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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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4099 |
May 23, 1973 |
Clive Davis leaves as the head of CBS Records' pop division, which includes Columbia and Epic. He... |
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New York |
ny |
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4098 |
May 23, 1973 |
Barbara Mandrell records "The Midnight Oil" at the Columbia Studios in Nashville
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Columbia Recording Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
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4097 |
May 23, 1966 |
Decca releases Loretta Lynn's "You Ain't Woman Enough" |
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4096 |
May 23, 1964 |
Six months after releasing "Saginaw, Michigan," Lefty Frizzell plays Saginaw, where the... |
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Saginaw |
mi |
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4095 |
May 23, 1961 |
Flatt & Scruggs record "Go Home" at the Recording Studio in Nashville
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Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4094 |
May 23, 1958 |
Shelly West is born in Cleveland, Ohio. The daughter of Dottie West, she shares the Country Music... |
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Cleveland |
oh |
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|
4093 |
Nov 12, 1956 |
Johnny Horton records "I'm Coming Home" during a night-time recording session at Nashville's... |
Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4092 |
May 21, 1955 |
Webb Pierce quits the Grand Ole Opry on the WSM airwaves after a three-year membership. Pierce... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4091 |
May 23, 1953 |
The Davis Sisters--Skeeter Davis and the unrelated Betty Jack Davis--record "I Forgot More Than... |
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4090 |
May 23, 1953 |
Jim Reeves makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, singing "Mexican Joe"
|
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4089 |
May 23, 1952 |
Hank Williams' two-week engagement at Las Vegas' Last Frontier is cancelled after just one week |
Last Frontier |
Las Vegas |
nv |
|
|
4088 |
May 23, 1950 |
Linda Thompson, Elvis Presley's future girlfriend, is born in Memphis, Tennessee. She becomes a... |
|
Memphis |
tn |
|
|
4087 |
May 23, 1951 |
Judy Rodman is born in Riverside, California. After singing background on hits by George Strait,... |
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Riverside |
ca |
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|
4086 |
May 23, 1947 |
The Alexandria Aces baseball team, of the Evangeline League, release pitcher Jim Reeves, after he... |
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4085 |
May 23, 1945 |
Misty Morgan is born in Buffalo, New York. She teams with husband Jack Blanchard in 1970 to create... |
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Buffalo |
ny |
|
|
4084 |
May 23, 1925 |
Mac Wiseman is born in Crimora, Virginia. He works as a sideman for Bill Monroe and Flatt &... |
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Crimora |
va |
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|
4083 |
May 21, 1979 |
Epic releases The Charlie Daniels Band's "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" |
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4082 |
Jun 23, 1940 |
Diana Trask is born in Melbourne, Australia. She earns several minor hits in 1973 and '74,... |
|
Melbourne |
au |
|
|
4081 |
Jun 25, 2001 |
The Ryman Auditorium, former home of the Grand Ole Opry, hosts a ceremony marking the facility's... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4080 |
Jun 21, 2001 |
Vince Gill and Nickel Creek open a summer bluegrass series at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. In... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4079 |
May 22, 1998 |
Royce Kendall dies in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, following a stroke. With daughter Jeannie Kendall, he... |
|
LaCrosse |
wi |
|
|
4078 |
May 23, 1987 |
Roy Orbison is the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live" |
|
New York |
ny |
|
|
4077 |
May 22, 1986 |
George Jones and Merle Haggard post $50,000 bond money to get Johnny Paycheck out of jail in... |
|
Hillsboro |
oh |
|
|
4076 |
May 22, 1979 |
Elektra releases Eddie Rabbitt's "Suspicions" |
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4075 |
May 22, 1978 |
Elektra releases Eddie Rabbitt's "You Don't Love Me Anymore" |
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4074 |
May 22, 1975 |
