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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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10499 |
Dec 31, 1977 |
Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt fly from Los Angeles to Nashville to begin working with Dolly... |
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10498 |
Dec 31, 1977 |
Crystal Gayle sings "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" on the ABC special "Dick... |
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10497 |
Dec 31, 1976 |
Roger Cook and Bobby Wood write the Crystal Gayle hit "Talking In Your Sleep"
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10496 |
Dec 31, 1975 |
Elvis Presley grosses $816,000 with a performance at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan. The King... |
Silverdome |
Pontiac |
mi |
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10495 |
Dec 31, 1974 |
Following a performance at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds, a man and a woman meet Faron Young in his... |
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Tulsa |
ok |
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10494 |
Dec 31, 1973 |
Tex Ritter gives his final performance |
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10493 |
Dec 31, 1970 |
Elvis Presley takes a personal tour of the FBI Building in Washington, D.C. |
FBI Building |
Washington |
dc |
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10492 |
Dec 31, 1969 |
Elvis Presley's New Year's Eve party starts at Chenault's in Memphis, then moves to T.J.'s for... |
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Memphis |
tn |
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10491 |
Dec 31, 1968 |
Elvis Presley holds a New Year's Eve party for 200 at Memphis' Thunderbird Lounge. Performers... |
Thunderbird Lounge |
Memphis |
tn |
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10490 |
Dec 31, 1962 |
Elvis Presley welcomes the new year in a private party at Memphis' Manhattan Club. Priscilla... |
Manhattan Club |
Memphis |
tn |
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10489 |
Dec 31, 1958 |
Buddy Holly anonymously plays drums for country piano player Moon Mullican at a New Year's Eve show... |
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Odessa |
tx |
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10488 |
Dec 31, 1957 |
Ernest Tubb is fined $250 when he hits a tree, driving drunk, on Lynwood Terrace in Nashville... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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10487 |
Dec 31, 1954 |
Bill Monroe records "Wheel Hoss" in Nashville. Ricky Skaggs wins a Grammy award in 1985 for... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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10486 |
Dec 31, 1948 |
Donna Summer is born in Boston, Massachusetts. Heralded as "The Queen Of Disco," she also... |
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Boston |
ma |
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10485 |
Dec 31, 1947 |
Roy Rogers marries Dale Evans at the Flying L Ranch in Murray County, Oklahoma. Rogers is late for... |
Flying L Ranch |
Murray County |
ok |
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10484 |
Dec 31, 1943 |
George Morgan gives his first public performance, taking home $5 in tips after singing in a... |
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10483 |
Dec 31, 1943 |
Singer/songwriter John Denver is born in Roswell, New Mexico. He straddles pop and country music in... |
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Roswell |
nm |
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10482 |
Dec 31, 1940 |
Van Stoneman is born in Washington, D.C. The son of country innovator Pop Stoneman, he joins with... |
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Washington |
dc |
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10481 |
Dec 31, 1938 |
Herman Harper is born in Portland, Tennessee. He becomes the bass vocalist for The Oak Ridge Boys... |
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Portland |
tn |
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10480 |
Dec 31, 1933 |
Fred Carter Jr. is born in Winnsboro, Georgia. The father of Deana Carter, he becomes a Nashville... |
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Winnsboro |
ga |
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10479 |
Dec 31, 1920 |
Rex Allen is born in Willcox, Arizona. Considered the last of the singing cowboys, the western... |
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Willcox |
az |
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10478 |
Dec 31, 1893 |
Bass player Pat Brady is born in Toledo, Ohio. In 1937, he replaces Roy Rogers as a member of... |
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Toledo |
oh |
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10477 |
Dec 30, 1994 |
Sedalia, Missouri, names a new street Leroy Van Dyke Avenue |
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Sedalia |
mo |
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10476 |
Dec 30, 1993 |
Songwriter Mack David dies at his home in Rancho Mirage, California. Primarily a pop songwriter, he... |
home |
Rancho Mirage |
ca |
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10475 |
Dec 30, 1991 |
People magazine names Garth Brooks among the 25 most intriguing people of 1991. "All I'm doing is... |
