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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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9849 |
Dec 7, 1922 |
Don Maddox is born in Boaz, Alabama. He joins the family group The Maddox Brothers & Rose,... |
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Boaz |
al |
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9848 |
Dec 7, 1877 |
Thomas Edison signs a patent application for a tinfoil phonograph, then goes to the New York... |
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9847 |
Dec 6, 1994 |
Tracy Lawrence begins a six-day stand at the Sheraton Desert Inn in Las Vegas. The shows are... |
Sheraton Desert Inn |
Las Vegas |
nv |
|
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9846 |
Dec 6, 1993 |
Garth Brooks turns down a chance to do halftime at the Super Bowl |
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9845 |
Dec 6, 1993 |
The Eagles reunite after a 13-year hiatus when Travis Tritt shoots a video in Los Angeles for "Take... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
|
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9844 |
Nov 29, 1993 |
Toby Keith's "A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action" helps set the tone for ABC's... |
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9843 |
Dec 6, 1992 |
Emmylou Harris is the grand marshal in Nashville's 40th annual Christmas Parade |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9842 |
Dec 6, 1988 |
Roy Orbison dies of a heart attack in Hendersonville. Though based in Music City, the Rock & Roll... |
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Hendersonville |
tn |
|
|
9841 |
Dec 6, 1987 |
Crystal Gayle is grand marshal at the 35th annual Nashville Christmas Parade |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9840 |
Dec 6, 1985 |
Ronnie Milsap records "How Do I Turn You On" at Groundstar Laboratory in Nashville
|
Groundstar Laboratory |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9839 |
Dec 6, 1979 |
Johnny Cash performs "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky" during his annual CBS Christmas special.... |
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9838 |
Dec 6, 1976 |
John Denver records "My Sweet Lady" |
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9837 |
Dec 6, 1968 |
President-elect Richard Nixon sends out more than 60,000 letters to potential members of his... |
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9836 |
Dec 6, 1967 |
Forty songwriters attend the inaugural meeting of the Nashville Songwriters Association... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9835 |
Dec 6, 1965 |
Several of Elvis Presley's friends commission art instructor John McIntire to sculpt a statue of... |
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|
9834 |
Dec 6, 1961 |
Buck Owens records "Kickin' Our Hearts Around" in the evening at the Hollywood studios of Capitol... |
Capitol Recording Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
9833 |
Dec 6, 1955 |
Bill Lloyd is born in Fort Hood, Texas. Teamed with Radney Foster, the duo Foster & Lloyd... |
|
Fort Hood |
tx |
|
|
9832 |
Dec 6, 1952 |
Roy Acuff ends a 20-year association with Columbia Records |
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|
|
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|
9831 |
Dec 6, 1941 |
Helen Cornelius is born in Hannibal, Missouri. She joins Jim Ed Brown to develop seven hit singles... |
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Hannibal |
mo |
|
|
9830 |
Dec 6, 1933 |
The Delmore Brothers record "Brown's Ferry Blues" and "Gonna Lay Down My Old... |
|
Chicago |
il |
|
|
9829 |
Dec 6, 1903 |
Fiddler Hugh Farr is born in Llano, Texas. He joins the Sons Of The Pioneers, a western harmony... |
|
Llano |
tx |
|
|
9828 |
Feb 19, 1878 |
Thomas Edison receives a patent for his invention: the phonograph |
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|
|
|
|
9827 |
Dec 5, 2000 |
Video director Martin Kahan loses consciousness when he falls down a flight of stairs in... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9826 |
Dec 5, 1996 |
Wilf Carter--a.k.a. Montana Slim--dies with a stomach tumor at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona. A... |
home |
Scottsdale |
az |
|
|
9825 |
Dec 5, 1995 |
Rising Tide becomes Nashville's newest label, with president Ken Levitan and A&R exec Emory Gordy |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9824 |
Dec 5, 1993 |
