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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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5999 |
Jul 26, 1968 |
Jeannie C. Riley records "Harper Valley P.T.A." |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5998 |
Jul 26, 1968 |
WKYR in Cumberland, Maryland, debuts a country format with three solid days of Buck Owens records |
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Cumberland |
md |
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|
5997 |
Jul 26, 1965 |
"Seven Spanish Angels" singer Ray Charles enters a rehab center in Los Angeles to battle a heroin... |
|
Los Angeles |
ca |
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5996 |
Jul 26, 1956 |
Record producer Scott Hendricks is born in Clinton, Oklahoma. An executive with Capitol, Virgin and... |
|
Clinton |
ok |
|
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5995 |
Jul 26, 1945 |
"Three In The Saddle" opens in theaters. The western stars Tex Ritter, who attempts to protect... |
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5994 |
Jul 26, 1942 |
Gene Autry joins the Army Air Corps, volunteering during a CBS radio broadcast of his show,... |
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|
5993 |
Jul 26, 1931 |
Monument Records founder Fred Foster is born in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Credited as a... |
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Rutherford County |
nc |
|
|
5992 |
Jul 26, 1922 |
Record executive Jim Foglesong is born in Lundale, West Virginia. Beginning in 1973, he... |
|
Lundale |
wv |
|
|
5991 |
Jul 25, 1995 |
Warner Bros. releases Travis Tritt's "Sometimes She Forgets," written by Steve Earle |
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|
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|
5990 |
Jul 25, 1995 |
Charlie Rich dies while on vacation in Hammond, Louisiana, from a blood clot in his lung. Known as... |
|
Hammond |
la |
|
|
5989 |
Jul 25, 1995 |
Doug Stone has surgery to remove a benign polyp from his nasal passage at the Vanderbilt University... |
Vanderbilt Medical Center |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5988 |
Jul 25, 1994 |
Jerry Lee Lewis' attorney announces the Killer has settled his tax debt with the Internal Revenue... |
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|
|
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|
5987 |
Jul 25, 1994 |
Steve Earle is charged with drug possession when police discover crack cocaine in his Mercury... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5986 |
Jul 25, 1994 |
Wade Hayes records "Don't Stop" at the Soundshop in Nashville |
Soundshop |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5985 |
Jul 25, 1994 |
Arista releases The Tractors' "Baby Likes To Rock It" |
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|
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|
5984 |
Jul 25, 1991 |
After feminists find fault with her song "Maybe I Mean Yes," Holly Dunn sends an open... |
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|
|
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|
5983 |
Jul 25, 1984 |
Mickey Gilley meets president Ronald Reagan and vice president George Bush, singing at a Texas... |
|
Austin |
tx |
|
|
5982 |
Jul 25, 1984 |
MCA releases Lee Greenwood's "Fool's Gold" |
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|
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|
5981 |
Jul 25, 1978 |
Kitty Wells drops a suit against Capricorn Records when the label agrees to release her from her... |
|
|
|
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|
5980 |
Jul 25, 1977 |
The Nashville Palace opens across the street from the Opryland Hotel, owned by a group of investors... |
Nashville Palace |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5979 |
Jul 25, 1972 |
The New York Mets' Tug McGraw pitches two scoreless innings to win as the National League tops the... |
Fulton County Stadium |
Atlanta |
ga |
|
|
5978 |
Jul 25, 1969 |
Neil Young performs for the first time with Crosby, Stills & Nash at New York's Fillmore East.... |
Fillmore East |
New York |
ny |
|
|
5977 |
Jul 25, 1968 |
The Staple Singers sign with Stax Records. The group's "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend" later becomes... |
