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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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10449 |
Dec 30, 1947 |
Jeff Lynne is born in Birmingham, England. The leader of the pop group the Electric Light... |
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Birmingham |
uk |
|
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10448 |
Dec 30, 1944 |
Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys appear on the Grand Ole Opry, causing a stir when Monte... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10447 |
Dec 30, 1942 |
Michael Nesmith is born in Houston, Texas. Best known as a member of the pop group The Monkees,... |
|
Houston |
tx |
|
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10446 |
Dec 30, 1940 |
The ninth Tex Ritter film of the year, "Rollin' Home To Texas," opens, with Ritter singing... |
|
|
|
|
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10445 |
Dec 30, 1937 |
Singer/songwriter John Hartford is born in New York. The multi-instrumentalist works primarily in... |
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New York |
ny |
|
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10444 |
Dec 30, 1934 |
Del Shannon is born in Coopersville, Michigan. A pop artist best known for his 1961 recording of... |
|
Coopersville |
mi |
|
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10443 |
Dec 30, 1931 |
Skeeter Davis is born in Dry Ridge, Kentucky. She earns her first hit as a 1953 duet partner of... |
|
Dry Ridge |
ky |
|
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10442 |
Dec 30, 1927 |
Bob Ferguson is born in Willow Springs, Missouri. He produces Connie Smith, Dolly Parton and Jim... |
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Willow Springs |
mo |
|
|
10441 |
Dec 13, 1917 |
Wesley Tuttle is born in Lamar, Colorado. The guitarist and yodeler works with Merle Travis and... |
|
Lamar |
co |
|
|
10440 |
Dec 29, 2000 |
John Michael Montgomery suffers a compound fracture above the ankle when he slips on ice while... |
Central Baptist Hospital |
Lexington |
ky |
|
|
10439 |
Dec 29, 1981 |
A short in some Christmas lights causes a fire in a tool shed on Johnny Cash's property in... |
home |
Hendersonville |
tn |
|
|
10438 |
Dec 29, 1980 |
Two men try to kill songwriter Gary S. Paxton, who produced hits for Vern Gosdin. One of the men... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10437 |
Dec 29, 1977 |
United Artists releases Kenny Rogers' "Ten Years Of Gold" |
|
|
|
|
|
10436 |
Dec 29, 1973 |
A front-page story in The Tennessean offers Nashvillians a chance to appear in the movie "W.W.... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10435 |
Dec 29, 1969 |
Capitol releases Merle Haggard's live album "Okie From Muskogee"
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|
|
|
|
|
10434 |
Dec 29, 1964 |
Buck Owens records "Gonna Have Love" in the afternoon at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood |
Capitol Recording Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
10433 |
Dec 29, 1957 |
Shreveport clairvoyant Bernard Ricks calls "Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore and... |
|
Shreveport |
la |
|
|
10432 |
Dec 29, 1953 |
Carl Smith records "Back Up Buddy" at Nashville's Castle Studio
|
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10431 |
Dec 29, 1951 |
Audrey Williams moves out of the house after, she says, Hank Williams attacked her |
|
|
|
|
|
10430 |
Dec 29, 1949 |
Ernest Tubb records "I Love You Because," "Give Me A Little Old Fashioned Love" and "Unfaithful... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10429 |
Dec 29, 1947 |
Floyd Tillman records "I Love You So Much, It Hurts" and "Please Don't Pass Me... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10428 |
Dec 29, 1945 |
The Maddox Brothers & Rose return to the air on KGDM in Stockton, California, for the first time... |
|
Stockton |
ca |
|
|
10427 |
Dec 29, 1944 |
"The Whispering Skull" opens, with Tex Ritter playing Tex Haines |
|
|
|
|
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10426 |
Dec 29, 1939 |
Ed Bruce is born in Keiser, Arkansas. The rich-voiced performer works as a vocalist, actor,... |
|
Keiser |
ar |
|
|
10425 |
