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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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7699 |
Sep 18, 1987 |
Webb Pierce undergoes open-heart surgery at Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital
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Saint Thomas Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
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7698 |
Sep 18, 1985 |
Capitol releases T. Graham Brown's "I Tell It Like It Used To Be" |
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7697 |
Sep 18, 1984 |
"Three's Company" ends a seven-year run on ABC-TV, with Tex Ritter's son, John Ritter, playing Jack... |
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7696 |
Sep 18, 1984 |
Barbara Mandrell undergoes surgery at Nashville's Baptist Hospital, where a metal pin is inserted... |
Baptist Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
7695 |
Sep 18, 1978 |
George Jones is freed on a $2,500 bond after being charged with assault with intent to commit... |
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Florence |
al |
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|
7694 |
Sep 18, 1975 |
Dave & Sugar sign with RCA Records
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7693 |
Sep 18, 1973 |
RCA releases Charley Pride's "Amazing Love" |
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7692 |
Sep 18, 1971 |
"Hee Haw" airs in syndication for the first time on 196 TV stations, just months after... |
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7691 |
Sep 18, 1968 |
Porter Wagoner records "The Carroll County Accident" |
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7690 |
Sep 18, 1967 |
Kitty Wells' mother, Myrtle Deason, dies |
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7689 |
Sep 18, 1967 |
Merle Haggard & The Strangers record "Sing Me Back Home" at the Capitol Recording... |
Capitol Recording Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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7688 |
Sep 18, 1963 |
Johnny Cash records "Bad News" at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studios |
Columbia Recording Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
7687 |
Sep 13, 1959 |
Specialist Elvis Presley meets 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu for the first time, while stationed... |
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gr |
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7686 |
Sep 18, 1957 |
Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, sends a letter to guitar player Scotty Moore and bass player Bill... |
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7685 |
Sep 18, 1953 |
Record producer Steve Fishell is born in Oak Harbor, Washington. After playing steel guitar with... |
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Oak Harbor |
wa |
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|
7684 |
Sep 18, 1953 |
Banjo player/songwriter Carl Jackson is born in Louisville, Mississippi. He authors Vince Gill's... |
|
Louisville |
ms |
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|
7683 |
Sep 13, 1952 |
Webb Pierce makes his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, where he performs "Back Street... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
7682 |
Sep 18, 1949 |
Charlie Louvin marries Betty Harrison in Hernando, Mississippi |
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Hernando |
ms |
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7681 |
Sep 18, 1947 |
Minnie Pearl, Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb and Rosalie Allen headline the first country music show at New... |
Carnegie Hall |
New York |
ny |
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|
7680 |
Sep 18, 1942 |
Bombardier instructor Tennessee Ernie Ford marries his first wife, Betty Heminger
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7679 |
Sep 18, 1933 |
Jimmie Rodgers is born in Camas, Washington. Given the same name as The Singing Brakeman, who died... |
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Camas |
wa |
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7678 |
Sep 18, 1926 |
Record producer Jim Vienneau is born in Albany, New York. He directs hits for Conway Twitty, Mel... |
|
Albany |
ny |
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|
7677 |
Sep 17, 2000 |
Barbara Mandrell's oldest son, Matthew Dudney, marries Leigh Ann McCluskey at New Hope Community... |
New Hope Community Church |
Brentwood |
tn |
|
|
7676 |
Sep 17, 2000 |
Willie Nelson presents Farm Aid XV in Bristow, Virginia, with a lineup that includes Neil Young,... |
|
Bristow |
va |
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|
7675 |
Sep 17, 1995 |
Lorrie Morgan stars in ABC-TV's "The Stranger Beside Me," with "Beverly Hills... |
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|
7674 |
Sep 17, 1993 |
Eighteen crew members are injured when a lighting truss falls during preparations for Garth Brooks'... |
Texas Stadium |
Irving |
tx |
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|
7673 |
Sep 17, 1993 |
Emmylou Harris' father, Major Walter R. Harris, dies in Highland, Maryland |
|
Highland |
md |
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|
7672 |
Sep 17, 1991 |
On the 68th anniversary of his birth, Hank Williams is immortalized with a statue in Montgomery,... |
|
Montgomery |
al |
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|
7671 |
Sep 17, 1991 |
Oak Hill, West Virginia, dedicates a plaque to Hank Williams, marking the town in which he was... |
|
Oak Hill |
wv |
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|
7670 |
Sep 17, 1990 |
"Ain't Nothin' As Sweet As My Baby," the story of Hank Williams' biological daughter... |
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|
7669 |
Jul 17, 2004 |
The Grand Ole Opry celebrates "The Dukes Of Hazzard" with appearances by former cast members... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
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7668 |
Sep 17, 1989 |
June Forester, of The Forester Sisters, marries the band's road manager, Joel McCormick, in the... |
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7667 |
Sep 17, 1987 |
Conway Twitty records "Saturday Night Special" at Sound Stage during an evening session in Nashville |
Sound Stage |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
7666 |
Sep 17, 1985 |
A front page story in The New York Times proclaims that country music is "dead." The piece writes... |
|
New York |
ny |
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|
7665 |
Sep 17, 1983 |
Vanessa Williams is the first black woman named Miss America. Judges include Nashville talent agent... |
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7664 |
Sep 17, 1983 |
Roy Acuff tosses the coin when Vanderbilt hosts Iowa State in football at Dudley Field in... |
Dudley Field |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
7663 |
Sep 17, 1982 |
Elektra releases Hank Williams Jr.'s "Greatest Hits" |
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7662 |
Sep 17, 1977 |
Reba McEntire makes her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, singing the Patsy Cline classic... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
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7661 |
Sep 17, 1973 |
On the day her late husband would have turned 50, Audrey Williams sends 20 dozen roses to Hank... |
|
Montgomery |
al |
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|
7660 |
Sep 17, 1960 |
Patsy Cline's fan club president, Treva Miller, is killed by a drunk driver |
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7659 |
Sep 17, 1953 |
Carl and Valda Perkins have their first child, Carl Stanley Perkins, who later plays in his dad's... |
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7658 |
Sep 17, 1953 |
Kitty Wells records "Cheatin's A Sin," plus a duet with Red Foley--"I'm A Stranger In My... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
7657 |
Sep 17, 1952 |
On his 29th, and final, birthday, Hank Williams visits the Alamo, then plays San Antonio's The... |
The Barn |
San Antonio |
tx |
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|
7656 |
Sep 17, 1952 |
Steve Sanders is born in Richland, Georgia. In 1987, he replaces William Lee Golden in The Oak... |
|
Richland |
ga |
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|
7655 |
Sep 17, 1948 |
Tex Ritter has a second son, John Ritter, in Burbank, California. John goes on to become a... |
|
Burbank |
ca |
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7654 |
Feb 23, 1959 |
Ernest Tubb records "I Cried A Tear" during the evening at Bradley Film & Recording Studio in... |
Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
7653 |
Sep 17, 1936 |
Melissa Monroe is born at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina, the first daughter of... |
Presbyterian Hospital |
Charlotte |
nc |
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|
7652 |
Sep 17, 1931 |
RCA Records introduces the 33-1/3 rpm long-playing record |
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|
7651 |
Sep 17, 1926 |
Bill Black is born in Memphis, Tennessee. He goes on to become Elvis Presley's first bass player,... |
|
Memphis |
tn |
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|
7650 |
Sep 17, 1923 |
Hank Williams is born in Mount Olive, Alabama. He becomes one of country music's most influential... |
|
Mount Olive |
al |
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