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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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6099 |
Jul 31, 1979 |
Eddy Arnold records his final Top 10 hit, "That's What I Get For Loving You," at the Soundshop in... |
Soundshop |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
6098 |
Jul 31, 1977 |
Lisa Marie Presley arrives at Graceland for a two-week stay with her father, Elvis Presley. It's... |
Graceland Mansion |
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
6097 |
Jul 31, 1969 |
Marty Robbins suffers a heart attack following a performance in Warren, Ohio. Initially, he thinks... |
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Warren |
oh |
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6096 |
Jul 31, 1969 |
Elvis Presley begins a historic four-week run at Las Vegas' International Hotel with his first live... |
International Hotel |
Las Vegas |
nv |
|
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6095 |
Jul 31, 1964 |
Jim Reeves and pianist Dean Manuel die in a plane crash during a thunderstorm in Brentwood,... |
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Brentwood |
tn |
|
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6094 |
Jul 31, 1962 |
Eddy Arnold records "Does He Mean That Much To You" at Nashville's RCA Studio B |
RCA Studio B |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6093 |
Jul 31, 1959 |
Kitty Wells records "Amigo's Guitar" |
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6092 |
Jul 31, 1956 |
Elvis Presley receives a speeding ticket in Hattiesburg, Mississippi |
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Hattiesburg |
ms |
|
|
6091 |
Jul 31, 1952 |
Guitarist Steve Gibson is born in Peoria, Illinois. The musical director of the Grand Ole Opry, he... |
|
Peoria |
il |
|
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6090 |
Jul 31, 1948 |
Country music appears on national television for the first time, with a show taped at Washington,... |
Constitution Hall |
Washington |
dc |
|
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6089 |
Jul 31, 1948 |
Jim Reeves is released by the Lone Star League's Henderson Oilers more than three months after he... |
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6088 |
Jul 31, 1946 |
Tex Ritter records "When You Leave Don't Slam The Door" and "Have I Told You Lately That I Love... |
Radio Recorders |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
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6087 |
Jul 31, 1937 |
Bonnie Brown is born in Sparkman, Arkansas. She joins older siblings Maxine and Jim Ed in forming... |
|
Sparkman |
ar |
|
|
6086 |
Jul 30, 1994 |
Dwight Yoakam performs at San Francisco's Warfield Theatre. The show is released the following... |
Warfield Theatre |
San Francisco |
ca |
|
|
6085 |
Jul 30, 1989 |
Rodeo pro Lane Frost is killed by a Brahma bull after a ride in Cheyenne, Wyoming. His story... |
|
Cheyenne |
wy |
|
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6084 |
Jul 30, 1987 |
George Jones enters University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham with exhaustion, a kidney... |
University of Alabama Hospital |
Birmingham |
al |
|
|
6083 |
Jul 30, 1986 |
John Denver is dropped by RCA after releasing "What Are We Making Weapons For." Some... |
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|
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6082 |
Jul 30, 1982 |
Willie Nelson gives a free concert in economically-depressed Lima, Ohio. Nelson read about the... |
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Lima |
oh |
|
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6081 |
Jul 30, 1975 |
"The Jim Stafford Show" debuts as a summer replacement series on ABC-TV, with regular guests... |
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|
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6080 |
Jul 30, 1973 |
Dottie West records "Country Sunshine" as a commercial for Coca-Cola with Steve Wariner... |
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|
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|
6079 |
Jul 30, 1971 |
Sandy Posey records "Bring Him Safely Home To Me" at the Columbia Recording Studios in... |
Columbia Recording Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6078 |
Jul 30, 1968 |
Johnny Cash records the Carl Perkins-penned "Daddy Sang Bass" at the Columbia Recording... |
Columbia Recording Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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6077 |
Jul 30, 1963 |
Hank Snow records "Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street)" and "Breakfast With The Blues" at... |
RCA Studio B |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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6076 |
Jun 30, 1963 |
Guitarist Dwayne O'Brien is born in Ada, Oklahoma. He joins the harmony-rich Little Texas,... |
