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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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5349 |
Jul 4, 1942 |
Peter Rowan is born in Boston, Massachusetts. The guitarist sings lead for Bill Monroe's... |
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Boston |
ma |
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5348 |
Jul 4, 1937 |
Ray Pillow is born in Lynchburg, Virginia. He joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1966, coinciding with the... |
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Lynchburg |
va |
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5347 |
Jul 4, 1932 |
Marion Worth is born in Birmingham, Alabama. She becomes a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1963... |
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Birmingham |
al |
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5346 |
Jul 4, 1913 |
The town of Littlefield, Texas, is incorporated. It becomes the boyhood stomping grounds for Waylon... |
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Littlefield |
tx |
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5345 |
Jul 4, 1883 |
The first rodeo is held in Pecos, Texas. The rodeo becomes an important career building block... |
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Pecos |
tx |
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5344 |
Aug 16, 1996 |
The Kevin Costner golf movie "Tin Cup" opens. On the soundtrack: Mary Chapin Carpenter's... |
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5343 |
Aug 16, 1994 |
Reba McEntire leads the field with six nominations as finalists are announced in the 28th annual... |
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5342 |
Apr 9, 1969 |
Porter Wagoner becomes the first person to record Dolly Parton's "Coat Of Many Colors," two years... |
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5341 |
Apr 3, 1969 |
Bill Owens sells his shares in Owepar Music publishing to his niece and co-owner, Dolly Parton,... |
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5340 |
Apr 25, 1970 |
Sevierville, Tennessee, celebrates the second Dolly Parton Day with a concert at the county high... |
Sevier County High School |
Sevierville |
tn |
|
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5339 |
Mar 24, 1969 |
Porter Wagoner signs a contract with RCA Records making him a co-producer on all Dolly Parton... |
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5338 |
Feb 8, 1966 |
Porter Wagoner begins two days of recording that yield most of his concept album "Confessions... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
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5337 |
Aug 15, 1957 |
A Nashville judge refuses to issue an injunction that would keep Brenda Lee from singing outside of... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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5336 |
Aug 16, 1928 |
Jimmie Rodgers records "Gambling Bar Room Blues" and "I've Only Loved Three Women" in Camden, New... |
Victor Studio |
Camden |
nj |
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|
5335 |
Aug 15, 1928 |
Jimmie Rodgers records "Long Tall Mama Blues," "No Hard Times" and "Peach Pickin' Time Down In... |
Victor Studio |
Camden |
nj |
|
|
5334 |
Aug 15, 1975 |
David Rogers establishes the Country Green Club, an Atlanta venue |
Country Green Club |
Atlanta |
ga |
|
|
5333 |
Aug 15, 1984 |
Record producer Norman Petty dies in Lubbock, Texas. Buddy Holly's producer also directed "I'm... |
|
Lubbock |
tx |
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5332 |
Aug 15, 1983 |
Songwriter Chuck Howard dies of heart disease at Nashville's Baptist Hospital. His credits include... |
Baptist Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5331 |
Aug 26, 1997 |
Epic releases "The Best Of Collin Raye: Direct Hits" |
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5330 |
Aug 15, 1997 |
Rick and Karla Trevino have their first child, Ricardo Luke Trevino, at Seton Hospital in Austin,... |
Seton Hospital |
Austin |
tx |
|
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5329 |
Aug 14, 1956 |
Hound dogs need friends, too: Washington, D.C., disc jockey Bob Rickman founds the Society for the... |
|
Washington |
dc |
|
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5328 |
Aug 15, 1997 |
Curb releases LeAnn Rimes' "You Light Up My Life" |
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5327 |
Aug 15, 1995 |
RCA releases Alabama's album "In Pictures"
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5326 |
Aug 24, 1970 |
Kristyn Osborn is born near Magna, Utah. She joins sisters Kassidy and Kelsi to form SHeDAISY,... |
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Magna |
ut |
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5325 |
Sep 13, 1975 |
