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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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6499 |
Aug 16, 1935 |
Patsy Montana records "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart" in New York |
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New York |
ny |
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6498 |
Aug 16, 1889 |
Sam Hensley is born in Virginia. At age 43, he welcomes a daughter: Virginia Hensley, the future... |
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va |
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6497 |
Sep 12, 1958 |
Lefty Frizzell records "Cigarettes And Coffee Blues" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in... |
Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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6496 |
Sep 12, 2001 |
Martina McBride sings the national anthem at a Centennial Park vigil in Nashville for victims of... |
Centennial Park |
Nashville |
tn |
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6495 |
Aug 15, 1995 |
Alan Jackson tops the list with six nominations for Country Music Association awards. Jackson... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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6494 |
Aug 15, 1993 |
In a Harris poll, Americans name Garth Brooks their favorite musical artist, ahead of Whitney... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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6493 |
Aug 15, 1991 |
Vince Gill and Alan Jackson lead the way in the 25th annual Country Music Association awards with... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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6492 |
Aug 15, 1990 |
Lew DeWitt dies of Crohn's disease at home in Waynesboro, Virginia. A founding member of The... |
home |
Waynesboro |
va |
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6491 |
Aug 15, 1988 |
Kenny Rogers' drummer, Bobby Daniels, allegedly shoots and kills his ex-wife, Sylvia Coakley,... |
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6490 |
Aug 15, 1985 |
Alan Jackson has his first appointment with Marty Gamblin, an executive with Glen Campbell's... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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6489 |
Aug 15, 1984 |
Billy Ray Cyrus' band loses almost all its instruments and equipment when a fire is set at Changes,... |
Changes |
Ironton |
oh |
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6488 |
Aug 15, 1983 |
Columbia releases Crystal Gayle's "Greatest Hits" |
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6487 |
Aug 15, 1982 |
RCA releases Elvis Presley's album "Memories Of Christmas"
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6486 |
Aug 15, 1980 |
RCA releases Sylvia's first Top 10 hit, "Tumbleweed" |
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6485 |
Aug 15, 1977 |
Elvis Presley sings "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" and "Unchained Melody" at the upright piano in... |
Graceland Mansion |
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
6484 |
Aug 16, 1969 |
The Grateful Dead covers "Mama Tried" during the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York,... |
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Bethel |
ny |
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6483 |
Aug 15, 1968 |
"A Time To Sing," starring Hank Williams Jr., debuts at Nashville's Paramount Theater. The movie... |
Paramount Theater |
Nashville |
tn |
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6482 |
Aug 15, 1966 |
Capitol releases Buck Owens' "Open Up Your Heart" |
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6481 |
Aug 15, 1965 |
The Beatles play for 55,000 at Shea Stadium, grossing $304,000--a world record at the time. In the... |
Shea Stadium |
New York |
ny |
|
|
6480 |
Aug 15, 1959 |
Captain Paul Beaulieu arrives in Germany with his family, including 14-year-old daughter Priscilla,... |
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|
gr |
|
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6479 |
Aug 15, 1958 |
Buddy Holly marries Maria Elena Santiago in Lubbock, two weeks after they first met |
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Lubbock |
tx |
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6478 |
Aug 15, 1957 |
The Everly Brothers record "Wake Up Little Susie" at the Methodist Television, Radio... |
Methodist Film Commission |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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6477 |
Aug 15, 1955 |
Elvis Presley signs a deal making Colonel Tom Parker a special advisor to Presley and his manager,... |
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6476 |
Aug 15, 1952 |
Hank Williams writes "Kaw-Liga" near the town of Kowaliga, Alabama |
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Kowaliga |
al |
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6475 |
Aug 15, 1951 |
Fourteen-year-old Merle Haggard is picked up for robbing a liquor store in a case of mistaken... |
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ca |
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6474 |
Aug 15, 1951 |
