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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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5899 |
Jun 29, 1971 |
The Memphis City Council decides to rename Highway 51 South, which runs by Graceland, as Elvis... |
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Memphis |
tn |
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5898 |
Jul 20, 1970 |
Alabama guitarist Jeff Cook receives an electronics diploma from Alabama Technical College in... |
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Gadsden |
al |
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5897 |
Jul 30, 1966 |
Marty Robbins finishes 25th driving a 1962 Plymouth in a late-model stock car race at the... |
Nashville Speedway |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5896 |
Mar 30, 1966 |
United Artists releases Elvis Presley's "Frankie And Johnny" |
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5895 |
Jul 20, 1959 |
Singer/songwriter Radney Foster is born in Del Rio, Texas. He joins Bill Lloyd in the 1980s duo... |
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Del Rio |
tx |
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5894 |
Jul 20, 1956 |
Patsy Cline writes tiredly to fan club president Treva Miller: "I'm working six days a week and... |
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5893 |
Jul 20, 1955 |
Coral Records releases Patsy Cline's first single, "A Church, A Courtroom And Then Goodbye" and... |
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5892 |
Jul 20, 1949 |
Jimmy Wakely records "Slipping Around" and "Wedding Bells" with Margaret Whiting at the Capitol... |
Capitol Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
5891 |
Jul 20, 1946 |
Kim Carnes is born in Pasadena, California. Primarily a pop recording artist, she joins Kenny... |
|
Pasadena |
ca |
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5890 |
Jul 20, 1944 |
Bill Browder is born in Humboldt, Tennessee. Under the stage name T.G. Sheppard, he segues from... |
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Humboldt |
tn |
|
|
5889 |
Jul 20, 1918 |
Songwriter Cindy Walker is born in Mart, Texas. She lands a spot in the Country Music Hall of... |
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Mart |
tx |
|
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5888 |
Jul 19, 1995 |
The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners revokes the license of Elvis Presley's former doctor,... |
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|
tn |
|
|
5887 |
Jul 19, 1994 |
Doug Stone and his wife of 10 years, Carie, are separated. She soon files for divorce
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5886 |
Jul 19, 1994 |
Arista releases Diamond Rio's album "Love A Little Stronger"
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5885 |
Jul 19, 1993 |
Liberty releases Garth Brooks' "Ain't Going Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)"
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5884 |
Jul 19, 1993 |
BNA releases Lorrie Morgan's "Half Enough" |
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5883 |
Jul 19, 1991 |
The brakes fail on Dottie West's car on the way to the Grand Ole Opry. She loses control and... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5882 |
Jul 19, 1991 |
The Globe runs a story claiming the adopted son of Marie Osmond and Brian Blosil is actually his... |
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|
5881 |
Jul 19, 1983 |
George Strait records "Let's Fall To Pieces Together" in an afternoon session at Nashville's... |
Woodland Sound Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5880 |
Jul 19, 1983 |
Epic releases Ricky Skaggs' "You've Got A Lover" |
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|
5879 |
Jul 19, 1981 |
Roy Orbison receives the key to the city of Odessa, Texas
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Odessa |
tx |
|
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5878 |
Jul 19, 1975 |
Lefty Frizzell dies in Nashville following a stroke. He leaves a trail of honky-tonk classics,... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5877 |
Jul 19, 1962 |
Mel Tillis has a son, Mel Tillis Jr. The senior Tillis begins thinking seriously about his future... |
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5876 |
Jul 19, 1961 |
Johnny Cash records "Tennessee Flat-Top Box" in Hollywood at the Columbia Studios |
Columbia Recording Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
