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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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3849 |
May 12, 1992 |
Songwriter Thom Schuyler is named to head RCA Records, replacing Jack Weston |
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Nashville |
tn |
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3848 |
May 12, 1990 |
Patti Page marries retired aerospace exec Jerry Filiciotto. He's her third husband |
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3847 |
May 12, 1990 |
Rudy Gatlin marries Kim Harmon in Dallas. The couple met on a blind date |
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Dallas |
tx |
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3846 |
May 12, 1989 |
Ricky Skaggs sings at Keith Whitley's funeral in Madison, Tennessee. Pallbearers include: Skaggs,... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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3845 |
May 12, 1988 |
Tennessee Repertory Theater presents an 11-day run of "Jesus Christ Superstar," with Pam Tillis... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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3844 |
May 12, 1983 |
MCA releases The Oak Ridge Boys' "Love Song" |
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3843 |
May 12, 1976 |
Singer Sherry Bryce marries radio executive Mack Sanders while circling Las Vegas in a chartered... |
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Las Vegas |
nv |
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3842 |
May 12, 1974 |
A $2-million psychiatric facility is dedicated as the Johnny Cash Hospital in Decatur, Alabama. As... |
Johnny Cash Hospital |
Decatur |
al |
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3841 |
May 12, 1971 |
The divorce of Jerry Lee Lewis and Myra Gale Lewis is finalized, with Myra receiving the house,... |
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3840 |
May 12, 1971 |
Merle Haggard records "Someday We'll Look Back" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Los... |
Capitol Recording Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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3839 |
May 12, 1970 |
Columbia Records presents a special plaque to Carl Smith celebrating 20 years with the label at New... |
21 Club |
New York |
ny |
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3838 |
May 12, 1965 |
Wilson Pickett records "In The Midnight Hour" in Memphis. Razzy Bailey has a minor hit in... |
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Memphis |
tn |
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3837 |
May 12, 1965 |
Keyboard player Eddie Kilgallon is born in East Greenbush, New York. He co-writes George... |
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East Greenbush |
ny |
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3836 |
May 12, 1964 |
Bobby Bare wins Best Country & Western Recording for "Detroit City" in the sixth... |
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3835 |
May 12, 1960 |
On a Frank Sinatra TV special, Sinatra welcomes Elvis Presley back to civilian life and trades... |
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3834 |
May 12, 1960 |
Hank Snow records "Miller's Cave," written by Jack Clement, during an afternoon session... |
RCA Studio B |
Nashville |
tn |
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3833 |
May 12, 1955 |
Kix Brooks is born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He co-writes hits for John Conlee and The Nitty Gritty... |
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Shreveport |
la |
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3832 |
May 12, 1950 |
Jerry Lee Lewis wins a talent contest in Jonesville, Louisiana, while his cousin, Jimmy Swaggart,... |
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Jonesville |
la |
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3831 |
May 12, 1942 |
Billy Swan is born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. A one-time security guard at Elvis Presley's... |
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Cape Girardeau |
mo |
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3830 |
May 12, 1937 |
Record producer Bob Montgomery is born in Lampasas, Texas. He writes Eddy Arnold's "Misty... |
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Lampasas |
tx |
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3829 |
May 12, 1922 |
New York radio station WEAF airs the first commercially-sponsored program |
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New York |
ny |
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3828 |
May 12, 1921 |
Joe Maphis is born in Suffolk, Virginia. He performs as a sideman on recordings by Rick Nelson,... |
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Suffolk |
va |
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3827 |
May 12, 1920 |
Mandolin player Billie "Tiny" Moore is born in Hamilton County, Texas. He works with Bob... |
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Hamilton County |
tx |
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3826 |
May 12, 1901 |
Comedian Whitey Ford is born in DeSoto, Missouri. Nicknamed the Duke of Paducah, he joins the Grand... |
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DeSoto |
mo |
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3825 |
May 12, 1892 |
The Ryman Auditorium opens for public services as the Union Gospel Tabernacle in downtown... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
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3824 |
May 11, 1994 |
Unmarried Wynonna Judd tells a small group of reporters that she's expecting her first child on... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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3823 |
May 11, 1994 |
Shooting begins in Nashville for the TV movie "Is There Life Out There?," based on Reba McEntire's... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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3822 |
May 11, 1993 |
MCA releases Wynonna Judd's album "Tell Me Why"
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3821 |
May 11, 1993 |
Warner Bros. releases Little Texas' album "Big Time"
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3820 |
Aug 9, 1994 |
Epic releases the Joe Diffie single "Third Rock From The Sun" to retail |
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3819 |
May 11, 1989 |
Chely Wright moves to Nashville from Missouri |
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3818 |
May 11, 1988 |
Willie Nelson sings "Blue Skies" at Carnegie Hall in New York as CBS shoots "Irving Berlin's... |
Carnegie Hall |
New York |
ny |
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3817 |
May 11, 1987 |
The Oak Ridge Boys announce the addition of Steve Sanders the same day that former Oak William Lee... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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3816 |
May 11, 1985 |
Charley Pride receives an honorary doctorate in humanities from Wheeling College, a Catholic school... |
Wheeling College |
Wheeling |
wv |
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3815 |
May 11, 1983 |
George Jones' doctor orders him off the road for 10 days to battle a virus, acute bronchitis and... |
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3814 |
May 11, 1979 |
Lester Flatt dies in Nashville. The guitarist teamed with banjo player Earl Scruggs in Bill... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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3813 |
May 11, 1976 |
Elektra releases Eddie Rabbitt's "Rocky Mountain Music" |
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3812 |
May 11, 1957 |
The Everly Brothers make their Grand Ole Opry debut, performing "Bye Bye Love" |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
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3811 |
May 11, 1955 |
Alabama drummer Mark Herndon is born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He joins the Hall of Fame band... |
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Springfield |
ma |
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3810 |
May 11, 1950 |
Carl Smith has his first recording session at the Castle Studio in Nashville's Tulane Hotel,... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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3809 |
May 8, 1945 |
Jim Reeves makes his first appearance as a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals' B-level farm team... |
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Portsmouth |
va |
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3808 |
May 11, 1914 |
Bob Atcher is born in Hardin County, Kentucky. A successful recording artist in the late-1930s and... |
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Hardin County |
ky |
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3807 |
May 11, 1888 |
Pop songwriter Irving Berlin is born in Temun, Russia. He earns country hits when Willie Nelson... |
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Temun |
su |
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3806 |
May 10, 1994 |
Willie Nelson is found by police in Hewitt, Texas, asleep at the side of a road. He's arrested... |
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Hewitt |
tx |
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3805 |
May 10, 1994 |
Doctors perform a five-hour operation on John Berry to remove a brain aneurysm |
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3804 |
May 10, 1994 |
BNA releases Lorrie Morgan's album "War Paint"
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3803 |
May 10, 1994 |
Warner Bros. releases Travis Tritt's album "Ten Feet Tall And Bulletproof"
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3802 |
May 10, 1993 |
Epic releases The Gibson/Miller Band's "Texas Tattoo." The recording includes a guitar... |
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3801 |
May 10, 1993 |
Mickey Gilley's Branson theater is destroyed in a fire |
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Branson |
mo |
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3800 |
May 10, 1993 |
Arista releases Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee" |
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