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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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10349 |
Dec 25, 1967 |
Vince Gill receives a Gibson electric guitar for Christmas. He continues to use the instrument even... |
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ok |
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10348 |
Dec 25, 1967 |
Decca releases The Osborne Brothers' "Rocky Top"
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10347 |
Dec 25, 1965 |
Elvis Presley's friends give him a statue of Jesus for his newly completed Meditation Garden at... |
Graceland Mansion |
Memphis |
tn |
|
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10346 |
Dec 25, 1964 |
Ricky Van Shelton receives his first guitar for Christmas |
|
Grit |
va |
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10345 |
Dec 25, 1964 |
Red Foley and his wife, Sally, are sent to Baptist Hospital after a fire starts in their Nashville... |
Baptist Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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10344 |
Dec 25, 1963 |
Red Foley's wife, Sally, falls and breaks her leg at home |
home |
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10343 |
Dec 25, 1962 |
Elvis Presley gives Priscilla Beaulieu a musical cigarette case that plays "Love Me... |
Graceland Mansion |
Memphis |
tn |
|
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10342 |
Dec 25, 1962 |
During her show at the Merri-Mint Theater in Las Vegas, Patsy Cline cries, noting that she ought to... |
Merri-Mint Theater |
Las Vegas |
nv |
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10341 |
Dec 25, 1959 |
While spending Christmas in Germany, Elvis Presley gives Priscilla Beaulieu a gold watch with... |
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|
gr |
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10340 |
Dec 25, 1958 |
Elvis Presley, serving with the Army in Germany, receives an electric guitar from his father for... |
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|
gr |
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10339 |
Dec 25, 1958 |
The Everly Brothers begin a 10-day appearance at Manhattan's Loew's Theater in "Alan... |
Loew's Theater |
New York |
ny |
|
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10338 |
Dec 25, 1956 |
Elvis Presley spends Christmas at his parents' home on Audubon Drive in Memphis, where he receives... |
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Memphis |
tn |
|
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10337 |
Dec 25, 1955 |
Thirteen-year-old Tammy Wynette joins Auzella Moore, the sister-in-law of Elvis Presley guitarist... |
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Memphis |
tn |
|
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10336 |
Dec 25, 1954 |
Steve Wariner is born in Noblesville, Indiana. The singer/songwriter/guitarist arrives in Nashville... |
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Noblesville |
in |
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10335 |
Dec 25, 1952 |
Doug Dillard receives a banjo for Christmas. He grows up to co-found The Dillards, a bluegrass... |
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10334 |
Dec 25, 1951 |
Merle Haggard spends Christmas in the Bakersfield Juvenile Hall for truancy. His mother shows up... |
Bakersfield Juvenile Hall |
Bakersfield |
ca |
|
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10333 |
Dec 25, 1950 |
Reggie Young receives his first guitar for Christmas in Memphis. He goes on to become a session... |
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Memphis |
tn |
|
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10332 |
Dec 25, 1949 |
Sissy Spacek is born in Quitman, Texas. She portrays Loretta Lynn in the 1980 movie "Coal... |
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Quitman |
tx |
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10331 |
Dec 25, 1948 |
Barbara Mandrell is born in Houston, Texas. She wins the Country Music Association's Entertainer... |
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Houston |
tx |
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10330 |
Dec 25, 1946 |
Don Everly sings "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" and Phil Everly performs "Silent... |
|
Shenandoah |
ia |
|
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10329 |
Dec 25, 1946 |
Singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett is born in Pascagoula, Mississippi. With a devout following of... |
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Pascagoula |
ms |
|
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10328 |
Dec 25, 1944 |
Record producer Emory Gordy Jr. is born in Atlanta. The bass player on Elvis Presley's... |
|
Atlanta |
ga |
|
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10327 |
Dec 25, 1942 |
Buck Owens receives a mandolin for Christmas and teaches himself to play
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10326 |
Dec 25, 1942 |
Mel Tillis' family gets a Majestic Radio for Christmas. Tillis begins listening regularly to the... |
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10325 |
Dec 25, 1936 |
Roy Acuff marries Mildred Douglas in Middlesboro, Kentucky |
|
