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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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5199 |
May 2, 1942 |
Porter Wagoner graduates from the eighth grade in West Plains, Missouri. Needed to work on the... |
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West Plains |
mo |
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5198 |
Oct 4, 1943 |
A story in Time magazine says "the dominant popular music of the U.S. today is hillbilly." The... |
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5197 |
Feb 20, 1988 |
The Grand Ole Opry celebrates Roy Acuff's 50th anniversary with the radio show. He performs... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5196 |
Aug 9, 1969 |
Sharon Tate and four others, including Jay Sebring, are sadistically murdered in Los Angeles.... |
|
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
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5195 |
Aug 9, 1953 |
After an association with Columbia Records, The Stanley Brothers hold their first recording... |
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5194 |
Aug 4, 2001 |
Alt.country singer Neko Case takes off her top while performing in summer heat outdoors at the... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5193 |
Aug 9, 2001 |
Terri Clark pleads guilty to reckless driving following a May 1 arrest. She was originally charged... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5192 |
Aug 9, 1991 |
Tanya Tucker's tour bus is strangely mixed up in a police chase in Dallas. The singer is shook... |
|
Dallas |
tx |
|
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5191 |
Feb 8, 1975 |
Little Jimmy Dickens returns to the Grand Ole Opry, 18 years after he resigned from the show.... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5190 |
Aug 8, 1946 |
Merle Travis records the original version of "Sixteen Tons," the future Tennessee Ernie... |
Radio Recorders |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
5189 |
Aug 8, 1958 |
Buck Trent has a son, Charlie Trent |
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5188 |
Aug 8, 1938 |
Cowboy Copas has a son, Gary Lee Copas |
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5187 |
Aug 8, 1938 |
Tommy Jennings, the younger brother of Waylon Jennings, is born in Littlefield, Texas
|
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Littlefield |
tx |
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|
5186 |
Oct 27, 1934 |
The Grand Ole Opry moves from WSM's Studio C to the Hillsboro Theater in Nashville |
Hillsboro Theater |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5185 |
Nov 1, 1924 |
Edison Records releases Vernon Dalhart's "The Wreck Of The Old '97." Dalhart's subsequent Victor... |
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|
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|
5184 |
Aug 30, 2001 |
SHeDAISY tapes a guest appearance on the ABC-TV sitcom "The Drew Carey Show" in Los... |
|
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
5183 |
Sep 26, 2001 |
SHeDAISY appears on the season premiere of ABC-TV's "The Drew Carey Show," performing "I Will...... |
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|
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|
5182 |
Jul 26, 2001 |
Madonna performs at Madison Square Garden in New York City for an audience that includes Faith... |
Madison Square Garden |
New York |
ny |
|
|
5181 |
Oct 7, 1958 |
Singer/songwriter Rex Griffin dies in a New Orleans hospital. Though he recorded for Decca in... |
|
New Orleans |
la |
|
|
5180 |
Aug 12, 1912 |
Singer/songwriter Rex Griffin is born in Gadsden, Alabama. He records for Decca in the... |
|
Gadsden |
al |
|
|
5179 |
Aug 7, 2001 |
Guitarist Billy Byrd dies in Nashville. A capable jazz player, he was best known as the lead... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5178 |
Aug 6, 2001 |
Trisha Yearwood opens for John Mellencamp at the Red Rocks Amphitheater outside of Denver.... |
Red Rocks Amphitheater |
Denver |
co |
|
|
5177 |
Aug 12, 2001 |
Trisha Yearwood sings the national anthem when her favorite team, the Atlanta Braves, hosts the... |
Turner Field |
Atlanta |
ga |
|
|
5176 |
Aug 7, 1934 |
Bill Boyd holds his first recording session for RCA Victor, in San Antonio, Texas |
|
San Antonio |
tx |
|
|
5175 |
Aug 7, 1989 |
T.C. "Son" Lansford dies in Fort Worth, Texas. He played bass for Bob Wills' Texas Playboys... |