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|
|
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|
5976 |
Jul 24, 1967 |
Tommy Duncan dies in San Diego from a heart attack. The former vocalist for Bob Wills' Texas... |
|
San Diego |
ca |
|
|
5975 |
Jul 25, 1965 |
Folk singer/songwriter Bob Dylan angers the crowd when he plays his first electric concert at the... |
|
Newport |
ri |
|
|
5974 |
Aug 29, 1962 |
United Artists releases Elvis Presley's boxing-themed "Kid Galahad," providing actor Ed... |
|
|
|
|
|
5973 |
Jul 25, 1950 |
Lefty Frizzell records "If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time," "I Love You A... |
Jim Beck Studio |
Dallas |
tx |
|
|
5972 |
Jul 25, 1948 |
Singer/songwriter Steve Goodman is born in Chicago. The folk performer is best known for writing... |
|
Chicago |
il |
|
|
5971 |
Jul 25, 1947 |
Jim Reeves makes his first pitching start for the Henderson Oilers, of the Lone Star League, after... |
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|
|
|
|
5970 |
Jul 25, 1943 |
Roy Acuff has a son, also named Roy, in Nashville |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5969 |
Jul 25, 1940 |
Eight months after an annulment had been granted to a pregnant Mary Louise Wills, she gives Bob... |
|
Pawhuska |
ok |
|
|
5968 |
Jul 24, 1995 |
Warner Bros. releases Faith Hill's "Let's Go To Vegas" |
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|
|
|
|
5967 |
Jul 24, 1992 |
Kathy Mattea performs in Sioux City, Iowa. It's her first concert since undergoing throat surgery... |
|
Sioux City |
ia |
|
|
5966 |
Jul 24, 1992 |
Reba McEntire begins appearing in a two-episode role, playing herself on the ABC-TV soap opera "One... |
|
|
|
|
|
5965 |
Jul 24, 1985 |
Kenny Rogers is named the first winner of the Roy Acuff Humanitarian Award by the Country Music... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5964 |
Jul 24, 1984 |
With "God Bless The U.S.A." reviving American patriotism, Lee Greenwood visits Ronald Reagan at the... |
White House |
Washington |
dc |
|
|
5963 |
Jul 24, 1984 |
The body of Loretta Lynn's oldest son, Jack Benny Lynn, is pulled from the Duck River near... |
Duck River |
Waverly |
tn |
|
|
5962 |
Jul 24, 1978 |
Foy Willing dies in Nashville. He founded the Riders Of The Purple Sage, with whom he recorded... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5961 |
Jul 24, 1975 |
Elvis Presley gives away a $6,500 ring from the stage during a show at the Asheville Civic Center... |
Asheville Civic Center |
Asheville |
nc |
|
|
5960 |
Jul 24, 1963 |
Ray Charles records "Busted," at the time a country hit for Johnny Cash, at the Capitol Studios in... |
Capitol Studios |
New York |
ny |
|
|
5959 |
Jul 17, 1961 |
Capitol releases Buck Owens' "Under The Influence Of Love" |
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|
|
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|
5958 |
Jul 24, 1958 |
Johnny Cash records "What Do I Care" in his first Columbia recording session in Nashville, at the... |
Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5957 |
Jul 24, 1957 |
Pam Tillis is born in Plant City, Florida. The daughter of country singer Mel Tillis, she fashions... |
|
Plant City |
fl |
|
|
5956 |
Jul 24, 1945 |
Spade Cooley records "You Can't Break My Heart" for the first time. He will record the... |
|
|
|
|
|
5955 |
Jul 24, 1941 |
Teenage Chet Atkins picks up his first radio job, at Columbus' WRBL in Georgia
|
|
Columbus |
ga |
|
|
5954 |
Jul 24, 1936 |
Songwriter Max D. Barnes is born in Hardscratch, Iowa. His credits include "Who's Gonna Fill... |
|
Hardscratch |
ia |
|
|
5953 |
Jul 24, 1926 |
The Crook Brothers make their first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, then called "The WSM Barn... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5952 |
Jul 23, 1994 |
Alan Jackson hosts a free concert at his house on Center Hill Lake in Tennessee. No tickets are... |
Center Hill Lake |
|
tn |
|
|
5951 |
Jul 23, 1992 |
Trisha Yearwood's room on her tour bus burns while she's on stage in Wheaton, Illinois. The... |
|
Wheaton |
il |
|
|
5950 |
Jul 23, 1991 |
Us magazine hits the newsstands with a photo layout of country music's "hot hunks," shot during Fan... |
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