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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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5299 |
Jul 3, 1970 |
Johnny Cash refuses to shoot a bedroom scene in the movie "A Gunfight" when actress Karen... |
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5298 |
Jul 3, 1970 |
Marty Robbins is grand marshal for the Paul Revere 250 at the Daytona Motor Speedway in Florida.... |
Daytona Motor Speedway |
Daytona Beach |
fl |
|
|
5297 |
Jul 3, 1970 |
Buck Owens records "The Great White Horse" with Susan Raye at the Buck Owens Studios in... |
Buck Owens Studios |
Bakersfield |
ca |
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5296 |
Jul 3, 1968 |
Cal Maddox dies from a heart attack. He was a member of The Maddox Brothers & Rose, whose... |
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5295 |
Jul 3, 1960 |
Not quite two years since the death of his mother, Gladys, Elvis Presley's father marries Dee... |
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Huntsville |
al |
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5294 |
Jul 3, 1958 |
Aaron Tippin is born in Pensacola, Florida. His hard-tipped vocals net him a strong 1990s presence... |
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Pensacola |
fl |
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5293 |
Jul 3, 1956 |
While catching a train home to Memphis, Elvis Presley meets "Be-Bop-A-Lula" artist Gene... |
Penn Station |
New York |
ny |
|
|
5292 |
Jul 30, 1955 |
Johnny Cash records the first version of "Folsom Prison Blues," plus "Luther Played... |
Sun Recording Studio |
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
5291 |
Jul 3, 1954 |
Elvis Presley's girlfriend, Dixie Locke, with whom he's discussed the possibility of marriage,... |
|
Memphis |
tn |
|
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5290 |
Jul 3, 1950 |
The USS Valley Forge launches the first carrier air strike of the Korean War. Among the crewmen on... |
|
|
ko |
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5289 |
Jul 3, 1946 |
Johnny Lee is born in Texas City, Texas. A sidekick of Mickey Gilley, he emerges from obscurity... |
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Texas City |
tx |
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5288 |
Jul 3, 1944 |
Roy Acuff formally announces he is not a candidate for Tennessee governor and asks that his name... |
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|
tn |
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5287 |
Jul 8, 1940 |
"The Golden Trail" debuts in movie theaters, with Tex Ritter starring as Tex Roberts. Also in... |
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|
5286 |
Jul 3, 1934 |
Patsy Montana marries Paul Rose |
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5285 |
Jul 3, 1929 |
William "Gil" Wright is born in Nashville. As a member of The Anita Kerr Singers, he... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5284 |
Jul 2, 1919 |
Fred Maddox, of The Maddox Brothers & Rose, is born in Boaz, Alabama. Dubbed the most colorful... |
|
Boaz |
al |
|
|
5283 |
Jul 2, 1993 |
Alabama opens the Alabama Theatre in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
Alabama Theatre |
North Myrtle Beach |
sc |
|
|
5282 |
Jul 2, 1991 |
Mercury releases Kathy Mattea's "Whole Lotta Holes" |
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|
5281 |
Jul 2, 1982 |
DeFord Bailey dies at his daughter's Nashville home. The first African-American to perform on the... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5280 |
Jul 2, 1978 |
What's left of the Chicken Ranch in La Grange, Texas, is auctioned off. The brothel was closed in... |
|
La Grange |
tx |
|
|
5279 |
Jul 2, 1975 |
George Morgan undergoes open heart surgery at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. He dies five days... |
Baptist Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5278 |
Jul 2, 1975 |
John Denver records "Calypso" at the RCA Recording Studios in Los Angeles
|
RCA Recording Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
5277 |
Jul 2, 1974 |
Olivia Newton-John and Charlie Rich make their Las Vegas debuts, sharing the bill at the Hilton... |
Hilton Hotel |
Las Vegas |
nv |
|
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5276 |
Jul 2, 1969 |
Lula Maddox, the mother and manager of The Maddox Brothers & Rose, dies in Rose's arms in the... |
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|
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|
5275 |
Jul 2, 1964 |
Jim Reeves holds his final recording sessions, cutting the ironically titled "Is It Really Over?"... |
