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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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9999 |
Dec 12, 1971 |
Marty Robbins finishes 25th driving a 1971 Dodge owned by Bobby Allison in the Texas 500 at the... |
Texas World Speedway |
College Station |
tx |
|
|
9998 |
Dec 12, 1963 |
Bobby Bare records "Miller's Cave" during the afternoon at RCA Studio B in Nashville |
RCA Studio B |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9997 |
Dec 12, 1959 |
During an appearance at the Grand Ole Opry, Bill Monroe is presented with divorce papers filed... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9996 |
Dec 12, 1956 |
Ernest Tubb and his second wife, Olene, have their first son, Ernest Tubb Jr.
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9995 |
Dec 12, 1950 |
With 17-month-old Ronnie Robbins ailing, Marty Robbins promises God that "if he would save my... |
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|
9994 |
Dec 12, 1943 |
Guitarist Dickey Betts, of The Allman Brothers Band, is born in West Palm Beach, Florida. The... |
|
West Palm Beach |
fl |
|
|
9993 |
Dec 12, 1936 |
Session guitarist Reggie Young is born in Caruthersville, Missouri. He plays on Elvis Presley's... |
|
Caruthersville |
mo |
|
|
9992 |
Dec 12, 1934 |
Tex Ritter portrays Red Dog as "Mother Lode" opens at New York's Cort Theater. The show runs less... |
Cort Theater |
New York |
ny |
|
|
9991 |
Dec 12, 1915 |
Frank Sinatra is born in Hoboken, New Jersey. One of the best-loved vocalists of the 20th century,... |
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Hoboken |
nj |
|
|
9990 |
Dec 11, 2000 |
The Kentucky Lottery introduces a $3 Elvis Presley scratch-off ticket, with a top prize of $30,000.... |
|
|
ky |
|
|
9989 |
Dec 11, 2000 |
Lee Ann Womack performs "I Hope You Dance" during the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo,... |
|
Oslo |
no |
|
|
9988 |
Dec 11, 1990 |
Fiddler Mark O'Connor records "Restless" with Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill and Steve Wariner... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9987 |
Dec 11, 1989 |
Jimmy Bowen takes over as president of Capitol Records in Nashville. In the job, he works with... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9986 |
Dec 13, 1988 |
A memorial for Roy Orbison at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles draws Kris Kristofferson, Don... |
Wiltern Theatre |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
9985 |
Dec 11, 1987 |
George Strait begins a series of Las Vegas dates, becoming the first singer since Elvis Presley to... |
Hilton Hotel |
Las Vegas |
nv |
|
|
9984 |
Dec 11, 1987 |
Dallas' legendary Longhorn Ballroom reopens with a Johnny Rodriguez concert |
Longhorn Ballroom |
Dallas |
tx |
|
|
9983 |
Dec 11, 1983 |
Willie Nelson's mother, Myrle Harvey, dies in Yakima, Washington, of cancer |
|
Yakima |
wa |
|
|
9982 |
Dec 11, 1982 |
Loretta Lynn makes her first acting appearance, portraying a waitress on ABC-TV's "Fantasy Island."... |
|
|
|
|
|
9981 |
Dec 11, 1982 |
Brenda Lee sings "One Day At A Time" for Marty Robbins' memorial at Woodlawn Funeral... |
Woodlawn Funeral Home |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9980 |
Dec 11, 1981 |
Jerry Reed records "She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)" |
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9979 |
Dec 11, 1981 |
Kris Kristofferson stars opposite Jane Fonda in the debut of "Rollover" |
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9978 |
Dec 11, 1980 |
Dolly Parton occupies the cover of Rolling Stone, where she tells writer Chet Flippo that during... |
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|
9977 |
Dec 11, 1979 |
George Jones checks into Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, for treatment of... |
Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital |
Birmingham |
al |
|
|
9976 |
Dec 11, 1979 |
Eddy Arnold records "Let's Get It While The Gettin's Good" at Nashville's Soundshop |
Soundshop |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9975 |
Dec 11, 1973 |
Elvis Presley records "If You Talk In Your Sleep" at Memphis' Stax Recording Studio
