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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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19249 |
Sep 13, 1925 |
WDAD becomes the first radio station in Nashville, airing some country music before WSM, the future... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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19248 |
Nov 11, 1928 |
The Federal Radio Commission re-assigns WSM Radio's dial position from 890 kilocycles to 650, where... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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19247 |
Dec 5, 1926 |
WSM Radio, the home of the Grand Ole Opry, goes off the air through the end of the year to upgrade... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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19246 |
Dec 26, 1925 |
One month after its inception, the Grand Ole Opry officially becomes a weekly program on... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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19245 |
Aug 2, 1923 |
Memphis broadcaster George D. Hay, working on WMC, becomes the first radio personality to announce... |
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Memphis |
tn |
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19244 |
Nov 2, 1925 |
George D. Hay, an announcer with "The National Barn Dance" on Chicago's WLS Radio, takes over as... |
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19243 |
Mar 27, 2002 |
Deana Carter records "There's No Limit" |
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19242 |
Nov 11, 2002 |
Former serviceman Craig Morgan joins with retired U.S. Navy rear admiral Jerry Breast as co-grand... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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19241 |
Dec 16, 2002 |
Former Army paratrooper Craig Morgan returns from Afghanistan, where he performed for American... |
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af |
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19240 |
Dec 4, 2002 |
Craig Morgan departs for his first USO tour to perform for American servicemen and women in... |
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af |
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19239 |
Dec 3, 2000 |
Chuck Berry, a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, is saluted at the annual... |
Kennedy Center |
Washington |
dc |
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19238 |
Jan 14, 1964 |
Chuck Berry records the original version of "You Never Can Tell." Thirteen years later, Emmylou... |
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19237 |
Jan 6, 1958 |
Chuck Berry records "Johnny B. Goode" at the Chess Recording Studio in Chicago. The song... |
Chess Recording Studio |
Chicago |
il |
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19236 |
Apr 16, 1956 |
Chuck Berry records the rock classic "Roll Over Beethoven," with a reference to Carl Perkins'... |
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Chicago |
il |
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19235 |
May 19, 1956 |
Chess releases Chuck Berry's rock & roll hit "Roll Over Beethoven," which namechecks Carl Perkins'... |
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19234 |
Jun 25, 1989 |
Chuck Berry--who's written such country hits as "Memphis," "Johnny B. Goode"... |
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St. Louis |
mo |
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19233 |
Mar 12, 1989 |
Chuck Berry--whose songs have become country hits for Waylon Jennings, Elvis Presley and Emmylou... |
Lambert Field |
St. Louis |
mo |
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19232 |
Sep 12, 1988 |
Chuck Berry's Southern Air restaurant opens for business in Wentzville, Missouri. His recording of... |
Southern Air |
Wentzville |
mo |
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19231 |
Dec 18, 1987 |
Songwriter Chuck Berry is charged with assault after striking a woman at New York's Gramercy Park... |
Gramercy Park Hotel |
New York |
ny |
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19230 |
Oct 28, 1948 |
Singer/guitarist/songwriter Chuck Berry marries Themetta Suggs in St. Louis, Missouri. His... |
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St. Louis |
mo |
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19229 |
Aug 10, 1979 |
Chuck Berry begins serving a 100-day jail sentence for tax evasion at Lompoc Prison in California.... |
Lompoc Prison |
Lompoc |
ca |
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19228 |
Jun 11, 1979 |
Chuck Berry pleads guilty in St. Louis, Missouri, to income tax evasion, for which he does jail... |
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St. Louis |
mo |
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19227 |
Oct 16, 1969 |
Record producer and Chess label executive Leonard Chess dies when he has a heart attack and crashes... |
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Chicago |
il |
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19226 |
Feb 20, 1964 |
Chuck Berry records "Promised Land," with Willie Dixon sitting in, at the Chess Recording Studio in... |
Chess Recording Studio |
Chicago |
il |
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19225 |
Oct 18, 1963 |
Chuck Berry leaves the Federal Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, after serving one year of a... |
Federal Medical Center |
Springfield |
mo |
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19224 |
Feb 19, 1962 |
Chuck Berry, the author of "Maybellene," "Johnny B. Goode" and "Thirty... |
