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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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9899 |
Dec 9, 1956 |
Sylvia Hutton is born in Kokomo, Indiana. A secretary for record producer Tom Collins, she emerges... |
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Kokomo |
in |
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9898 |
Dec 9, 1935 |
David Houston is born in Bossier City, Louisiana. He wins a Grammy award for his 1966 recording of... |
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Bossier City |
la |
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9897 |
Dec 9, 1935 |
Red Foley records "Ole Shep" for Conqueror Records |
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9896 |
Dec 9, 1932 |
Billy Edd Wheeler is born in Whitesville, West Virginia. He scores a novelty hit in 1964 with... |
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Whitesville |
wv |
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9895 |
Dec 8, 1994 |
Mark and Tracie Chesnutt have a son, Waylon Nelson Chesnutt, in Beaumont, Texas |
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Beaumont |
tx |
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9894 |
Dec 8, 1993 |
Sting records a new version of "Every Breath You Take" with Tammy Wynette in Nashville... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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9893 |
Dec 8, 1989 |
Arista releases Alan Jackson's first hit, "Here In The Real World"
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9892 |
Dec 8, 1989 |
Joe Diffie records his first single, "Home," at The Bennett House in Nashville |
Bennett House |
Nashville |
tn |
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9891 |
Dec 6, 1988 |
Recording begins for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 2"... |
Scruggs Sound Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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9890 |
Dec 8, 1987 |
Mike Reid is inducted into the College Football Hall Of Fame in Kings Island, Ohio, honoring his... |
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9889 |
Dec 8, 1987 |
Clint Black showcases for RCA executives at Houston's Backstage Bar. Three months later, Black is... |
Backstage Bar |
Houston |
tx |
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9888 |
Dec 8, 1982 |
Marty Robbins dies in Nashville of a heart attack just two months after his induction into... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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9887 |
Dec 8, 1980 |
John Lennon dies of a gun shot from a disturbed fan outside his New York home, the Dakota. Songs... |
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New York |
ny |
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9886 |
Dec 8, 1980 |
Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter record "Storms Never Last" |
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9885 |
Dec 8, 1973 |
Skeeter Davis sings "Amazing Grace" on the Grand Ole Opry and speaks out against... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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9884 |
Dec 8, 1965 |
Roy Acuff begins a one-week tour of South Vietnam, where he entertains American troops. Following... |
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vm |
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9883 |
Dec 8, 1962 |
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs play New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall with Merle Travis. They... |
Carnegie Hall |
New York |
ny |
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9882 |
Dec 8, 1959 |
Marty Raybon is born in Greenville, Alabama. As the lead singer for Shenandoah, he puts an... |
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Greenville |
al |
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9881 |
Dec 8, 1950 |
Moon Mullican records "Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh-Aleena)" in Cincinnati |
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Cincinnati |
oh |
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9880 |
Dec 8, 1947 |
Gregg Allman, of The Allman Brothers Band, is born in Nashville. The southern-rock singer and... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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9879 |
Dec 8, 1941 |
The day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tommy Duncan announces he's leaving Bob Wills'... |
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9878 |
Dec 8, 1930 |
Tex Ritter has his first acting role of note in the Boston stage production "Green Grow The... |
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Boston |
ma |
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9877 |
Dec 8, 1914 |
"Watch Your Step," the first Broadway production to feature a score by Irving Berlin,... |
New Amsterdam Theater |
New York |
ny |
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|
9876 |
Dec 8, 1914 |
Singer/songwriter Floyd Tillman is born in Ryan, Oklahoma. Noted for writing "Slipping Around"... |
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Ryan |
ok |
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9875 |
Dec 8, 1912 |
Music publisher Jack Stapp is born in Nashville, Tennessee. He co-founds Tree Publishing, which... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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9874 |
Dec 7, 2000 |
Rolling Stone magazine names the Top 100 pop songs of all-time. Included: Otis Redding's... |
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9873 |
Dec 7, 1999 |
Nashville pharmaceutical rep Mark Mendenhall meets Heather Kinley for the first time when The... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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9872 |
Dec 7, 1993 |
McBride & The Ride announces the addition of three new members: Keith Edwards, Kenny Vaughn and... |
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9871 |
Dec 7, 1992 |
Columbia releases Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Passionate Kisses"
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9870 |
Dec 7, 1986 |
Ray Charles is celebrated in the Kennedy Center Honors at a White House ceremony alongside... |
White House |
Washington |
dc |
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9869 |
Dec 7, 1986 |
The Forester Sisters are grand marshals for the Nashville Christmas Parade
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Nashville |
tn |
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9868 |
Dec 7, 1985 |
Terry Speegel, a woman described as an acquaintance of Hank Williams Jr., is arrested for allegedly... |
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tn |
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9867 |
Dec 7, 1984 |
"Johnny Cash: Christmas On The Road" airs on CBS-TV. Shot in Montreux, Switzerland, it... |
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9866 |
Dec 7, 1984 |
Roy Acuff returns to the Grand Ole Opry stage following a five-month hiatus, mandated by chest... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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9865 |
Dec 7, 1979 |
Dolly Parton records the Donna Summer-penned "Starting Over Again" |
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9864 |
Dec 7, 1979 |
Mercury releases George Burns' "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again" |
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9863 |
Dec 7, 1979 |
MCA releases Barbara Mandrell's "Years" |
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9862 |
Dec 7, 1978 |
Jerry Seabolt takes over the country reins at United Artists Records, which represents Kenny... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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9861 |
Dec 7, 1978 |
Jimmy Bowen becomes the head of Elektra/Asylum Records, whose roster includes Eddie Rabbitt and... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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9860 |
Dec 7, 1977 |
Bill Boyd dies in Dallas, Texas. His Midnight Ramblers were one of the strongest acts in western... |
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Dallas |
tx |
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9859 |
Dec 7, 1976 |
Roy Acuff tells The Nashville Banner the Ryman Auditorium--the former home of the Grand Ole... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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9858 |
Dec 7, 1975 |
Jerry Reed serves as grand marshal of the Nashville Christmas Parade
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Nashville |
tn |
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9857 |
Dec 7, 1959 |
Rose Maddox leaves her protesting mother at a San Francisco hotel room to marry her second husband,... |
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9856 |
Dec 7, 1954 |
Marty Robbins records a remake of Elvis Presley's "That's All Right" during an evening... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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9855 |
Dec 7, 1952 |
Webb Pierce records the Marty Robbins-penned "I'll Go On Alone," plus "That's Me Without You,"... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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9854 |
Dec 7, 1949 |
Loretta Lynn has her first son, Jack Benny Lynn |
|
Butcher Holler |
ky |
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9853 |
Dec 7, 1948 |
Gary Morris is born in Fort Worth, Texas. A considerably talented singer, he piles up a string of... |
|
Fort Worth |
tx |
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9852 |
Dec 7, 1941 |
The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Tennessee Ernie Ford, working as a disc jockey at WORL, is the... |
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Knoxville |
tn |
|
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9851 |
Dec 7, 1938 |
"Song Of The Buckaroo" debuts, the sixth Tex Ritter movie of the year |
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9850 |
Dec 7, 1931 |
Bobby Osborne is born in Hyden, Kentucky. With younger sibling Sonny, The Osborne Brothers... |
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Hyden |
ky |
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