5875 |
Jul 19, 1954 |
Sun Records releases Elvis Presley's first single, "That's All Right" backed with... |
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5874 |
Jul 19, 1947 |
Bernie Leadon is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He becomes a founding member of The Eagles,... |
|
Minneapolis |
mn |
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|
5873 |
Jul 19, 1938 |
Ernest Tubb's second son, Rodger Dale Tubb, is born in San Angelo, Texas. The baby dies in an auto... |
|
San Angelo |
tx |
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|
5872 |
Jul 19, 1937 |
George Hamilton IV is born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Added to the Grand Ole Opry in 1961,... |
|
Winston-Salem |
nc |
|
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5871 |
Jul 19, 1926 |
Sue Thompson is born in Nevada, Missouri. She performs with Red Foley in the 1950s and records a... |
|
Nevada |
mo |
|
|
5870 |
Jul 17, 2000 |
Brad Paisley receives the Distinguished West Virginian Award from governor Cecil Underwood during a... |
West Virginia Interstate Fair |
Mineral Wells |
wv |
|
|
5869 |
Jul 17, 1995 |
Ty Herndon pleads guilty to a drug possession charge and has an indecent exposure charge dropped... |
|
Fort Worth |
tx |
|
|
5868 |
Jul 18, 1995 |
Warner Bros. releases Jeff Foxworthy's album "Games Rednecks Play"
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5867 |
Jul 18, 1994 |
Polydor releases Toby Keith's "Who's That Man" |
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5866 |
Jul 18, 1992 |
Dr. Homer Hardy is unable to reach 911 when phone calls for Garth Brooks concert tickets jam the... |
|
Tulsa |
ok |
|
|
5865 |
Jul 16, 1986 |
The Tennessean reports Columbia Records has allowed Johnny Cash's recording contract to lapse after... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5864 |
Jul 18, 1985 |
Loretta Lynn opens the summer concert season at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., where she... |
Kennedy Center |
Washington |
dc |
|
|
5863 |
Jul 18, 1984 |
Warner Bros. releases John Anderson's "She Sure Got Away With My Heart" |
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5862 |
Jul 18, 1980 |
William Lee Golden buys the 200-acre Golden Era plantation north of Hendersonville, Tennessee. He... |
home |
Hendersonville |
tn |
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5861 |
Jul 15, 2002 |
Lonestar's Michael Britt and his wife, Renee, have their first child, Ethan Michael Britt
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5860 |
Jul 18, 1977 |
Tammy Wynette performs a free concert in New York's Central Park |
Central Park |
New York |
ny |
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5859 |
Jul 18, 1976 |
Tammy Wynette marries Nashville real-estate developer John Michael Tomlin at her home on Franklin... |
home |
Nashville |
tn |
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5858 |
Jul 18, 1974 |
"Detroit City" songwriter Danny Dill is injured in an automobile accident. During his 22... |
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5857 |
Jul 18, 1969 |
Elvis Presley begins rehearsals with his band for a run of Las Vegas dates that mark his return to... |
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5856 |
Jul 5, 1960 |
RCA releases Elvis Presley's "It's Now Or Never" |
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|
5855 |
Jul 18, 1954 |
Ricky Skaggs is born in Cordell, Kentucky. Centered in bluegrass, he leads a swing toward... |
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Cordell |
ky |
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5854 |
Jul 18, 1954 |
Guitarist/vocalist Mark Jones is born in Harlan, Kentucky. In 1989, he joins Exile, contributing to... |
|
Harlan |
ky |
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5853 |
Jul 18, 1950 |
Carl Smith records "I Overlooked An Orchid" at the Castle Recording Studio in Nashville.... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5852 |
Jul 18, 1947 |
Jerry Lee Lewis' younger sister, Linda Gail Lewis, is born in Ferriday, Louisiana. She joins her... |
|
Ferriday |
la |
|
|
5851 |
Jul 18, 1939 |
Dion DiMucci is born in The Bronx, New York. Two of his 1960s pop successes become country hits for... |
|
New York |
ny |
|
|
5850 |
Sep 3, 2001 |
Lonestar performs the national anthem at Seattle's Safeco Field, where the Seattle Mariners defeat... |
Safeco Field |
Seattle |
wa |
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