Hank Williams begins a concert tour, sponsored by the Hadacol medicinal company, that puts him on a... |
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6473 |
Aug 15, 1947 |
Jerry Clower marries Homerline Wells at Eastfork Baptist Church in Mississippi
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Eastfork Baptist Church |
Eastfork |
ms |
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6472 |
Aug 15, 1946 |
Songwriter Jimmy Webb is born in Elk City, Oklahoma. He writes "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"... |
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Elk City |
ok |
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6471 |
Aug 15, 1942 |
Jim Reeves arrives in Austin to attend the University of Texas on a baseball scholarship. But the... |
|
Austin |
tx |
|
|
6470 |
Aug 15, 1941 |
Don Ulich is born in Olympia, Washington. As Don Rich, he handles lead guitar and harmony vocals... |
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Olympia |
wa |
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6469 |
Aug 15, 1936 |
Bob Wills marries concert violinist Ruth Elaine McMaster in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. It's his second... |
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Sapulpa |
ok |
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6468 |
Aug 15, 1933 |
Bobby Helms is born in Bloomington, Indiana. His 1957 recordings of "My Special Angel"... |
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Bloomington |
in |
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|
6467 |
Aug 15, 1925 |
Rose Maddox is born in Boaz, Alabama. She fronts the California-based Maddox Brothers & Rose, a... |
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Boaz |
al |
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6466 |
Sep 11, 2001 |
A terrorist attack levels both towers at the World Trade Center in New York. In Manhattan during... |
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New York |
ny |
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|
6465 |
Aug 14, 2000 |
Naomi Judd files for divorce from Larry Strickland, her manager and husband of 11 years,... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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|
6464 |
Aug 14, 1993 |
Michael Haden proposes to Sara Budke in front of 14,000 at Starwood Amphitheatre during Wynonna's... |
Starwood Amphitheatre |
Nashville |
tn |
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6463 |
Aug 14, 1988 |
George Jones enters the University Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, for the fifth time in a year.... |
University Hospital |
Birmingham |
al |
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6462 |
Aug 14, 1982 |
Ernest Tubb makes his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, singing "Thanks A Lot,"... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
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6461 |
Aug 14, 1982 |
"Harper Valley P.T.A.," a sitcom based on Jeannie C. Riley's million-seller, makes its... |
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6460 |
Aug 14, 1980 |
Loretta Lynn appears at New York disco Xenon in a $100-a-ticket party celebrating Jimmy Carter's... |
Xenon |
New York |
ny |
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6459 |
Aug 14, 1980 |
A Martin guitar that George Jones has used for 20 years is stolen in Terrell, North Carolina. A man... |
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Terrell |
nc |
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6458 |
Aug 14, 1980 |
A statue of Elvis Presley is unveiled in Memphis' Elvis Presley Plaza |
Elvis Presley Plaza |
Memphis |
tn |
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|
6457 |
Aug 14, 1978 |
The cover of Newsweek recognizes Willie Nelson--not Roy Acuff--as the "King of Country Music." "The... |
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6456 |
Aug 14, 1978 |
Merle Haggard records "Red Bandana" and "Leonard," a tribute to Tommy Collins,... |
Glaser Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
6455 |
Aug 14, 1977 |
Waylon Jennings records "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You)," one of just two songs... |
American Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
6454 |
Aug 14, 1970 |
North Hollywood waitress Patricia Ann Parker files a paternity suit against Elvis Presley. A blood... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
6453 |
Aug 14, 1970 |
Buck Owens records the backing tracks to "I Wouldn't Live In New York City (If They Gave Me The... |
Buck Owens Studios |
Bakersfield |
ca |
|
|
6452 |
Aug 14, 1970 |
Liberty releases The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's pop hit "Mr. Bojangles" |
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6451 |
Aug 14, 1958 |
Elvis Presley's mother, Gladys Presley, dies in Memphis after a bout with hepatitis
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Memphis |
tn |
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6450 |
Aug 14, 1953 |
Ernest Tubb records "Divorce Granted" during an afternoon session at the Castle Studio in Nashville |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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