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10474 |
Dec 30, 1991 |
Arista releases Alan Jackson's "Dallas" |
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10473 |
Dec 30, 1985 |
Elsie McWilliams dies at her home in Meridian, Mississippi. The sister-in-law of Jimmie Rodgers,... |
home |
Meridian |
ms |
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10472 |
Dec 30, 1985 |
Rick Nelson holds a concert that proves to be the final performance of his life, at PJ's Lounge in... |
PJ's Lounge |
Guntersville |
al |
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10471 |
Dec 30, 1985 |
RCA releases Alabama's "She And I" |
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10470 |
Dec 30, 1984 |
Gary Morris' run in a New York production of the opera "La Boheme" concludes at the... |
Anspacher Theater |
New York |
ny |
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10469 |
Dec 30, 1977 |
Johnny Paycheck gives a free concert in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, to support striking coal miners.... |
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Big Stone Gap |
va |
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10468 |
Dec 30, 1972 |
Boots Randolph plays "Yakety Sax" during halftime of the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl at Houston's... |
Astrodome |
Houston |
tx |
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10467 |
Oct 29, 1956 |
Priscilla Beaulieu, the future wife of Elvis Presley, is crowned queen of the Popham Halloween... |
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Austin |
tx |
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10466 |
Dec 25, 2006 |
Carrie Underwood is spotted hugging Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo on the field prior to an... |
Texas Stadium |
Irving |
tx |
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10465 |
Dec 30, 1970 |
A mine blast in Hyden, Kentucky, kills 38 workers. Loretta Lynn holds a benefit concert for their... |
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Hyden |
ky |
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10464 |
Dec 30, 1968 |
Frank Sinatra records "My Way" in Hollywood. The song becomes a staple of Elvis Presley's live shows |
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10463 |
Dec 30, 1966 |
Don Gibson's second wife, Rosalene, files for divorce in Knoxville, saying the singer drinks... |
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Knoxville |
tn |
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10462 |
Dec 30, 1962 |
Brenda Lee suffers a minor eye injury and has her hair singed when she tries unsuccessfully to... |
home |
Nashville |
tn |
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10461 |
Dec 30, 1961 |
Jack Greene is asked to be Ernest Tubb's drummer when Tubb plays Atlanta's East Point. Six months... |
East Point |
Atlanta |
ga |
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10460 |
Dec 30, 1959 |
Songwriter Don Henry is born in San Jose, California. He co-writes Kathy Mattea's "Where've... |
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San Jose |
ca |
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10459 |
Dec 30, 1959 |
Johnny Horton makes his first attempt at recording "Sink The Bismarck," inspired by the Twentieth... |
Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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10458 |
Dec 30, 1957 |
Webb Pierce records "You'll Come Back" in the afternoon at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in... |
Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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10457 |
Dec 30, 1956 |
Suzy Bogguss is born in Aledo, Illinois. She earns respect for her easy-going vocal skills and... |
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Aledo |
il |
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10456 |
Dec 30, 1953 |
Eddy Arnold records "Just Call Me Lonesome" and "Hep Cat Baby" at the RCA Studios in New York |
RCA Studios |
New York |
ny |
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10455 |
Dec 31, 1952 |
Hank Williams sets out from Birmingham to Charleston, West Virginia, for a New Year's Eve... |
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Knoxville |
tn |
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10454 |
Dec 30, 1951 |
Hank Williams is forced to cancel concerts in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore after back surgery.... |
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10453 |
Dec 30, 1951 |
"The Roy Rogers Show" debuts on NBC. The western television series features Rogers, wife... |
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10452 |
Dec 30, 1950 |
Lefty Frizzell makes his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, singing "If You've Got The... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
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10451 |
Dec 30, 1949 |
Tennessee Ernie Ford records "The Cry Of The Wild Goose" in Los Angeles at the Capitol Studios on... |
Capitol Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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10450 |
Dec 30, 1947 |
Tex Ritter records "Rock And Rye" and "Pecos Bill" at Los Angeles' Radio Recorders |
Radio Recorders |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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