Marty Stuart is grand marshal at the Nashville Christmas Parade |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9823 |
Dec 5, 1993 |
Jeff Hanna, of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, marries singer/songwriter Matraca Berg nine years after... |
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|
|
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|
9822 |
Dec 4, 1992 |
John Michael Montgomery serves as a guest coach for the University of Kentucky women's basketball... |
|
Lexington |
ky |
|
|
9821 |
Dec 5, 1992 |
A day after guest-coaching the University of Kentucky's women's basketball team, John Michael... |
Rupp Arena |
Lexington |
ky |
|
|
9820 |
Dec 5, 1990 |
Johnny Cash is named a Grammy Living Legend on CBS-TV, with Dwight Yoakam, Rosanne Cash and June... |
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|
|
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9819 |
Dec 5, 1989 |
Columbia releases Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Quittin' Time" |
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9818 |
Dec 5, 1988 |
Jimmy Bowen debuts his new Universal label. The roster includes Eddie Rabbitt, The Nitty Gritty... |
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|
|
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|
9817 |
Dec 5, 1987 |
Molly O'Day dies from cancer in Huntington, West Virginia. A hard-country singer who peaked in the... |
|
Huntington |
wv |
|
|
9816 |
Dec 5, 1987 |
Harry "Pappy" Daily dies in Houston. Daily founded Starday Records and produced The Big... |
|
Houston |
tx |
|
|
9815 |
Dec 5, 1986 |
Songwriter Carmol Taylor dies of lung cancer in Brilliant, Alabama. Taylor wrote such hits as... |
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Brilliant |
al |
|
|
9814 |
Dec 5, 1984 |
Rawson publishes Mel Tillis' autobiography, "Stutterin' Boy"
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|
|
|
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9813 |
Dec 5, 1978 |
The Charlie Daniels Band records "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" at Nashville's Woodland... |
Woodland Sound Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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9812 |
Dec 5, 1976 |
Less than two weeks after Jerry Lee Lewis got himself arrested at Graceland, cousin Jimmy Swaggart... |
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|
|
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9811 |
Dec 5, 1976 |
Kitty Wells serves as grand marshal for the Nashville Christmas Parade |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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9810 |
Dec 6, 1976 |
"The Johnny Cash Christmas Special" features Cash, Roy Clark and Tony Orlando singing... |
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|
|
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|
9809 |
Dec 5, 1975 |
"Convoy" creator C.W. McCall and "The White Knight"'s Cledus Maggard meet at a promotion for an... |
|
Atlanta |
ga |
|
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9808 |
Dec 5, 1968 |
The movie "Killers Three" opens with Merle Haggard playing a sheriff who is accidentally... |
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|
|
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|
9807 |
Dec 5, 1967 |
Gary Herzberg is born in Montebello, California. Under the stage name Gary Allan, the... |
|
Montebello |
ca |
|
|
9806 |
Dec 5, 1967 |
Buck Owens records "Sweet Rosie Jones" in an afternoon session at the Capitol Recording Studios in... |
Capitol Recording Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
9805 |
Dec 5, 1964 |
The Grand Ole Opry dismisses 11 members for inadequate attendance: George Morgan, Billy Grammer,... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9804 |
Dec 5, 1963 |
Ty England is born in Oklahoma City. A guitarist with Garth Brooks during the superstar's peak... |
|
Oklahoma City |
ok |
|
|
9803 |
Dec 5, 1961 |
June Carter performs on Johnny Cash's live show for the first time at "The Big D... |
|
Dallas |
tx |
|
|
9802 |
Jun 10, 2004 |
Ray Charles dies in his Beverly Hills home of complications from liver disease. With several... |
home |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
9801 |
Dec 5, 1961 |
Eddy Arnold records "Tears Broke Out On Me" at Nashville's RCA Studio B |
RCA Studio B |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
9800 |
Dec 5, 1956 |
With the birth of "Duke" Stephenson, Kitty Wells becomes a grandmother at age 37 |
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