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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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4499 |
Jun 6, 1982 |
Chet Atkins performs with the Nashville Symphony at the World's Fair in Knoxville |
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Knoxville |
tn |
|
|
4498 |
Jun 6, 1981 |
Travis Tritt graduates from high school |
|
|
ga |
|
|
4497 |
Jun 6, 1980 |
Don Everly sings the national anthem at Greer Stadium in Nashville, where the Sounds baseball team... |
Greer Stadium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4496 |
Jun 6, 1979 |
Charlie Louvin's van is stolen from a downtown Nashville parking lot during Fan Fair
|
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4495 |
Jun 6, 1979 |
T.G. Sheppard, Margo Smith, Johnny Paycheck, Jim & Jesse and Mary K. Miller are inducted into... |
Country Music Hall of Fame |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4494 |
Jun 6, 1978 |
Larry Gatlin claims top honors at The Music City News awards, winning three trophies, including... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4493 |
Nov 1, 1972 |
MGM releases "Elvis On Tour," a documentary of Elvis Presley's concerts and sessions during April... |
|
|
|
|
|
4492 |
Jun 6, 1973 |
Marie Osmond arrives in Nashville to record an album in three days with Sonny James serving as... |
Columbia Recording Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4491 |
Dec 6, 1936 |
Bluebird releases Ernest Tubb's first single, "The Passing Of Jimmie Rodgers" backed with "The Last... |
|
|
|
|
|
4490 |
Jun 6, 1971 |
The final episode of "The Ed Sullivan Show" airs on CBS. Gladys Knight & The Pips are... |
|
New York |
ny |
|
|
4489 |
Jun 6, 1970 |
Elvis Presley records "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" at RCA Studio B on Music Row in... |
RCA Studio B |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4488 |
Jun 6, 1967 |
David Houston records "My Elusive Dreams" with Tammy Wynette |
|
|
|
|
|
4487 |
Jun 6, 1960 |
Monument releases Roy Orbison's "Only The Lonely" |
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|
|
|
|
4486 |
Jun 6, 1955 |
Curtis Wright is born in Huntington, Pennsylvania. A member of Vern Gosdin's band in the... |
|
Huntington |
pa |
|
|
4485 |
Jun 6, 1954 |
Bass player Bryan Grassmeyer is born in Nebraska. He becomes a founding member of The Gibson/Miller... |
|
|
ne |
|
|
4484 |
Jun 6, 1945 |
Jim Reeves allows four runs in 2-2/3 innings while pitching relief for the St. Louis Cardinals'... |
|
Lynchburg |
va |
|
|
4483 |
Jun 6, 1944 |
Allied troops invade Normandy, France, during a World War II battle better known as D-Day. Marine... |
|
Normandy |
fr |
|
|
4482 |
Jun 6, 1944 |
Country Music Hall Of Fame broadcaster Grant Turner debuts on WSM radio the same day Allied troops... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4481 |
Jun 6, 1943 |
Joe Stampley is born in Springhill, Louisiana. He peppers an 11-year string of hits, beginning in... |
|
Springhill |
la |
|
|
4480 |
Jun 6, 1939 |
Gary "U.S." Bonds is born in Jacksonville, Florida. The rock singer earns five hits in the... |
|
Jacksonville |
fl |
|
|
4479 |
Jun 6, 1911 |
Songwriter Vaughn Horton is born in Broad Top, Pennsylvania. His songwriting credits include Red... |
|
Broad Top |
pa |
|
|
4478 |
Jun 6, 1885 |
Gid Tanner is born in Thomas Bridge, Georgia. The fiddler leads The Skillet Lickers, a 1920s string... |
|
Thomas Bridge |
ga |
|
|
4477 |
Jul 16, 1930 |
Jimmie Rodgers records "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner)" at the Victor Studios in... |
Victor Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
4476 |
Jul 12, 1930 |
Jimmie Rodgers records "In The Jailhouse Now No. 2" at the Victor Studios at 7000 Santa... |
Victor Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
