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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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6349 |
Aug 10, 1949 |
Gene Johnson is born in Jamestown, New York. He plays mandolin for Diamond Rio, a harmony-based... |
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Jamestown |
ny |
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6348 |
Aug 10, 1942 |
Bob Wills takes wife #5 in marriage #6 at Clovis, New Mexico, saying "I do" to the former Betty... |
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Clovis |
nm |
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6347 |
Aug 10, 1940 |
Record producer/guitarist Jerry Kennedy is born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He oversees such hits as... |
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Shreveport |
la |
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6346 |
Aug 10, 1934 |
Record producer Jerry Crutchfield is born in Paducah, Kentucky. His credits include: Lee... |
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Paducah |
ky |
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|
6345 |
Aug 10, 1928 |
Jimmy Dean is born in Olton, Texas. A network TV host and sausage-company owner, he sells a... |
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Olton |
tx |
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6344 |
Aug 10, 1927 |
Jimmy Martin is born in Sneedville, Tennessee. He becomes the first lead singer in Bill... |
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Sneedville |
tn |
|
|
6343 |
Aug 10, 1926 |
Junior Samples is born in Cumming, Georgia. Dressed in trademark overalls, the heavy-set comedian... |
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Cumming |
ga |
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|
6342 |
Aug 9, 1993 |
MCA Records releases "Does He Love You," by Reba McEntire & Linda Davis |
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6341 |
Aug 9, 1991 |
Alabama records "Born Country" |
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|
6340 |
Aug 9, 1991 |
Bill Monroe undergoes double bypass heart surgery at Baptist Hospital in Nashville
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Baptist Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6339 |
Aug 9, 1989 |
Tanya Tucker plays a show in Lucasville, Ohio, near the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, where... |
|
Lucasville |
oh |
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|
6338 |
Aug 9, 1988 |
Warner Bros. releases "Highway 101 2" |
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|
6337 |
Aug 9, 1986 |
The U.S. Senate passes a resolution recognizing Bill Monroe as the "creator, shaper, performer... |
|
Washington |
dc |
|
|
6336 |
Aug 9, 1986 |
Donald Mahan Coe, father/sound and light man for David Allan Coe, dies |
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6335 |
Aug 9, 1985 |
RCA releases Alabama's "Can't Keep A Good Man Down" |
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6334 |
Aug 9, 1982 |
"Filthy Rich" debuts on CBS-TV, with future "Designing Women" stars Delta Burke and Dixie Carter.... |
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6333 |
Aug 9, 1976 |
Emmylou Harris records "Making Believe" and "Two More Bottles Of Wine" |
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6332 |
Aug 9, 1975 |
Elvis Presley attends the Memphis Southmen's World Football League game, ostensibly to court... |
|
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
6331 |
Aug 9, 1972 |
Floyd Cramer suffers facial cuts and bruises in a car accident in downtown Nashville |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6330 |
Aug 6, 1971 |
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band begins a week of recording at Woodland Sound in Nashville for the... |
Woodland Sound Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6329 |
Aug 9, 1966 |
Jack Greene records "There Goes My Everything" |
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|
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|
6328 |
Aug 9, 1965 |
Roy Acuff is released from the hospital, 30 days after a head-on car wreck outside of Sparta,... |
|
Sparta |
tn |
|
|
6327 |
Aug 9, 1963 |
Sandra Jean Betts files a paternity suit in Los Angeles against Ray Charles, seeking $1,100 monthly... |
|
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
6326 |
Aug 9, 1960 |
Johnny Horton records "North To Alaska," the only song he tackles during a two-hour session at the... |
Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6325 |
Aug 9, 1959 |
Diane Williams is born on the Hahn Air Force Base in Germany. She joins the female vocal quartet... |
Hahn Air Force Base |
|
gr |
|
|
6324 |
Aug 9, 1952 |
Hank Williams misses a scheduled appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. Two days later, Opry manager Jim... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6323 |
Aug 9, 1949 |
George Morgan marries Anastasia "Anna" Paridon |
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6322 |
Aug 9, 1949 |
The divorce of Hank and Audrey Williams, finalized in May 1948, is reversed, 11 weeks after the... |
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|
6321 |
Aug 9, 1934 |
Singer/songwriter Merle Kilgore is born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He achieves his biggest... |
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Chickasha |
ok |
|
|
6320 |
Aug 9, 1933 |
Red Foley marries Eva Overstake |
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|
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|
6319 |
Aug 8, 1995 |
Mercury releases Terri Clark's self-titled debut album |
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|
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|
6318 |
Aug 8, 1994 |
Ty Herndon records "What Mattered Most" and "I Want My Goodbye Back" |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6317 |
Aug 8, 1990 |
RCA's country chief Joe Galante is promoted to president of the record label's pop division in... |
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6316 |
Aug 8, 1989 |
The Globe reports Wynonna Judd is expecting. She takes a pregnancy test to prove the gossip... |
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6315 |
Aug 8, 1989 |
Columbia releases Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Never Had It So Good" |
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6314 |
Aug 8, 1988 |
The Chicago Cubs play a home night game for the first time. As a result, The Statler Brothers... |
Wrigley Field |
Chicago |
il |
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6313 |
Aug 8, 1988 |
Mel Tillis gets a black eye horsing around in the swimming pool with former Pittsburgh Steelers... |
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|
|
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|
6312 |
Aug 8, 1988 |
Crystal Gayle undergoes emergency surgery in Nashville for a tubal pregnancy, and cancels a... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6311 |
Aug 8, 1983 |
RCA releases Alabama's "Lady Down On Love" |
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|
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6310 |
Aug 8, 1980 |
MCA releases Don Williams' album "I Believe In You"
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|
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6309 |
Aug 17, 1979 |
Waylon Jennings and bass player Jerry Bridges overdub parts on "I Ain't Living Long Like... |
American Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6308 |
Aug 8, 1977 |
Elvis Presley rents Memphis' Libertyland amusement park for $2,500 after midnight as a present for... |
Libertyland |
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
6307 |
Aug 8, 1975 |
Robert Altman's movie, "Nashville," premieres at Nashville's 100 Oaks Theater. The... |
100 Oaks Theater |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6306 |
Aug 8, 1975 |
Hank Williams Jr. has a near-fatal accident while climbing Ajax Mountain in Montana. His head... |
Missoula Community Hospital |
Missoula |
mt |
|
|
6305 |
Aug 8, 1973 |
Mark Wills is born in Cleveland, Tennessee. After winning the Academy of Country Music's Top New... |
|
Cleveland |
tn |
|
|
6304 |
Aug 8, 1964 |
Dottie West and The Osborne Brothers join the Grand Ole Opry. The Osbornes deliver "Ruby (Are... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6303 |
Aug 8, 1958 |
Elvis Presley, living in Killeen, Texas, while with the Army, puts his ill mother on a train for... |
|
Killeen |
tx |
|
|
6302 |
Aug 8, 1958 |
Johnny Cash records "All Over Again" and "Frankie's Man, Johnny" in Nashville at the Bradley Film &... |
Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6301 |
Aug 8, 1956 |
As he turns 30, Webb Pierce agrees to return to the Grand Ole Opry, which he angrily left 18 months... |
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|
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|
6300 |
Aug 8, 1952 |
Hank Snow records "The Gal Who Invented Kissin'" and "I Went To Your Wedding" at the RCA Studio in... |
RCA Studios |
New York |
ny |
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