Middlesboro |
ky |
|
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10324 |
Dec 25, 1908 |
Alton Delmore is born in Elkmont, Alabama. With younger sibling Ramon, he forms The Delmore... |
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Elkmont |
al |
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10323 |
Dec 24, 2000 |
Billy Gilman sings "O Holy Night" on the ABC-TV special "'Twas The Night Before... |
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|
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10322 |
Dec 24, 1993 |
The Oak Ridge Boys' Duane Allen sings bass on the Grand Ole Opry, filling in for background singer... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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10321 |
Dec 24, 1991 |
Willie Nelson Jr.--better known as "Billy"--dies from an apparent suicide, hanging... |
home |
Ridgetop |
tn |
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10320 |
Dec 24, 1991 |
T.G. Sheppard's father, Billie Browder, dies in Humboldt, Tennessee |
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Humboldt |
tn |
|
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10319 |
Dec 24, 1988 |
Songwriter Curtis Wright marries Sonja McKim in Calvin, Pennsylvania. Among Wright's compositions... |
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Calvin |
pa |
|
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10318 |
Dec 24, 1978 |
Alan Jackson proposes to Denise Jackson, his girlfriend of three years, who already has the same... |
|
Newnan |
ga |
|
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10317 |
Dec 24, 1977 |
One month after she entered Vanderbilt Hospital for cancer treatment, Tootsie's Orchid Lounge owner... |
Vanderbilt Medical Center |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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10316 |
Dec 24, 1976 |
Conway Twitty's daughter, Kathy--a.k.a. country singer Jesseca James--marries Vanderbilt University... |
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10315 |
Dec 24, 1974 |
Linda Ronstadt joins James Taylor, Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell to sing Christmas carols through... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
10314 |
Dec 24, 1973 |
Pam Tillis is injured in a car accident. Her face is shattered in more than 30 places, leading... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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10313 |
Dec 24, 1971 |
Little Jimmy Dickens marries Miss Mona Evans |
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10312 |
Dec 24, 1970 |
Elvis Presley gives three Mercedes to friends, including Dr. George Nichopolous, and rents out... |
Memphian Theater |
Memphis |
tn |
|
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10311 |
Jun 30, 1966 |
Vivian Cash files for divorce from Johnny Cash. Uncertain where he is residing, she publishes the... |
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10310 |
Dec 24, 1966 |
Elvis Presley proposes to Priscilla Beaulieu at Graceland Mansion in Memphis
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Graceland Mansion |
Memphis |
tn |
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10309 |
Dec 24, 1959 |
Elvis Presley kicks out a dermatologist who's been giving him treatments for a month when he... |
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|
gr |
|
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10308 |
Dec 24, 1957 |
Elvis Presley writes to the draft board, requesting a deferment so that he can film "King Creole"... |
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Memphis |
tn |
|
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10307 |
Dec 24, 1957 |
After escaping a day earlier, Merle Haggard is apprehended by police at his brother's home,... |
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Bakersfield |
ca |
|
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10306 |
Dec 24, 1955 |
Otis Blackwell gives up on becoming a star and decides to concentrate on songwriting, selling... |
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10305 |
Dec 24, 1955 |
Waylon Jennings marries Maxine Carroll Lawrence in Clovis, New Mexico |
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Clovis |
nm |
|
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10304 |
Dec 24, 1952 |
Elvis Presley sings "Old Shep" and "Cold, Cold Icy Fingers" during his high school Christmas... |
Humes High School |
Memphis |
tn |
|
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10303 |
Dec 24, 1944 |
Record executive Mike Curb is born in Savannah, Georgia. Curb produces some of Hank Williams Jr.'s... |
|
Savannah |
ga |
|
|
10302 |
Dec 24, 1938 |
The Wilburn Brothers make their professional debut, singing on a street corner in Thayer, Missouri,... |
|
Thayer |
mo |
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10301 |
Dec 24, 1935 |
Gene Autry records "Mexicali Rose" in Chicago |
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Chicago |
il |
|
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10300 |
Dec 24, 1931 |
Hank Snow brings his mother two rabbits for Christmas. His mother's husband threatens to kill... |
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cn |
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