|
|
4475 |
Aug 13, 1924 |
Vernon Dalhart records "The Wreck Of The Old '97" and "The Prisoner's Song"... |
|
New York |
ny |
|
|
4474 |
Sep 21, 1974 |
Walter Brennan dies from emphysema at St. John's Hospital in Oxnard, California. The well-known... |
St. John's Hospital |
Oxnard |
ca |
|
|
4473 |
Jul 7, 2001 |
Tracy Byrd's grandmother, Mavis Vaughn, dies of heart failure in Texas |
|
|
tx |
|
|
4472 |
Jul 10, 2001 |
Marizona Robbins, the widow of Marty Robbins, dies of cancer in Brentwood, a Nashville suburb. She... |
|
Brentwood |
tn |
|
|
4471 |
Jun 5, 1995 |
Three years after it was renamed Liberty Records, Capitol's Nashville division returns to its... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4470 |
Jun 5, 1993 |
Conway Twitty dies from a stomach aneurysm in a Springfield, Missouri, hospital. The former... |
|
Springfield |
mo |
|
|
4469 |
Jun 5, 1991 |
Alabama plays "Pass It On Down" at the annual White House picnic |
White House |
Washington |
dc |
|
|
4468 |
Jun 5, 1989 |
Ricky Van Shelton earns four trophies at The Music City News awards, while Randy Travis walks off... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4467 |
Jun 5, 1989 |
Toronto's Skydome officially opens, with Anne Murray singing both the American and Canadian... |
Skydome |
Toronto |
cn |
|
|
4466 |
Jun 5, 1989 |
Epic announces it will change the title of George Jones' "Ya Ba Da Ba Do (So Are You)" to "The King... |
|
|
|
|
|
4465 |
Jun 5, 1984 |
Charly McClain and former "One Life To Life" star Wayne Massey announce during Fan Fair in... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4464 |
Jun 5, 1980 |
The John Travolta movie "Urban Cowboy" premieres. It includes music by Kenny Rogers,... |
|
|
|
|
|
4463 |
Jun 5, 1978 |
Waylon Jennings records "The Conversation," which becomes a duet hit with Hank Williams Jr. five... |
Jack Clement Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4462 |
Jun 5, 1974 |
"The Bobbie Gentry Show," a short summer series, debuts on CBS-TV |
|
|
|
|
|
4461 |
Jun 5, 1972 |
Johnny Cash records "Oney" in Hendersonville at the House Of Cash |
House Of Cash |
Hendersonville |
tn |
|
|
4460 |
Jun 5, 1967 |
John "Lonzo" Sullivan, of Lonzo & Oscar, dies of a heart attack while driving a... |
home |
|
tn |
|
|
4459 |
Jun 5, 1958 |
Charlie Walker records "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" in Nashville |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4458 |
Jun 5, 1956 |
Elvis Presley appears on Milton Berle's NBC-TV show, performing "I Want You, I Need You, I... |
|
|
|
|
|
4457 |
Jun 5, 1955 |
During a party celebrating his re-signing with RCA Records, Eddy Arnold--fresh from recording with... |
|
|
|
|
|
4456 |
Jun 5, 1954 |
Calling it a money-saving move, several record companies make the seven-inch single an industry... |
|
|
|
|
|
4455 |
Jun 5, 1953 |
Rex Allen records "Crying In The Chapel" at the Castle Studio in Nashville
|
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4454 |
Jun 5, 1946 |
Harold Bradley ends a two-year military stint. He goes on to become an essential guitarist in the... |
|
|
|
|
|
4453 |
Jun 5, 1945 |
Don Reid is born in Staunton, Virginia. In 1961, he joins a gospel harmony group that becomes The... |
|
Staunton |
va |
|
|
4452 |
Jun 5, 1943 |
The Grand Ole Opry begins airing from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, which becomes the radio... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4451 |
Jun 5, 1937 |
Pee Wee King & The Golden West Cowboys make their first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry |
Dixie Tabernacle |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4450 |
Jun 5, 1919 |
Music publisher Al Gallico is born in Brooklyn, New York. One of the strongest independent... |
|
New York |
ny |
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