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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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5749 |
Sep 3, 1927 |
Becky Barfield is born in Macon, Georgia. As a teenager, she becomes the lead singer for Pee Wee... |
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Macon |
ga |
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5748 |
Sep 3, 1918 |
Harmonica player Jimmie Riddle is born in Dyersburg, Tennessee. He joins Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain... |
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Dyersburg |
tn |
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5747 |
Sep 5, 1999 |
LeAnn Rimes sings "Big Deal" and "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart" on the... |
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5746 |
Jul 13, 1994 |
Garth Brooks performs "Hard Luck Woman" with Kiss on "The Tonight Show" |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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5745 |
Jul 13, 1993 |
A 12-mile stretch of Tennessee highway 56 near McMinnville is dedicated as the Dottie West Memorial... |
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McMinnville |
tn |
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5744 |
Jul 13, 1990 |
RCA releases Alabama's "Jukebox In My Mind" |
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5743 |
Jul 13, 1990 |
Nashville mayor Bill Boner's harmonica performance of "Rocky Top" with fiancee Traci... |
Spiffy's |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5742 |
Jul 13, 1985 |
Harmonica player Terry McMillan is the only Nashville performer to appear on stage at Live Aid in... |
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Philadelphia |
pa |
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5741 |
Jul 13, 1982 |
Columbia releases Crystal Gayle's "Livin' In These Troubled Times" |
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5740 |
Jul 13, 1979 |
MCA releases "The Very Best Of Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn" |
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5739 |
Jul 13, 1978 |
Three weeks after entering Santa Barbara's Cottage Hospital with numbness throughout her body,... |
Cottage Hospital |
Santa Barbara |
ca |
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5738 |
Jul 13, 1978 |
Willie Nelson is hailed as "Holy Man of the Honky Tonks" as he occupies the cover of... |
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5737 |
Jul 13, 1977 |
The Country Music Association denies a request by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson to have their... |
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5736 |
Jul 13, 1976 |
Vernon Presley fires three of Elvis Presley's bodyguards: Dave Hebler, Sonny West and Red West. A... |
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5735 |
Jul 13, 1976 |
Tom T. Hall records "Fox On The Run" at Nashville's US Studios with a band that includes... |
US Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5734 |
Jul 13, 1971 |
"Hee Haw," featuring co-hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark, makes its final network TV... |
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5733 |
Jul 13, 1968 |
Governor Winthrop Rockefeller proclaims Glen Campbell Day in Arkansas |
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|
ar |
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5732 |
Jul 13, 1962 |
Songwriter Victoria Shaw is born in Manhattan, New York. Her credits include "The River," by... |
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New York |
ny |
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5731 |
Jul 13, 1960 |
Kitty Wells records "Heartbreak U.S.A." |
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5730 |
Jul 13, 1959 |
Capitol releases Buck Owens' first hit single, "Under Your Spell Again" |
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5729 |
Jul 13, 1959 |
Guitarist Brent Mason is born in Vanwert, Ohio. His credits include Alan Jackson's... |
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Vanwert |
oh |
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5728 |
Jul 13, 1958 |
June Carter and Edwin "Rip" Nix have a daughter, Rosie
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5727 |
Jul 13, 1956 |
RCA releases Elvis Presley's double-sided hit, "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound... |
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5726 |
Jul 13, 1955 |
Faron Young records "It's A Great Life (If You Don't Weaken)" and "For The Love Of A Woman Like... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5725 |
Jul 13, 1954 |
Louise Mandrell is born in Corpus Christi, Texas. Barbara Mandrell's sister collects five solo... |
|
Corpus Christi |
tx |
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5724 |
Jul 13, 1946 |
Riley Puckett dies of blood poisoning in College Park, Georgia. The singer, guitarist and banjo... |
|
College Park |
ga |
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5723 |
Jul 13, 1945 |
The Roswell Daily Record, of New Mexico, reports that four young men pleaded guilty to charges of... |
|
Roswell |
nm |
|
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5722 |
Jul 13, 1944 |
Bobby G. Rice is born in Boscobel, Wisconsin. He earns four Top 10 recordings from 1972-1975, the... |
|
Boscobel |
wi |
|
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5721 |
Jul 13, 1942 |
Roger McGuinn is born in Chicago. A primary member of the country-rock band The Byrds, McGuinn... |
|
Chicago |
il |
|
|
5720 |
Jul 13, 1908 |
Tim Spencer, of the original Sons Of The Pioneers, is born in Webb City, Missouri. Behind "Cool... |
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Webb City |
mo |
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5719 |
Sep 2, 1955 |
Dobro player Josh Graves records with Flatt & Scruggs for the first time |
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5718 |
Aug 4, 1956 |
Jimmy C. Newman joins the Grand Ole Opry, the same night that George Jones debuts on the show |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5717 |
Sep 18, 1965 |
Connie Smith and Bob Luman join the Grand Ole Opry |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5716 |
Sep 2, 1953 |
Eddy Arnold and his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, officially end their contract
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5715 |
Sep 2, 1990 |
Lester Wilburn dies of a heart attack in Nashville. He performed as a member of The Wilburn... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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5714 |
Jul 12, 1994 |
Keyboard player Brady Seals makes his last appearance as a member of Little Texas in Charlotte,... |
|
Charlotte |
mi |
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5713 |
Jul 12, 1993 |
Kenny Chesney begins recording his first album |
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5712 |
Jul 12, 1993 |
NASCAR driver Davey Allison dies while landing a helicopter at the Talladega Superspeedway. Joe... |
Talladega Superspeedway |
Talladega |
al |
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5711 |
Jul 12, 1992 |
Buddy Holly, Bob Wills and Blind Lemon Jefferson are memorialized with bronze statues in Dallas'... |
Texas Music Alley |
Dallas |
tx |
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5710 |
Jul 12, 1988 |
Warner Bros. releases Randy Travis' album "Old 8 x 10"
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5709 |
Jul 12, 1988 |
A judge awards Mickey Gilley $17 million after Gilley sued ex-manager Sherwood Cryer to have his... |
Gilley's |
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5708 |
Jul 12, 1986 |
Charlie Daniels hosts Volunteer Jam XII at Nashville's Starwood Amphitheatre with Don Henley, J.D.... |
Starwood Amphitheatre |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5707 |
Jul 12, 1981 |
Johnny Cash stops by Memphis' Methodist Hospital South to pray for Jerry Lee Lewis, who's undergone... |
Methodist Hospital South |
Memphis |
tn |
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|
5706 |
Jul 12, 1980 |
As Alabama enjoys its first Top 10 single with "Tennessee River," the group performs its... |
The Bowery |
Myrtle Beach |
sc |
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5705 |
Jul 12, 1972 |
Tanya Tucker records "Love's The Answer" and "The Jamestown Ferry" |
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5704 |
Jul 12, 1972 |
Tom T. Hall records "(Old Dogs-Children And) Watermelon Wine" around noon at Mercury Custom... |
Mercury Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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5703 |
Jul 12, 1970 |
The New York Times runs a story about retired Tennessee judge Sue Hicks, who believes he was the... |
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5702 |
Jul 12, 1970 |
Ryan Murphey is born in Los Angeles. The son of singer/songwriter Michael Martin Murphey and Diana... |
|
Los Angeles |
ca |
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|
5701 |
Jul 15, 1961 |
Bill Anderson joins the Grand Ole Opry |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5700 |
Jul 12, 1960 |
Floyd Cramer records "Last Date" at RCA Studio B in Nashville |
RCA Studio B |
Nashville |
tn |
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