
Jun 6, 1929 |
Stuart Hamblen has his first recording session, at the Victor Recording Studio in Camden, New... |
Victor Studio |
Camden |
nj |
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19370 |
Jun 23, 1981 |
Luther Ossenbrink dies in Marshall, Missouri. Using the stage name Arkie The Arkansas Woodchopper,... |
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Marshall |
mo |
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19369 |
Mar 2, 1907 |
Luther Ossenbrink is born near Knob Noster, Missouri. Under the stage name Arkie The... |
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Knob Noster |
mo |
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19368 |
Mar 1, 1928 |
Harry McClintock holds his first recording session in Oakland, California |
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Oakland |
ca |
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19367 |
Nov 8, 1967 |
Otto Gray dies in Springdale, Arkansas. His group, the Oklahoma Cowboys, cemented the singing... |
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Springdale |
ar |
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19366 |
Mar 2, 1884 |
Otto Gray is born in Stillwater, Oklahoma. His group, the Oklahoma Cowboys, helps establish... |
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Stillwater |
ok |
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19365 |
Feb 19, 1979 |
Carl T. Sprague dies in Bryan, Texas. His 1925 recording of "When The Work's All Done This... |
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Bryan |
tx |
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19364 |
May 10, 1895 |
Carl T. Sprague is born near Alvin, Texas. In 1925, he records the first cowboy hit, "When The... |
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Alvin |
tx |
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19363 |
Aug 5, 1925 |
Carl T. Sprague records the first western hit, "When The Work's All Done This Fall," in... |
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Camden |
nj |
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19362 |
Jul 4, 1882 |
Buffalo Bill Cody presents a Wild West show in North Platte, Nebraska. The concept serves as a... |
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North Platte |
ne |
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19361 |
Aug 27, 2001 |
Graceland Mansion, the former Memphis home of the late Elvis Presley, is paid a visit by ex-Rolling... |
Graceland Mansion |
Memphis |
tn |
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19360 |
Aug 17, 2003 |
Tom Petty, who joined Hank Williams Jr. on a remake of "Mind Your Own Business," takes... |
Graceland Mansion |
Memphis |
tn |
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19359 |
Dec 24, 2003 |
Mark Wills and Darryl Worley return from a Middle East tour of military bases |
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19358 |
Oct 22, 2003 |
Former country singer Shelby Lynne performs "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning... |
Pro Player Stadium |
Miami |
fl |
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19357 |
Oct 21, 1971 |
Mick and Bianca Jagger have a daughter, Jade Jagger, in Paris, France. The Rolling Stones' "Honky... |
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Paris |
fr |
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19356 |
Nov 14, 2003 |
Clint Black makes a guest appearance on ABC-TV's "Hope And Faith" |
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19355 |
Oct 16, 2003 |
The Spirit Mountain Casino in Grande Ronde, Oregon, debuts a Jeff Foxworthy video slot machine. The... |
Spirit Mountain Casino |
Grande Ronde |
or |
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19354 |
Oct 22, 2002 |
The USA Network holds the first auditions for its new talent show, "Nashville Star," which brings... |
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19353 |
Nov 22, 2003 |
Wynonna is married for the second time, to bodyguard D.R. Roach, in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee,... |
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Leiper's Fork |
tn |
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19352 |
Oct 21, 2003 |
Charlie Robison announces he's leaving his post as a judge on the USA Network's music competition... |
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19351 |
Nov 14, 1975 |
Lynyrd Skynyrd begins a one-month tour of Europe. Drummer Robert Burns, who played on "Home... |
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19350 |
Jun 29, 2000 |
Grave robbers descend on the burial site of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant in Jacksonville,... |
Jacksonville Memory Gardens |
Jacksonville |
fl |
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