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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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8499 |
Oct 17, 1991 |
Tennessee Ernie Ford dies of a liver disease in Reston, Virginia. Mixing country and gospel... |
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Reston |
va |
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8498 |
Oct 17, 1990 |
Naomi Judd tells reporters she has hepatitis and will have to give up performing. She and Wynonna... |
RCA Records |
Nashville |
tn |
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8497 |
Oct 17, 1989 |
Mercury releases The Kentucky HeadHunters' album "Pickin' On Nashville"
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8496 |
Oct 17, 1989 |
As Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers prepare to sing the national anthem before the third game... |
Candlestick Park |
San Francisco |
ca |
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8495 |
Oct 17, 1988 |
Reba McEntire files suit against a former employee, Jamie Hoffman, asking for the return of her... |
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8494 |
Oct 17, 1988 |
Simon & Schuster publishes "Willie: An Autobiography"
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8493 |
Oct 17, 1987 |
Dolly Parton makes the cover of TV Guide, celebrating her new variety show, "Dolly!": "I've never... |
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8492 |
Oct 17, 1981 |
David Wendell Guion dies in a Dallas hospital. He wrote the western classic "Home On The... |
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Dallas |
tx |
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8491 |
Oct 17, 1980 |
Asylum releases Linda Ronstadt's "Greatest Hits, Volume Two" |
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8490 |
Oct 17, 1976 |
Bass player Ernie Newton dies in Nashville. He graced Red Foley's "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy,"... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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8489 |
Oct 17, 1974 |
Loretta Lynn performs at the Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden, Washington, her first appearance... |
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Lynden |
wa |
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8488 |
Oct 17, 1960 |
Dion & The Belmonts split. Dion goes on to score with "The Wanderer" and "Ruby Baby," which become... |
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8487 |
Oct 17, 1958 |
Alan Jackson is born in Newnan, Georgia. The first artist signed to Arista Records' country... |
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Newnan |
ga |
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8486 |
Oct 17, 1941 |
Earl Thomas Conley is born in Portsmouth, Ohio. After writing hits for Conway Twitty and Mel... |
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Portsmouth |
oh |
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8485 |
Oct 17, 1919 |
The Radio Corporation of America is formed. RCA becomes one of the most-storied labels in country's... |
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8484 |
Oct 16, 1995 |
A Tennessee judge rules a floor can be a weapon, refusing to dismiss an aggravated assault charge... |
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tn |
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8483 |
Oct 16, 1993 |
Tracy Byrd appears on the Grand Ole Opry for the first time |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
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8482 |
Oct 16, 1992 |
Lynn Anderson begins serving a two-day jail sentence in Nashville for cursing at her kids during a... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
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8481 |
Oct 16, 1984 |
Banjo player Don Reno dies from circulation problems in Charlottesville, Virginia. With partner... |
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Charlottesville |
va |
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8480 |
Oct 16, 1982 |
Alabama's Jeff Cook holds the first recording session at his Cook Sound Studios |
Cook Sound Studios |
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8479 |
Oct 16, 1982 |
Singer/songwriter Doyle Wilburn dies in Nashville. Along with younger sibling Teddy, The Wilburn... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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8478 |
Oct 16, 1980 |
Producer Felton Jarvis rounds up musicians to re-record the instrumental tracks for Elvis Presley's... |
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8477 |
Oct 16, 1977 |
The Nashville Speedway hosts the first Marty Robbins World Open 500 stock car race |
Nashville Speedway |
Nashville |
tn |
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8476 |
Oct 16, 1976 |
Rosanne Cash meets future husband and producer Rodney Crowell during a party at Waylon Jennings'... |
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8475 |
May 15, 2007 |
"Hi, I'm Taylor Swift." After performing "Tim McGraw" on the Academy of Country... |
MGM Grand |
Las Vegas |
nv |
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8474 |
Oct 16, 1972 |
Creedence Clearwater Revival dissolves. Bass player Stu Cook will go on to join Southern Pacific,... |
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8473 |
Oct 16, 1967 |
Conway Twitty records "The Image Of Me," his first country hit, in the afternoon at the Columbia... |
Columbia Recording Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
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8472 |
Oct 16, 1967 |
Dolly Parton replaces Norma Jean on "The Porter Wagoner Show" |
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8471 |
Oct 16, 1966 |
The Stanley Brothers give their final full-length concert in Bean Blossom, Indiana. Carter... |
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Bean Blossom |
in |
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8470 |
Oct 16, 1961 |
Decca releases Patsy Cline's "Crazy" |
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8469 |
Oct 16, 1960 |
Elvis Presley breaks a finger playing touch football at Graceland Mansion in Memphis
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Graceland Mansion |
Memphis |
tn |
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8468 |
Oct 16, 1954 |
Elvis Presley makes his first appearance on "The Louisiana Hayride," singing... |
Municipal Auditorium |
Shreveport |
la |
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8467 |
Oct 16, 1948 |
Jim Ed Norman is born in Fort Myers, Florida. The head of Warner Bros.' Nashville division... |
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Fort Myers |
fl |
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8466 |
Oct 16, 1944 |
Jack Guthrie & His Oklahomans record "Oklahoma Hills" in Hollywood |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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8465 |
Oct 16, 1941 |
Tex Ritter plays Tex Rawlings in the debut of "Roaring Frontiers" |
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8464 |
Oct 16, 1925 |
Guitarist Bob McNett is born in Roaring Branch, Pennsylvania. He plays with Hank Williams'... |
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Roaring Branch |
pa |
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8463 |
Oct 16, 1918 |
Dale "Stoney" Cooper is born in Harman, West Virginia. Along with wife Wilma Cooper,... |
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Harman |
wv |
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8462 |
Oct 15, 1993 |
Reba McEntire and Burt Reynolds co-star in "The Man From Left Field," a CBS-TV movie that... |
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8461 |
Oct 15, 1993 |
"The Beverly Hillbillies" debuts in movie theaters, with Dolly Parton making a cameo appearance.... |
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8460 |
Oct 15, 1992 |
Trisha Yearwood appears on "Arsenio," the same date she had originally been slated for... |
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8459 |
Oct 15, 1992 |
Charlie Williams dies of cancer in Nashville. He wrote Bobby Bare's 1963 recording "500 Miles... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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8458 |
Oct 15, 1991 |
Atlantic releases Tracy Lawrence's debut single, "Sticks And Stones" |
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8457 |
Oct 15, 1991 |
Dolly Parton appears on Mr. Blackwell's list of the worst-dressed women of the past 30 years,... |
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8456 |
Oct 22, 1991 |
MCA releases "The Patsy Cline Collection," a box set with more than 100 songs
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8455 |
Oct 15, 1984 |
MCA releases Reba McEntire's album "My Kind Of Country"
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8454 |
Oct 15, 1978 |
The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Joe Allison ("He'll Have To Go"), Tom T. Hall... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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8453 |
Oct 15, 1978 |
Bobbie Gentry marries Jim Stafford in Somerville, Tennessee |
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Somerville |
tn |
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8452 |
Oct 15, 1975 |
Margaret Ann Rich files for divorce from Charlie Rich in Memphis. She withdraws the petition three... |
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Memphis |
tn |
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8451 |
May 14, 2007 |
Columbia announces Rick Rubin, the rock producer who's worked with Johnny Cash and The Dixie... |
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8450 |
Oct 15, 1973 |
Elvis Presley begins a two-week stay at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis with breathing... |
Baptist Memorial Hospital |
Memphis |
tn |
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