Hank Williams Jr.'s second wife, the former Gwendolyn Yeargain, sues for divorce, claiming cruel... |
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|
4073 |
May 22, 1972 |
Conway Twitty records Don Gibson's "I Can't Stop Loving You" at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet,... |
Bradley's Barn |
Mt. Juliet |
tn |
|
|
4072 |
May 22, 1968 |
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton record "We'll Get Ahead Someday" |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4071 |
May 22, 1963 |
Kenny Rogers files charges against his first wife, Janice, for preventing him from exercising... |
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4070 |
May 22, 1961 |
Mary Sue Everly sues for divorce from her husband, The Everly Brothers' Don Everly. He allegedly... |
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|
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|
4069 |
May 22, 1961 |
Bass player Dana Williams is born in Dayton, Ohio. He joins Diamond Rio, a band that wins the... |
|
Dayton |
oh |
|
|
4068 |
May 22, 1958 |
Jerry Lee Lewis arrives in London, where he admits he's married his teenage cousin, Myra. He's... |
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London |
uk |
|
|
4067 |
May 22, 1954 |
Bob Dylan celebrates his bar mitzvah. The folk/rock legend will write Johnny Cash's "It Ain't... |
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|
|
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|
4066 |
May 23, 1948 |
Buddy Alan is born in Tempe, Arizona. The son of Buck Owens and Bonnie Owens, he joins Buck on a... |
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Tempe |
az |
|
|
4065 |
May 22, 1942 |
June Graves throws a no-hitter as Carthage high school whips Mesquite high, 6-0, in the second... |
|
Dallas |
tx |
|
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4064 |
May 22, 1937 |
Tex Ritter stars in the opening of "Sing, Cowboy, Sing," in which he's wrongly jailed while... |
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|
|
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4063 |
May 22, 1892 |
Ralph Sylvester Peer is born in Kansas City, Missouri. A 1984 inductee in the Country Music Hall of... |
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Kansas City |
mo |
|
|
4062 |
May 21, 1994 |
Boots Randolph closes down the nightclub he had owned in Nashville's Printers Alley for 17 years
|
Printers Alley |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4061 |
May 21, 1994 |
Trisha Yearwood and The Mavericks' Robert Reynolds get married at the Ryman Auditorium, walking... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4060 |
May 21, 1991 |
Tracy Lawrence signs a recording contract with Atlantic Records |
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|
|
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|
4059 |
May 21, 1980 |
Waylon Jennings cuts a performance at the Charlotte Motor Speedway short when some of the 25,000... |
Charlotte Motor Speedway |
Concord |
nc |
|
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4058 |
May 21, 1979 |
The Kendalls sue Gusto Records for back royalties |
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|
|
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|
4057 |
May 21, 1976 |
The movie "Gator" premieres at the Tennessee Theater in Nashville, with Burt Reynolds and... |
Tennessee Theater |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
4056 |
May 21, 1969 |
"The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" is no longer a replacement show. With its promotion to regular... |
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|
|
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|
4055 |
May 21, 1958 |
Willie Nelson Jr.--better known as "Billy"--is born in Fort Worth. He dies in December... |
|
Fort Worth |
tx |
|
|
4054 |
May 21, 1957 |
Ferlin Husky records "A Fallen Star" and "Prize Possession" |
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|
|
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|
4053 |
May 21, 1955 |
Chuck Berry records "Maybellene," a song inspired by Bob Wills' "Ida Red," at Chicago's Chess... |
Chess Recording Studio |
Chicago |
il |
|
|
4052 |
May 21, 1954 |
Johnnie & Jack record "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" |
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|
|
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|
4051 |
May 21, 1951 |
Hank Williams is sent to the North Louisiana Sanatorium in Shreveport, moaning about back pain. The... |
North Louisiana Sanatorium |
Shreveport |
la |
|
|
4050 |
May 21, 1942 |
Jim Reeves is the starting pitcher as the Carthage baseball team defeats Whitharral in the first... |
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|
tx |
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