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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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5549 |
Jul 8, 1991 |
Donald Croyle, of Niles, Ohio, writes a letter threatening to destroy Randy Travis' career by... |
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Niles |
oh |
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5548 |
Jul 8, 1990 |
The Grand Ole Opry goes to Houston as Charley Pride, The Gatlin Brothers, Minnie Pearl, Roy Acuff,... |
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Houston |
tx |
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5547 |
Jul 10, 1990 |
Naomi Judd has surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, to remove a benign lump from her... |
Mayo Clinic |
Rochester |
mn |
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5546 |
Jul 8, 1990 |
Already weakened by hepatitis, Naomi Judd discovers a benign lump on her breast prior to a show in... |
|
Evansville |
in |
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5545 |
Jul 8, 1985 |
MCA releases The Oak Ridge Boys' "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend" |
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5544 |
Jul 8, 1983 |
Ferlin Husky has a heart attack in Seattle |
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Seattle |
wa |
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5543 |
Jul 8, 1982 |
MCA releases Lee Greenwood's "She's Lying" |
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5542 |
Jul 8, 1980 |
Debby Boone and husband Gabriel Ferrer have their first baby, Jordan Alexander Ferrer, at... |
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
5541 |
Jul 8, 1972 |
When a concert date is cancelled, Barbara Mandrell joins the Grand Ole Opry, three weeks earlier... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5540 |
Jul 8, 1972 |
Kris Kristofferson records "Why Me" at the Monument Studios in Nashville. The session also yields a... |
Monument Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5539 |
Jul 8, 1970 |
Drew Womack is born in Brownwood, Texas. He becomes the lead singer of Sons Of The Desert, which... |
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Brownwood |
tx |
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5538 |
Jul 8, 1970 |
"Johnny Cash Presents The Everly Brothers Show," a summer replacement series for Cash's... |
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5537 |
Jul 8, 1969 |
The federal government places a lien on Johnny Cash's Tennessee home. The house serves as... |
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|
tn |
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5536 |
Jul 8, 1968 |
Capitol Records releases "Let The World Keep On A Turnin'," Buck Owens' duet with his... |
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|
|
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5535 |
Oct 29, 1955 |
Slim Whitman joins the Grand Ole Opry |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5534 |
Jul 8, 1964 |
Buck Owens records "I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)" at the Capitol Recording Studios in... |
Capitol Recording Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
5533 |
Jul 8, 1961 |
Ray Charles is arrested in Chicago during a heroin bust. The following year, he connects country... |
|
Chicago |
il |
|
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5532 |
Jul 8, 1961 |
Toby Keith is born in Clinton, Oklahoma. The former semi-pro football player emerges in 1993 with... |
|
Clinton |
ok |
|
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5531 |
Jul 8, 1958 |
Drummer Fred Young is born in Glasgow, Kentucky. He joins The Kentucky HeadHunters, whose... |
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Glasgow |
ky |
|
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5530 |
Jul 8, 1945 |
Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells have a daughter, Carol Sue, their third child |
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5529 |
Jul 8, 1938 |
Tex Ritter stars in the debut of "Rollin' Plains," with cattle ranchers and sheep ranchers... |
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5528 |
Nov 21, 1998 |
Kevin Sharp makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, receiving a standing ovation for his performance of... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5527 |
Aug 22, 1906 |
Victrola patents the phonograph. The hand-carved machine retails for $200 |
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5526 |
Sep 3, 2001 |
Travis Tritt joins the "Sesame Street" cast in a PBS special, "Elmo's World: Wild Wild... |
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5525 |
Aug 22, 2001 |
Travis Tritt receives a Hall of Fame award in Milwaukee from the Veterans of Foreign Wars,... |
|
Milwaukee |
wi |
|
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5524 |
Aug 22, 1956 |
Elvis Presley begins filming his first movie, "The Reno Brothers," in Los Angeles. By the time of... |
|
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
5523 |
Aug 22, 1997 |
Mark Wills performs "Jacob's Ladder" in his debut on the Grand Ole Opry. He says of the... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5522 |
Aug 22, 1998 |
Garth Brooks makes his first appearance in South America, performing for 50,000 people at the... |
|
|
br |
|
|
5521 |
Aug 22, 1949 |
After ending a recording contract with Apollo Records, The Louvin Brothers hold their first session... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5520 |
Aug 22, 1953 |
Goldie Hill makes her debut appearance on the Grand Ole Opry |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5519 |
Aug 22, 1951 |
Hank Snow is injured in a serious automobile accident in Nashville. He flips the vehicle twice,... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5518 |
Aug 22, 1996 |
R.V. "Mooney" Lynn dies at home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, of diabetes. The husband... |
home |
Hurricane Mills |
tn |
|
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5517 |
Jun 14, 1999 |
Shania Twain makes the cover of People magazine, in which she says she avoids thinking about her... |
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|
|
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5516 |
Dec 1, 1972 |
Dolly Parton re-signs with RCA Records in a deal that requires her to record at least 25 songs... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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5515 |
Sep 6, 1972 |
The syndicated "Porter Wagoner Show," featuring Dolly Parton, becomes the first TV show taped at... |
Opryland |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5514 |
Sep 21, 1971 |
RCA releases Dolly Parton's "Coat Of Many Colors" |
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|
|
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5513 |
Jun 6, 1971 |
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton perform at the Sevierville High School gymnasium on Dolly Parton Day,... |
Sevierville High School |
Sevierville |
tn |
|
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5512 |
Aug 21, 1966 |
Jerry Lee Lewis signs on to take the role of Iago in a London production of "Catch My Soul," an... |
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5511 |
Sep 8, 2001 |
Tracy Lawrence performs prior to a Winston Cup race at the Richmond International Speedway,... |
Richmond Speedway |
Richmond |
va |
|
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5510 |
Aug 19, 2001 |
Madonna performs at Philips Arena in Atlanta. In the audience: Lee Ann Womack
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Philips Arena |
Atlanta |
ga |
|
|
5509 |
Aug 19, 2001 |
Bill Anderson's mother, Elizabeth Anderson, dies in Decatur, Alabama, at age 89 |
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Decatur |
al |
|
|
5508 |
Aug 21, 1984 |
Clint Eastwood receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The actor had appeared earlier in the... |
Hollywood Walk Of Fame |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
5507 |
Aug 21, 1999 |
Sara Evans and husband Craig Schelske welcome their first child, Avery Jack Lyons Schelske, in... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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|
5506 |
Aug 21, 1999 |
Alan Jackson plays the Barreto Rodeo in Brazil, drawing more than 50,000 fans |
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|
br |
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5505 |
Aug 21, 1990 |
RCA releases The Judds' "Collector's Series" |
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5504 |
Aug 21, 1981 |
Columbia releases the double-disc Willie Nelson album "Greatest Hits (And Some That Will... |
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5503 |
Aug 21, 1976 |
RCA announces Elvis Presley's record sales have topped 400 million units |
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5502 |
Sep 15, 2001 |
Wynonna sings "No One Else On Earth" and "How Great Thou Art" in her Grand Ole... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5501 |
Aug 12, 2001 |
Shania Twain and husband-producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange have a son, Eja (pronounced... |
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|
sw |
|
|
5500 |
Aug 20, 1969 |
Johnny Cash and June Carter record "If I Were A Carpenter" in Nashville at the Columbia Recording... |
Columbia Recording Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
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