|
Ada |
ok |
|
|
6075 |
Jul 30, 1958 |
Neal McCoy is born in Jacksonville, Texas. Known for such mid-1990s recordings as "No Doubt... |
|
Jacksonville |
tx |
|
|
6074 |
Jul 30, 1956 |
Brenda Lee has her first recording session, remaking the Hank Williams classic "Jambalaya (On... |
Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6073 |
Jul 30, 1954 |
Elvis Presley makes his first advertised concert appearance, playing with Slim Whitman, Billy... |
Overton Park |
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
6072 |
Jul 30, 1953 |
Webb Pierce records "I'm Walking The Dog" during a morning session at the Castle Studio... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6071 |
Jul 24, 1952 |
The western "High Noon" opens with starring roles for Gary Cooper, Lloyd Bridges, Grace Kelly... |
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6070 |
Jul 30, 1941 |
Paul Anka is born in Ottawa, Ontario. The 1950s teen idol earns several country hits as a... |
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Ottawa |
cn |
|
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6069 |
Apr 19, 1993 |
Songwriter Micheal Smotherman and his wife, Darlene Smotherman, have a daughter in Nashville.... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6068 |
Jul 29, 1996 |
Capitol releases Deana Carter's "Strawberry Wine" |
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|
|
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6067 |
Jul 29, 1993 |
Elvis Presley's aunt, Delta Mae Biggs, dies in Memphis. Biggs was the housekeeper of Graceland... |
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Memphis |
tn |
|
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6066 |
Jul 29, 1992 |
Joe Diffie records "Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)" |
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|
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6065 |
Jul 29, 1991 |
Liberty releases Garth Brooks' "Rodeo" |
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|
|
|
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6064 |
Jul 29, 1988 |
Steel guitar player Pete Drake dies from a lung ailment at his home in Brentwood, Tennessee. In... |
home |
Brentwood |
tn |
|
|
6063 |
Jul 29, 1986 |
Singer/songwriter Paul Davis is shot in the parking lot of the Quality Inn Hall of Fame Motel on... |
Quality Inn Hall of Fame Motel |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6062 |
Jul 29, 1984 |
Charlie Daniels entertains when the National Governors Association meets at Nashville's Opryland... |
Opryland Hotel |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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6061 |
Jul 29, 1983 |
RCA releases Steve Wariner's "Midnight Fire" |
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|
|
|
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6060 |
Jul 29, 1981 |
George Jones performs at Pee Wee's dinner club in Nashville. It marks the first performance by... |
Pee Wee's |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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6059 |
Jul 29, 1975 |
Dr. George Nichopolous borrows $200,000 interest free from his client, Elvis Presley |
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|
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6058 |
Jul 29, 1968 |
Gram Parsons quits The Byrds rather than join the band in apartheid-torn South Africa. He goes on... |
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6057 |
Jul 29, 1966 |
Bob Dylan breaks several bones in his neck in a motorcycle wreck when he hits an oil slick and... |
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Woodstock |
ny |
|
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6056 |
Jul 29, 1966 |
Martina McBride is born in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. The diminutive powerhouse claims the Country... |
|
Medicine Lodge |
ks |
|
|
6055 |
Jul 29, 1961 |
Patsy Cline returns to the concert trail at the Cimarron Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma, six weeks... |
Cimarron Ballroom |
Tulsa |
ok |
|
|
6054 |
Jul 29, 1958 |
Johnny and Vivian Cash have their third daughter, Cindy Cash, in Memphis |
|
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
6053 |
Jan 4, 1956 |
Merle Travis is arrested at his home, at 12406 Chandler Boulevard in Los Angeles, after... |
home |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
6052 |
Apr 4, 1957 |
Johnny Cash records "Next In Line" at the Sun Recording Studio in Memphis
|
Sun Recording Studio |
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
6051 |
Jul 29, 1952 |
Webb Pierce records "Back Street Affair" during an afternoon session at the Castle Studio in... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
6050 |
Jul 29, 1940 |
The Tex Ritter western "Rainbow Over The Range" debuts, with Ritter's future wife, Dorothy... |
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