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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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6649 |
Oct 22, 1950 |
Hank Snow records "Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart" in the evening at Brown Radio Productions in... |
Brown Radio Productions |
Nashville |
tn |
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6648 |
Aug 22, 1914 |
Connie B. Gay is born in Lizard Lick, North Carolina. Based in Washington, D.C., he becomes a major... |
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Lizard Lick |
nc |
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6647 |
Aug 22, 1910 |
Rod Brasfield is born in Smithville, Mississippi. He works as a Grand Ole Opry comedian from... |
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Smithville |
ms |
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6646 |
Aug 21, 2000 |
Faith Hill makes the cover of People magazine, where she refuses to apologize for dumping her... |
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6645 |
Aug 21, 1995 |
Joe Diffie records "Bigger Than The Beatles," name-dropping the Fab Four, The Rolling... |
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6644 |
Aug 21, 1994 |
Exactly one year after his first drunk-driving charge, John Denver is charged again after he plows... |
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Aspen |
co |
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6643 |
Aug 21, 1993 |
John Denver is charged with drunk driving in Aspen, Colorado. The charge is later reduced to... |
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Aspen |
co |
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6642 |
Aug 21, 1992 |
Grandpa Jones' gray boots and banjo are stolen from a van at a motel in Sedalia, Missouri. They are... |
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Sedalia |
mo |
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6641 |
Aug 21, 1990 |
Warner Bros. releases Highway 101's "Someone Else's Trouble Now"
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6640 |
Aug 21, 1990 |
Mercury releases Kathy Mattea's "A Collection Of Hits" |
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6639 |
Aug 21, 1988 |
Dolly Parton flies from the Louisiana set of "Steel Magnolias" to surprise Kenny Rogers at a... |
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la |
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6638 |
Aug 21, 1981 |
Epic releases Ricky Skaggs' "You May See Me Walkin'" |
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6637 |
Aug 21, 1981 |
RCA releases Sylvia's "Heart On The Mend" |
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6636 |
Aug 21, 1981 |
MCA releases The Oak Ridge Boys' "Fancy Free" |
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6635 |
Aug 21, 1979 |
Columbia releases Crystal Gayle's "Half The Way" |
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6634 |
Aug 21, 1978 |
Dolly Parton gives a free lunchtime concert at New York's City Hall, where she receives a key to... |
City Hall |
New York |
ny |
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6633 |
Aug 21, 1977 |
Just five days after Elvis Presley's death, Scorpion Records releases a tribute record, Ronnie... |
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6632 |
Aug 21, 1975 |
Sam McGee dies in a farming accident, run over by a tractor while bailing hay on his property in... |
home |
Franklin |
tn |
|
|
6631 |
Aug 18, 1962 |
Jim Reeves arrives in Johannesburg for the first-ever country tour of South Africa. Three... |
|
Johannesburg |
sf |
|
|
6630 |
Aug 21, 1961 |
Patsy Cline records "Crazy" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville |
Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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6629 |
Aug 21, 1956 |
Geraldine Price, referring to herself as a common-law wife, files for divorce from Ray Price,... |
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6628 |
Aug 21, 1954 |
Guitarist Nick Kane is born in Jerusalem, Georgia. In 1994, he joins The Mavericks, whose... |
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Jerusalem |
ga |
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6627 |
Aug 21, 1950 |
Hank Snow records "Rhumba Boogie" and "The Golden Rocket" during a late-night session at... |
Brown Radio Productions |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6626 |
Aug 21, 1947 |
Lefty Frizzell is sentenced to jail in New Mexico for two to three years for statutory rape.... |
|
|
nm |
|
|
6625 |
Aug 21, 1939 |
Guitarist James Burton is born in Dubberly, Louisiana. A member of Elvis Presley's band during the... |
|
Dubberly |
la |
|
|
6624 |
Aug 21, 1939 |