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Terre Haute |
in |
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19223 |
Mar 13, 1961 |
Chuck Berry, the author of "Johnny B. Goode," is tried in St. Louis, Missouri, for the third time... |
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St. Louis |
mo |
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19222 |
Jun 1, 1960 |
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" writer Chuck Berry is found not guilty on two counts of... |
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St. Louis |
mo |
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19221 |
Mar 4, 1960 |
"Maybellene" songwriter Chuck Berry is found guilty in St. Louis of violating the Mann... |
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St. Louis |
mo |
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19220 |
Dec 22, 1959 |
"Maybellene" songwriter Chuck Berry is charged in St. Louis with violating the Mann Act,... |
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St. Louis |
mo |
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19219 |
Aug 27, 1959 |
Chuck Berry--the author of future hits for Emmylou Harris, George Jones and Buck Owens--is arrested... |
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Meridian |
ms |
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19218 |
Jul 10, 1958 |
"Johnny B. Goode" songwriter Chuck Berry, driving his pink Cadillac, is arrested for... |
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St. Louis |
mo |
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19217 |
Jun 2, 1958 |
"Maybellene" songwriter Chuck Berry is arrested in St. Charles, Missouri, on a federal... |
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St. Charles |
mo |
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19216 |
Apr 15, 1958 |
Buddy Holly's guitar is stolen from a Kiel Auditorium dressing room in St. Louis, Missouri. Touring... |
Kiel Auditorium |
St. Louis |
mo |
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19215 |
Apr 8, 1958 |
Before a show in Columbus, Ohio, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry exchange barbs. The Killer's... |
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Columbus |
oh |
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19214 |
Apr 6, 1958 |
Jerry Lee Lewis sets fire to one of two pianos on stage during a show in Cleveland, Ohio. Touring... |
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Cleveland |
oh |
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19213 |
Jul 11, 1958 |
Chuck Berry, a future member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, purchases a two-story house... |
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St. Louis |
mo |
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19212 |
Nov 6, 1957 |
"Maybellene" songwriter Chuck Berry is served with an arrest warrant for armed robbery... |
Kiel Auditorium |
St. Louis |
mo |
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19211 |
Oct 15, 1955 |
Chess releases Chuck Berry's R&B single "Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)." Just 11 days later,... |
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19210 |
Aug 13, 1954 |
"Johnny B. Goode" songwriter Chuck Berry takes part in the first recording session of his career,... |
Premier Studios |
St. Louis |
mo |
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19209 |
Dec 31, 1952 |
Guitarist Chuck Berry plays for the first time with piano player Johnnie Johnson in East St. Louis,... |
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East St. Louis |
il |
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19208 |
Nov 1, 1952 |
Chuck Berry, the future author of "Brown Eyed Handsome Man," has his second daughter, Melody Berry,... |
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St. Louis |
mo |
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19207 |
Oct 18, 1947 |
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" songwriter Chuck Berry is released from prison in Missouri,... |
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mo |
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19206 |
Nov 16, 1944 |
Chuck Berry, a future member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, pleads guilty in Boone... |
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Boone County |
mo |
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19205 |
Jan 19, 1988 |
On Janis Joplin's birthday, Port Arthur, Texas, dedicates a statue to the late "Me And Bobby... |
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Port Arthur |
tx |
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19204 |
Jun 12, 1970 |
Jerry Lee Lewis' concert in Louisville, Kentucky, attracts a significant fan: Janis Joplin |
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Louisville |
ky |
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19203 |
Aug 15, 1970 |
Janis Joplin attends her 10-year high school reunion in Port Arthur, Texas, then goes to The... |
Pelican Club |
Port Arthur |
tx |
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19202 |
Apr 27, 1968 |
A fan steals Janis Joplin's cape in a backstage incident. Her version of "Me And Bobby McGee" is... |
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19201 |
Feb 1, 1968 |
Janis Joplin signs with Columbia Records as a member of Big Brother & Holding Company. For the... |
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New York |
ny |
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19200 |
Nov 11, 1967 |
Bob Dylan's manager, Albert Grossman, signs Janis Joplin to a management contract. During their... |
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