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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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7949 |
Sep 28, 1928 |
The Binkley Brothers hold the first Nashville recording session, cutting "I'll Rise When The... |
YMCA |
Nashville |
tn |
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7948 |
Sep 28, 1926 |
Comedian Jerry Clower is born in Liberty, Mississippi. His southern, small-town tales about the... |
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Liberty |
ms |
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7947 |
Nov 24, 1961 |
The Everly Brothers are officially enlisted in the military for six months. They report to Camp... |
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Camp Pendleton |
ca |
|
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7946 |
Feb 27, 1962 |
Mel Tillis and Danny Dill help Carl Perkins finish writing "So Wrong" in Nashville. Patsy... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
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7945 |
Nov 28, 1914 |
Fiddler Cecil Brower is born in Bellevue, Texas. He becomes an influential western swing... |
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Bellevue |
tx |
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7944 |
Nov 21, 1965 |
Fiddler Cecil Brower dies during a party at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City of a... |
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel |
New York |
ny |
|
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7943 |
Nov 21, 1952 |
Tawnee Hall, a guitarist for Lefty Frizzell, dies at age 25 in Eastman, Georgia |
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Eastman |
ga |
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7942 |
Nov 21, 1923 |
Hal Smith is born in Fairview, Alabama. A fiddler for Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb and others, he marries... |
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Fairview |
al |
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7941 |
Nov 21, 2001 |
A Kentucky judge rules John Michael Montgomery did not need permission from his father's estate to... |
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7940 |
May 15, 2001 |
John Michael Montgomery has surgery in Lexington, Kentucky, for a broken leg, forcing him to cancel... |
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Lexington |
ky |
|
|
7939 |
Nov 23, 2001 |
Confederate Railroad makes its Grand Ole Opry debut |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
7938 |
Nov 21, 2001 |
President George W. Bush visits the military base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where several country... |
|
Fort Campbell |
ky |
|
|
7937 |
Nov 22, 2001 |
Lee Ann Womack sings the national anthem before the Dallas Cowboys' Thanksgiving Day game at Texas... |
Texas Stadium |
Irving |
tx |
|
|
7936 |
Sep 27, 2000 |
Sweethearts of the Rodeo's manager confirms that Janis Gill is engaged, though he refuses to... |
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7935 |
Sep 27, 1995 |
George Strait records "Blue Clear Sky" at Emerald Sound Studios in Nashville |
Emerald Sound Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
7934 |
Sep 27, 1994 |
Polydor releases Toby Keith's album "Boomtown"
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7933 |
Sep 27, 1994 |
BNA releases "Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album," with Alan Jackson, Diamond Rio, Joe... |
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7932 |
Sep 27, 1994 |
Giant releases Clay Walker's album "If I Could Make A Living"
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7931 |
Sep 27, 1994 |
Warner Bros. releases Little Texas' album "Kick A Little"
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7930 |
Sep 28, 1968 |
Dewey Phillips, the disc jockey who first put Elvis Presley on the radio, dies in his sleep at his... |
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|
|
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7929 |
Sep 27, 1993 |
The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Don Schlitz, who authored "The Gambler" and... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
7928 |
Sep 27, 1992 |
The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame adds Max D. Barnes, who authored "Chiseled In Stone"... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
7927 |
Sep 27, 1987 |
"Dolly!" makes its prime-time debut on ABC, ranking in Nielsen's Top 5. Host Dolly... |
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7926 |
Sep 27, 1983 |
Shelly West files for divorce from Allen Frizzell in Franklin, Tennessee
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|
Franklin |
tn |
|
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7925 |
Sep 27, 1975 |
Willie Nelson opens a Dallas nightclub, Whiskey River. The first performer at the venue: David... |
Whiskey River |
Dallas |
tx |
|
|
7924 |
Sep 27, 1974 |
Waylon Jennings records "Bob Wills Is Still The King"--namechecking Tommy Duncan, The... |
Western Place |
Austin |
tx |
|
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7923 |
Sep 27, 1974 |
United Artists releases Crystal Gayle's first hit, "Wrong Road Again" |
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|
|
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7922 |
Sep 27, 1973 |
Jim Ed Brown records "Sometime Sunshine" at Nashville's RCA Studio B
|
RCA Studio B |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
7921 |
Sep 27, 1972 |
Conway Twitty records "She Needs Someone To Hold Her (When She Cries)" during an evening session at... |
Bradley's Barn |
Mt. Juliet |
tn |
|
|
7920 |
Oct 3, 1966 |
Elvis Presley begins filming "Easy Come, Easy Go" in Los Angeles |
|
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
7919 |
Sep 27, 1963 |
The National Life & Accident Insurance Company pays $200,000 to buy the Ryman Auditorium from the... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
7918 |
Sep 27, 1954 |
Capitol Records breaks ground in Hollywood for its new tower, the first round office building in... |
Capitol Recording Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
7917 |
Sep 27, 1952 |
Virginia Hensley debuts as a singer with Bill Peer & His Melody Boys at the Brunswick Moose Hall in... |
Brunswick Moose Hall |
Winchester |
va |
|
|
7916 |
Sep 27, 1947 |
Tex Williams records "Never Trust A Woman" |
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|
|
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7915 |
Sep 27, 1944 |
Tex Ritter records "You Will Have To Pay" and "Long Time Gone" in Hollywood |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
7914 |
Sep 27, 1933 |
Jim Anderson marries Lib Smith at the First Methodist Church in Decatur, Georgia. Four years later,... |
First Methodist Church |
Decatur |
ga |
|
|
7913 |
Sep 27, 1903 |
The #97 mail train crashes on the Southern Railway outside Danville, Virginia, inspiring Vernon... |
|
Danville |
va |
|
|
7912 |
Sep 26, 1996 |
George Strait records "One Night At A Time" at Nashville's Emerald Sound Studios |
Emerald Sound Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
7911 |
Jan 12, 2002 |
The Tennessean quotes Gail Davies on the proposed switch of WSM Radio, home of the Grand Ole Opry,... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
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7910 |
Sep 26, 1995 |
Asylum releases Emmylou Harris' album "Wrecking Ball"
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|
7909 |
Sep 26, 1995 |
RCA releases Martina McBride's album "Wild Angels"
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7908 |
Sep 26, 1994 |
Forbes magazine's list of the highest-earning entertainers includes Garth Brooks, ranked #11, for... |
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7907 |
Sep 26, 1994 |
RCA releases Aaron Tippin's "I Got It Honest" |
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7906 |
Sep 26, 1994 |
A listener calls WKID in Vevay, Indiana, repeatedly, requesting Tim McGraw's "Don't Take The Girl."... |
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Vevay |
in |
|
|
7905 |
Sep 26, 1990 |
Six days after marrying The Oak Ridge Boys' Steve Sanders, Janet Sanders is charged with assault... |
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tn |
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7904 |
Sep 26, 1989 |
Warner Bros. releases Randy Travis' album "No Holdin' Back"
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7903 |
Sep 26, 1989 |
Reprise releases Dwight Yoakam's greatest-hits album, "Just Lookin' For A Hit" |
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7902 |
Sep 26, 1985 |
A Nashville law firm files suit against George Jones to collect $124,024 in legal fees amassed... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
7901 |
Sep 26, 1984 |
Alabama records "There's No Way" |
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|
7900 |
Sep 26, 1981 |
Shreveport police break up a hotel fight at 5 a.m. in which Glen Campbell is found pounding on... |
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Shreveport |
la |
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