Harold Reid, of The Statler Brothers, is born in Augusta County, Virginia. His bass voice is easily... |
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Augusta County |
va |
|
|
6623 |
Aug 21, 1938 |
Kenny Rogers is born in St. Joseph's Infirmary in Houston. His pop-laced ballads and story songs... |
St. Joseph's Infirmary |
Houston |
tx |
|
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6622 |
Aug 21, 1926 |
Bob Wills takes his first wife, Edna Posey, in Canadian, Texas |
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Canadian |
tx |
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|
6621 |
Sep 1, 1983 |
The Soviet Union downs Korean Air Lines flight 007, killing 269 people, including a U.S.... |
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6620 |
Sep 13, 1990 |
Ben Smathers, leader of The Stoney Mountain Cloggers, dies, 33 years to the date after the group... |
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6619 |
Sep 13, 1952 |
Don Fagenson is born in Detroit. Under the name Don Was, he becomes a significant pop record... |
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Detroit |
mi |
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6618 |
Aug 20, 1994 |
Razzy Bailey marries his business partner, Faye Bright, aboard a yacht on Nashville's Old... |
Old Hickory Lake |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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6617 |
Aug 18, 1991 |
Bill Monroe is released from Nashville's Baptist Hospital, nine days after undergoing double bypass... |
Baptist Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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6616 |
Aug 20, 1991 |
Epic releases Collin Raye's debut album, "All I Can Be"
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6615 |
Aug 20, 1991 |
Mercury Records releases Davis Daniel's first hit single, "For Crying Out Loud" |
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6614 |
Aug 20, 1990 |
The U.S. government files a civil complaint to collect $1.6 million in federal back taxes,... |
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6613 |
Aug 20, 1988 |
Leon McAuliffe dies at Tulsa's St. Francis Hospital. The steel guitarist made his mark as a... |
St. Francis Hospital |
Tulsa |
ok |
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6612 |
Aug 20, 1985 |
Ricky Skaggs leads with six nominations for the Country Music Association awards. Alabama, George... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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6611 |
Aug 20, 1984 |
Mercury releases The Statler Brothers' "Atlanta Blue" |
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6610 |
Aug 20, 1981 |
George Jones fails to show for a concert in Wichita Falls, Texas. He also stiffs two managers at a... |
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Wichita Falls |
tx |
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6609 |
Aug 20, 1976 |
Willie Nelson is served with a subpoena to testify in the narcotics trial of reputed drug ring... |
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6608 |
Aug 20, 1973 |
Charley Pride records "Amazing Love" at the RCA Studios in Nashville
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Nashville |
tn |
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6607 |
Aug 20, 1971 |
Johnny Paycheck records "She's All I Got" at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studios
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Columbia Recording Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
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6606 |
Aug 20, 1968 |
Colonel Tom Parker attends a screening of Elvis Presley's forthcoming TV special. The manager blows... |
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6605 |
Aug 20, 1967 |
A sound decision: Ray Dolby introduces the Dolby noise-reduction system, which cuts tape hiss in... |
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6604 |
Aug 20, 1962 |
Capitol releases Buck Owens' "Kickin' Our Hearts Around" |
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6603 |
Aug 20, 1960 |
Marty Robbins crashes into two other racers when his micro-midget car, nicknamed the Big Iron... |
|
Bartlesville |
ok |
|
|
6602 |
Aug 20, 1952 |
Singer/songwriter John Hiatt is born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He writes such country hits as... |
|
Indianapolis |
in |
|
|
6601 |
Aug 20, 1952 |
Rudy Gatlin, of The Gatlin Brothers, is born in Olney, Texas. Behind songwriting lead singer Larry... |
|
Olney |
tx |
|
|
6600 |
Aug 20, 1950 |
Eddy Arnold records "The Lovebug Itch" at the Brown Brothers Studio on 4th Avenue in... |
Brown Radio Productions |
Nashville |
tn |
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