Guitarist Joe Don Rooney is born in Baxter Springs, Kansas. He joins Rascal Flatts, whose... |
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Baxter Springs |
ks |
|
|
5324 |
Dec 11, 1967 |
Dolly Parton records as a solo artist for RCA for the first time |
|
Nashville |
tn |
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5323 |
Oct 9, 1967 |
Dolly Parton and her uncle, Bill Owens, establish Owepar, a publishing company that owns the... |
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5322 |
Sep 24, 1967 |
Norma Jean marries furniture dealer Harold "Jody" Taylor at the Oklahoma City home of... |
home |
Oklahoma City |
ok |
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5321 |
Jan 4, 1966 |
Porter Wagoner enters Nashville's Parkview Hospital, recovering from exhaustion |
Parkview Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
5320 |
Dec 24, 1965 |
Porter Wagoner moves out of his Nashville home, permanently separating from his wife, Ruth,... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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5319 |
Dec 23, 1965 |
Porter Wagoner's son, Richard, reports for service in the Army, which eventually leads him to... |
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5318 |
Sep 14, 1961 |
"The Porter Wagoner Show," a syndicated TV program, debuts on 18 stations. It runs until 1981,... |
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5317 |
Aug 14, 1999 |
At the invitation of presidential candidate George W. Bush, Tracy Byrd performs at the Republican... |
Hilton Coliseum |
Ames |
ia |
|
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5316 |
Aug 14, 1965 |
Bobby Bare joins the Grand Ole Opry, performing "Shame On Me" and "Four Strong Winds" at... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5315 |
Aug 13, 1997 |
Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood shoot a concept video for "In Another's Eyes" in... |
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|
ca |
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5314 |
Aug 13, 1996 |
Vince Gill collects seven nominations from the Country Music Association, making him the leading... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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5313 |
Aug 13, 1986 |
Five months after she filed for divorce from Jerry Lee Lewis, Kerry McCarver announces she's... |
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5312 |
Jul 3, 1993 |
Alison Krauss is introduced by Garth Brooks as she joins the Grand Ole Opry
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Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5311 |
Jul 3, 1990 |
Mercury releases the Kathy Mattea & Tim O'Brien duet "Battle Hymn Of Love" |
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5310 |
Jul 3, 1989 |
Graceland Mansion sets a one-day record with 4,920 visitors. They spend $110,000 for tickets and... |
Graceland Mansion |
Memphis |
tn |
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5309 |
Jul 3, 1986 |
RCA releases Eddie Rabbitt & Juice Newton's duet, "Both To Each Other" |
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5308 |
Jul 3, 1985 |
Dave & Sugar's Dave Rowland marries Terry Jo Allen in Nashville |
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Nashville |
tn |
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5307 |
Jul 3, 1982 |
The Smithsonian Institute honors Bill Monroe and fiddler Tommy Jarrell in its first National... |
|
Washington |
dc |
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5306 |
Jul 3, 1981 |
George Jones disappears from a hospital in Beaumont, Texas, where he'd checked in with exhaustion.... |
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Beaumont |
tx |
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5305 |
Jul 3, 1980 |
Merle Haggard writes the epilogue to his autobiography on the way to Austin for Willie Nelson's... |
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5304 |
Jul 3, 1980 |
"Honeysuckle Rose" makes its world premiere in Austin, Texas. Willie Nelson stars in the... |
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Austin |
tx |
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5303 |
Jul 3, 1980 |
Cow cow boogie: A cattle auction is held on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5302 |
Jul 3, 1979 |
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn record "You Know Just What I'd Do" and "It's True Love" at Nashville's... |
Woodland Sound Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5301 |
Jul 2, 1978 |
Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic is staged at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas with Rita Coolidge,... |
Cotton Bowl |
Dallas |
tx |
|
|
5300 |
Jul 3, 1977 |
Willie Nelson holds his Fourth of July Picnic one day early, attracting 70,000 fans to the Tulsa... |
Tulsa Fairgrounds Speedway |
Tulsa |
ok |
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