|
Stax Recording Studio |
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
9974 |
Dec 11, 1969 |
The Jack Clement Studios open for business on Belmont Boulevard in Nashville. They provide a... |
Jack Clement Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9973 |
Dec 11, 1968 |
A plane carrying Tex Ritter is hijacked from Nashville to Cuba. Ritter cancels one show and is... |
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|
|
|
|
9972 |
Dec 12, 1957 |
Jerry Lee Lewis secretly marries his 13-year-old cousin Myra Brown in Hernando, Mississippi, though... |
|
Hernando |
ms |
|
|
9971 |
Dec 11, 1956 |
Patsy Cline's father, Sam Hensley, dies of throat cancer in a West Virginia hospital |
|
|
wv |
|
|
9970 |
Dec 11, 1952 |
Hank Williams discharges himself from a Shreveport sanitarium and promptly gets arrested for drunk... |
|
Shreveport |
la |
|
|
9969 |
Dec 11, 1951 |
Hank Thompson records "The Wild Side Of Life" and "Waiting In The Lobby Of Your... |
Capitol Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
9968 |
Dec 11, 1951 |
Hank Williams records "Honky Tonk Blues" and "I'm Sorry For You, My Friend"... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9967 |
Dec 11, 1949 |
Fiddlin' John Carson dies of cancer at home in Atlanta, Georgia, with a fiddle in his hands. He was... |
|
Atlanta |
ga |
|
|
9966 |
Dec 11, 1946 |
Hank Williams has his first recording session, for Sterling Records, at the WSM Studios in... |
WSM Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9965 |
Dec 11, 1946 |
Record producer Tony Brown is born in Greensboro, North Carolina. After working as Elvis Presley's... |
|
Greensboro |
nc |
|
|
9964 |
Feb 18, 2004 |
The Tennessean reports Little Jimmy Dickens has had a stent installed in an artery to remove... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9963 |
Dec 11, 1944 |
Brenda Lee is born at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Little Miss Dynamite becomes a... |
Emory University Hospital |
Atlanta |
ga |
|
|
9962 |
Dec 11, 1942 |
"The Old Chisholm Trail" debuts, starring Tex Ritter, with appearances by Jimmy Wakely and... |
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|
|
|
|
9961 |
Dec 11, 1939 |
David Gates is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The lead singer of the pop band Bread, he arranges Merle... |
|
Tulsa |
ok |
|
|
9960 |
Feb 13, 2002 |
Waylon Jennings dies at his home in Arizona, following a lengthy battle with diabetes. Branded a... |
home |
Chandler |
az |
|
|
9959 |
Dec 11, 1930 |
Nineteen months after Eddy Arnold's father died, the family's property is bought at auction in... |
|
Jackson |
tn |
|
|
9958 |
Dec 11, 1914 |
Dobro player Clell Summey is born near Sevierville, Tennessee. Under the stage name Cousin Jody, he... |
|
Sevierville |
tn |
|
|
9957 |
Sep 17, 1901 |
The American Federation of Musicians establishes a Chicago local. The city provides a recording... |
|
Chicago |
il |
|
|
9956 |
Mar 15, 1897 |
The Los Angeles chapter of the American Federation of Musicians is founded. The city provides a... |
|
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
9955 |
Dec 14, 1948 |
The American Federation of Musicians ends a strike against the nation's record companies, nearly a... |
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|
|
|
|
9954 |
Dec 16, 1997 |
Pop singer Nicolette Larson dies in Los Angeles, of brain swelling. Best known for her 1979 hit... |
|
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
9953 |
Dec 15, 1999 |
Garth Brooks, appearing on "Crook & Chase," says he is mulling the possibility of... |
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|
|
|
|
9952 |
Dec 14, 1819 |
Alabama becomes the 22nd state to join the union. Among the country artists it yields: Hank... |
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|
al |
|
|
9951 |
Mar 18, 2002 |
Brenda Lee and Chet Atkins take a place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in New... |
|
New York |
ny |
|
|
9950 |
Dec 13, 2001 |
Brenda Lee and Chet Atkins are announced as 2002 inductees in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.... |
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