Dec 29, 1926 |
A front-page story in Variety magazine titled "Hill-Billy Music" thumbs its nose at fans... |
|
|
|
|
|
10424 |
Dec 29, 1922 |
Rose Lee Maphis is born in Hagerstown, Maryland. Following her 1952 marriage to Joe Maphis, she... |
|
Hagerstown |
md |
|
|
10423 |
Dec 28, 2000 |
After moving to Arizona, Waylon Jennings starts a three-day estate sale at his home in suburban... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10422 |
Dec 28, 2000 |
Montgomery Gentry plays halftime during the Music City Bowl at Adelphia Coliseum in Nashville,... |
Adelphia Coliseum |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10421 |
Dec 28, 1993 |
Widow Dee Jenkins, who is receiving $19,500-a-month in support from Conway Twitty's estate, says... |
|
|
|
|
|
10420 |
Dec 28, 1993 |
Shania Twain marries songwriter/record producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange in Northern Ontario,... |
|
|
cn |
|
|
10419 |
Dec 28, 1993 |
Billy Ray Cyrus marries Leticia Finley at home in Williamson County, Tennessee. "One cannot... |
home |
Williamson County |
tn |
|
|
10418 |
Dec 28, 1988 |
Gary Morris hosts the halftime show at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, singing "God Bless... |
Liberty Bowl |
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
10417 |
Dec 28, 1986 |
Christy Forester, of The Forester Sisters, marries Gary Smith, former piano player for Barbara... |
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|
|
|
|
10416 |
Dec 28, 1984 |
Reba McEntire subs for Ralph Emery as guest host of "Nashville Now" |
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|
|
|
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10415 |
Dec 27, 1981 |
Songwriter Hoagy Carmichael dies of a heart attack in Rancho Mirage, California. The legendary... |
|
Rancho Mirage |
ca |
|
|
10414 |
Dec 27, 1974 |
Charley Pride sings "Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone" and "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'"... |
|
|
|
|
|
10413 |
Dec 29, 1973 |
Tex Ritter makes his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville,... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10412 |
Dec 28, 1970 |
Decca releases Loretta Lynn's album "Coal Miner's Daughter"
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|
|
|
|
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10411 |
Dec 28, 1965 |
RCA ships Charley Pride's first single, "The Snakes Crawl At Night" |
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|
|
|
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10410 |
Dec 28, 1964 |
Capitol releases Buck Owens' "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail" |
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|
|
|
|
10409 |
Dec 11, 1963 |
Hank Williams Jr. has his first recording session, at age 14, in Nashville. The session features... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10408 |
Dec 28, 1962 |
Patsy Cline completes her Las Vegas debut at the Merri-Mint Theater, where she earned $35,000 in a... |
Merri-Mint Theater |
Las Vegas |
nv |
|
|
10407 |
Dec 28, 1960 |
Marty Roe is born in Lebanon, Ohio. He becomes the lead singer of Diamond Rio, whose tight... |
|
Lebanon |
oh |
|
|
10406 |
Dec 28, 1958 |
Mike McGuire, of Shenandoah, is born in Haleyville, Alabama. As the drummer for the group, he... |
|
Haleyville |
al |
|
|
10405 |
Dec 28, 1958 |
Joe Diffie is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Emerging in 1990, he melds traditional country with... |
|
Tulsa |
ok |
|
|
10404 |
Dec 28, 1956 |
George Morgan resigns from the Grand Ole Opry to host his own radio show on WLAC and to appear on... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
10403 |
Dec 28, 1956 |
Charley Pride marries Rozene Cohran in Hernando, Mississippi
|
|
Hernando |
ms |
|
|
10402 |
Dec 28, 1952 |
Hank Williams gives his final performance, for 130 people at a holiday party for members of the... |
|
Montgomery |
al |
|
|
10401 |
Dec 28, 1952 |
Bob Wills' father, John Wills, dies of a heart attack in Houston |
|
Houston |
tx |
|
|
10400 |
Dec 28, 1932 |
Dorsey Burnette is born in Memphis, Tennessee. As a member of Johnny Burnette And The Rock &... |
|
Memphis |
tn |
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