RCA Studio B |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5274 |
Dec 31, 1999 |
Five years after he was a Country Music Association awards finalist, B.B. King performs during... |
Liberty Bowl |
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
5273 |
Jul 2, 1956 |
Elvis Presley records "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog" at the RCA Studios in... |
RCA Studios |
New York |
ny |
|
|
5272 |
Jul 2, 1954 |
Elvis Presley attends the Memphis funeral for R.W. Blackwood and Bill Lyles, of the gospel quartet... |
|
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
5271 |
Jul 2, 1954 |
Slim Whitman records "Singing Hills" at the KWKH Studio in Shreveport, Louisiana
|
KWKH |
Shreveport |
la |
|
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5270 |
Jul 2, 1937 |
"Riders Of The Rockies" opens, starring Tex Ritter, as the Texas Rangers battle cattle... |
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|
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|
5269 |
Jul 2, 1925 |
Marvin Rainwater is born in Wichita, Kansas. One-quarter Cherokee, he veers stylistically between... |
|
Wichita |
ks |
|
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5268 |
Jul 2, 1916 |
Actor Curtis Wayne Gates is born in Lamar, Colorado. Under the name Ken Curtis, he joins The... |
|
Lamar |
co |
|
|
5267 |
Jul 1, 2000 |
Trisha Yearwood sings at the Daytona Motor Speedway in Florida before NASCAR's Pepsi 400, won... |
Daytona Motor Speedway |
Daytona Beach |
fl |
|
|
5266 |
Jul 1, 2000 |
Former "Prime Time Country" host Gary Chapman marries Jennifer Pittman at his home in Nashville |
home |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5265 |
Jul 1, 1992 |
Cecile Ham, the wife of Clint Black's manager Bill Ham, is abducted outside a Houston drugstore by... |
|
Houston |
tx |
|
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5264 |
Jul 1, 1992 |
With Doug and Ricky Lee Phelps gone from the group, The Kentucky HeadHunters begin their first tour... |
|
Milwaukee |
wi |
|
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5263 |
Jul 1, 1991 |
BNA Records, a new RCA label, releases its first single, B.B. Watson's "Light At The End Of... |
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5262 |
Jul 1, 1990 |
Hank Williams Jr. marries his fourth wife--Mary Jane Thomas, a former model for Hawaiian Tropic... |
|
Missoula |
mt |
|
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5261 |
Jul 1, 1990 |
Nearly two years after the band split, Dire Straits is re-organized. Vince Gill declines an... |
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5260 |
Jul 1, 1984 |
Roy Acuff is diagnosed with angina. He doesn't perform on the Grand Ole Opry again until December... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5259 |
Jul 1, 1983 |
Gaylord Broadcasting announces it's signed a letter of intent to purchase all Opryland properties,... |
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5258 |
Jul 1, 1983 |
"Stroker Ace," starring Burt Reynolds, debuts in theaters. A critic with The New York... |
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5257 |
Jul 1, 1981 |
The estate of Lester Flatt sues Coors for using the late performer's likeness to sell beer. The... |
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5256 |
Jul 1, 1980 |
Conway Twitty records "A Bridge That Just Won't Burn" and "Rest Your Love On Me" at Nashville's... |
Woodland Sound Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5255 |
Jul 1, 1980 |
Warner Bros. releases John Anderson's self-titled debut album |
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5254 |
Jul 1, 1979 |
Kenny Rogers tapes an appearance on "The Muppet Show" in London |
|
London |
uk |
|
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5253 |
Jul 1, 1978 |
Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic takes place at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, with... |
Arrowhead Stadium |
Kansas City |
mo |
|
|
5252 |
Jul 1, 1975 |
Beauregard, the lazy bloodhound on "Hee Haw," dies from a kidney infection |
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5251 |
Jul 11, 1974 |
"The Mac Davis Show" debuts on NBC-TV. Guests for the first week include Carol Lawrence, Ken Berry... |
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|
5250 |
Jul 1, 1973 |
Elvis Presley performs two shows at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium. The audience includes Donna... |
Municipal Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
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