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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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6399 |
Aug 12, 1929 |
Buck Owens is born in Sherman, Texas. Raised in California, he adds a rock 'n' roll spirit to... |
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Sherman |
tx |
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6398 |
Aug 12, 1877 |
Thomas Edison uses the phonograph to make the very first sound recording, a rendition of "Mary Had... |
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6397 |
Aug 11, 1993 |
Grand Ole Opry member Bill Carlisle suffers a heart attack. He undergoes coronary bypass surgery on... |
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6396 |
Aug 11, 1992 |
Jo-El Sonnier marries longtime friend Bobbye Weaver
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6395 |
Aug 11, 1991 |
Original "Hee Haw" cast member Cathy Baker tells The Tennessean eight veterans of the show have... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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6394 |
Aug 11, 1991 |
Screenwriter Rex McGee and movie director Chris Cain attend George Strait's concert at the Greek... |
Greek Theatre |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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6393 |
Aug 11, 1988 |
Willie Nelson is honored with a black-tie event at Nashville's Opryland Hotel, as... |
Opryland Hotel |
Nashville |
tn |
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6392 |
Aug 12, 1988 |
Kathy Mattea makes her debut on the Grand Ole Opry
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Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
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6391 |
Aug 11, 1984 |
Gary Morris makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, singing "Velvet Chains," "Wind Beneath My Wings"... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
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6390 |
Aug 11, 1982 |
George Jones announces to a San Antonio, Texas, audience, "I'm drunk, but I love y'all." All but... |
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San Antonio |
tx |
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6389 |
Aug 11, 1982 |
Warner Bros. releases T.G. Sheppard's "War Is Hell (On The Homefront, Too)" |
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6388 |
Aug 11, 1976 |
Roy Acuff returns to the Grand Ole Opry after a four-month absence, caused by a heart attack in... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
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6387 |
Aug 11, 1974 |
Marty Robbins finishes 9th in a 1973 Dodge in NASCAR's Talladega 500, held at the Alabama... |
Talladega Superspeedway |
Talladega |
al |
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6386 |
Aug 11, 1954 |
Webb Pierce records "More And More" in Nashville at the Castle Studio |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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6385 |
Aug 11, 1952 |
Grand Ole Opry manager Jim Denny fires Hank Williams from the Opry after the troubled singer,... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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6384 |
Aug 11, 1952 |
Skeets McDonald records "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" at the Capitol Studios on Melrose... |
Capitol Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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6383 |
Aug 11, 1951 |
Following his performance on the Grand Ole Opry, Lefty Frizzell is arrested for contributory... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
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6382 |
Aug 11, 1949 |
Leon Payne records "I Love You Because" at the KNUZ studios in Houston, Texas |
KNUZ Radio |
Houston |
tx |
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6381 |
Aug 11, 1947 |
Decca Records has its first Nashville recording session at the Castle Studios in the Tulane Hotel,... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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6380 |
Aug 11, 1946 |
John Conlee is born in Versailles, Kentucky. After careers as a mortician and a disc jockey, his... |
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Versailles |
ky |
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6379 |
Aug 11, 1928 |
Songwriter Stan Kesler is born in Abbeville, Mississippi. He writes Elvis Presley's "I Forgot... |
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Abbeville |
ms |
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6378 |
Aug 11, 1917 |
Henry Cannon is born in Franklin, Tennessee. He marries Sarah Colley--a.k.a. Minnie Pearl--and... |
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Franklin |
tn |
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6377 |
Aug 11, 1916 |
Record producer Jim Beck is born in Marshall, Texas. Beck produces the first hits on Lefty Frizzell... |
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Marshall |
tx |
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6376 |
Sep 11, 1997 |
Ricochet keyboard player Eddie Kilgallon and his wife, Terry, have their first baby, Landon James... |
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6375 |
Sep 11, 1997 |
Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood perform "In Another's Eyes" on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" |
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6374 |
Sep 11, 1978 |
Mercury releases The Statler Brothers' album "Christmas Card"
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6373 |
Sep 7, 2001 |
The Dixie Chicks, Buck Owens and Keith Urban tape an episode of "Family Feud" in which they're... |
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6372 |
Sep 8, 2001 |
Hope Valley, Rhode Island, celebrates Billy Gilman Day with a one-hour parade
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Hope Valley |
ri |
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6371 |
Aug 14, 1945 |
Ernest Tubb records "It's Been So Long Darling" in Chicago |
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Chicago |
il |
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6370 |
Sep 11, 1939 |
Gene Autry records "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)" in Chicago |
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Chicago |
il |
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6369 |
Sep 11, 1993 |
The Stoney Mountain Cloggers make their final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
6368 |
Sep 10, 2001 |
Chris Cagle marries school teacher Elizabeth Filer in Houston, Texas |
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Houston |
tx |
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6367 |
Sep 8, 2001 |
"Played Bo on 'The Dukes Of Hazzard'": John Schneider is the solution for 7-down in the... |
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6366 |
Aug 10, 2000 |
Charles Jordan, the biological father of Wynonna Judd, dies in Louisa, Kentucky. Judd and her dad... |
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Louisa |
ky |
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6365 |
Aug 10, 1993 |
Curb releases Sawyer Brown's album "Outskirts Of Town"
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6364 |
Aug 10, 1993 |
David Rogers dies in Atlanta. He earned a pair of Top 10 country singles during the early-1970s,... |
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Atlanta |
ga |
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6363 |
Aug 10, 1991 |
"Down Home" makes its final prime-time appearance on NBC-TV, with Alabama singing the... |
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6362 |
Aug 10, 1990 |
Columbia releases Vern Gosdin's "10 Years Of Greatest Hits (Newly Recorded)" |
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6361 |
Aug 10, 1990 |
Mark Chesnutt begins his first concert tour in Highland, Texas
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Highland |
tx |
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6360 |
Aug 10, 1987 |
The New York Daily News prints the results of its unscientific Elvis poll: fans' favorite Elvis... |
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6359 |
Aug 10, 1984 |
Plagued by breathing difficulties, Ernest Tubb enters Nashville's Baptist Hospital, where he dies... |
Baptist Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
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6358 |
Aug 10, 1984 |
Colonel Tom Parker is named honorary police chief during a banquet in Elvis Presley's hometown:... |
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Tupelo |
ms |
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6357 |
Aug 10, 1981 |
MCA releases Lee Greenwood's first single, "It Turns Me Inside Out"
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6356 |
Aug 10, 1977 |
Elvis Presley rents the Southbrook Theater in Memphis to watch the movie "The Spy Who Loved... |
Southbrook Theater |
Memphis |
tn |
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6355 |
Aug 10, 1976 |
Emmylou Harris records Chuck Berry's "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie" |
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6354 |
Aug 10, 1971 |
Roy Acuff, Bashful Brother Oswald, Jimmy Martin and Earl Scruggs record with The Nitty Gritty Dirt... |
Woodland Sound Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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6353 |
Aug 10, 1965 |
Roger Miller records "England Swings" in Nashville |
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Nashville |
tn |
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6352 |
Aug 10, 1960 |
Roger Miller records "You Don't Want My Love," his first charted single, in Nashville |
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Nashville |
tn |
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6351 |
Aug 10, 1956 |
After seeing his matinee show in Jacksonville, Florida, judge Marion Gooding tells Elvis Presley if... |
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Jacksonville |
fl |
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6350 |
Aug 10, 1951 |
Hank Williams records "Half As Much" and "Baby, We're Really In Love" during an evening session at... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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