|
Fort Worth |
tx |
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|
5174 |
Aug 7, 1992 |
It has no warning labels on the outside, but contains "Warning Labels" nonetheless: Epic... |
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|
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|
5173 |
Aug 7, 1991 |
Willie Nelson sells a Colorado ranch for $803,000 to pay down his multi-million dollar debt to the... |
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|
co |
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|
5172 |
Aug 7, 1981 |
Elektra releases Hank Williams Jr.'s album "The Pressure Is On"
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|
5171 |
Sep 29, 2001 |
Brooks & Dunn sing the national anthem at the Protection One 400, the first event at the Kansas... |
Kansas Motor Speedway |
Kansas City |
ks |
|
|
5170 |
Aug 7, 2001 |
Arista releases Carolyn Dawn Johnson's debut album, "Room With A View" |
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5169 |
Jul 26, 1899 |
Film executive Nat Levine is born in New York City. He produces many of Gene Autry's biggest... |
|
New York |
ny |
|
|
5168 |
Aug 6, 1989 |
Film producer Nat Levine dies in Woodland Hills, California. He oversaw the production of many... |
|
Woodland Hills |
ca |
|
|
5167 |
Jul 31, 2001 |
Leona Williams has breast cancer surgery in Branson, Missouri. The former wife of Merle Haggard... |
|
Branson |
mo |
|
|
5166 |
Sep 6, 1998 |
Brad Warren, of The Warren Brothers, has a son, Sage Michael Warren, in Nashville |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5165 |
Aug 6, 1926 |
Warner Bros. unveils the first "talkie," showing "Don Juan" at the Warner... |
Warner Theater |
New York |
ny |
|
|
5164 |
Jul 27, 2001 |
Lee Ann Womack wins $125,000 for charity as ABC-TV airs a music-themed episode of "Who Wants... |
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|
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5163 |
Jun 30, 2000 |
Pam Tillis pumps gas at a Nashville BP station for two hours in a WSM Radio promotion, filling... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5162 |
Jun 30, 1998 |
Vince Gill's divorce from Janis Gill is finalized. She keeps the 151-acre horse ranch and a... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
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5161 |
Jun 30, 1995 |
Garth Brooks receives a star in front of Capitol Records on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He buries... |
Hollywood Walk of Fame |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
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5160 |
Jun 30, 1994 |
A portion of Highway 13 in Tennessee is dedicated as the Loretta Lynn Parkway. The 12-mile stretch... |
Highway 13 |
Waverly |
tn |
|
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5159 |
Jun 30, 1994 |
Mindy McCready moves to Nashville |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5158 |
Jun 30, 1994 |
Decca releases Mark Chesnutt's "She Dreams" |
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5157 |
Jun 30, 1993 |
Kenny Chesney signs his first recording contract, with Capricorn Records |
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5156 |
Jun 30, 1990 |
Kenny Chesney begins an 11-day tour of the Soviet Union as a member of the East Tennessee State... |
|
|
su |
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5155 |
Jun 30, 1990 |
A tour bus carrying George Jones' band hits a teenager on Interstate 30 near Texarkana, Arkansas,... |
Interstate 30 |
Texarkana |
ar |
|
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5154 |
Jun 30, 1989 |
Killer movie: "Great Balls Of Fire" debuts in theaters with Dennis Quaid portraying... |
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5153 |
Jun 30, 1987 |
Kris Kristofferson receives a plaque from a Vietnam Veterans group when he performs a benefit... |
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Albany |
ny |
|
|
5152 |
Jun 30, 1987 |
Warner Bros. releases Highway 101's self-titled debut album
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5151 |
Jun 30, 1983 |
Nashville mayor Richard Fulton presents Bill Monroe a citation, honoring him as an official... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
5150 |
Jun 30, 1981 |
Mary Reeves Davis opens the Jim Reeves Museum in Nashville--not in his former home, but in a house... |
Jim Reeves Museum |
Nashville |
tn |
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