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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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2899 |
Apr 7, 1982 |
Tammy Wynette is released from Porter Hospital in Denver following a 12-day stay with abdominal... |
Porter Hospital |
Denver |
co |
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2898 |
Apr 8, 1982 |
Lynn Anderson and millionaire Harold Stream III are granted a divorce. She wins custody of the two... |
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2897 |
Apr 7, 1982 |
Earl Thomas Conley records "I Have Loved You, Girl (But Not Like This Before)" |
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2896 |
Apr 7, 1981 |
RCA releases Sylvia's "The Matador" |
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2895 |
Apr 7, 1979 |
Rosanne Cash marries Rodney Crowell
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2894 |
Apr 7, 1978 |
Bill Anderson becomes the first country artist to appear on a soap opera, playing himself on ABC's... |
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2893 |
Apr 7, 1971 |
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton record "The Right Combination" and "Burning The... |
RCA Studio B |
Nashville |
tn |
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2892 |
Apr 7, 1971 |
Hank Williams Jr. marries for the second time, to Gwendolyn Sue Yeargain |
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2891 |
Apr 7, 1966 |
Connie Smith records "Ain't Had No Lovin'" during a late-night session at Nashville's RCA... |
RCA Studio B |
Nashville |
tn |
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2890 |
Apr 7, 1959 |
Marty Robbins records "El Paso" and "Big Iron" in the same recording session at the Bradley... |
Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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2889 |
Mar 31, 1956 |
Elvis Presley makes his final regular appearance on The Louisiana Hayride, although he does return... |
Municipal Auditorium |
Shreveport |
la |
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2888 |
Apr 7, 1951 |
Restless Heart drummer John Dittrich is born in Batavia, New York. He provides harmonies on a... |
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Batavia |
ny |
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2887 |
Apr 7, 1950 |
Slim Whitman makes his first appearance on The Louisiana Hayride |
Municipal Auditorium |
Shreveport |
la |
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2886 |
Apr 7, 1948 |
Jim Reeves gets a win pitching for the Henderson Oilers. An injury makes it the final game of his... |
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2885 |
Apr 7, 1935 |
Bobby Bare is born near Ironton, Ohio. He earns a reputation as a champion for songwriters and for... |
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Ironton |
oh |
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2884 |
Apr 7, 1932 |
Cal Smith is born in Gans, Oklahoma. He plays rhythm guitar and opens for Ernest Tubb for six... |
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Gans |
ok |
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2883 |
Apr 7, 1920 |
Jimmie Rodgers marries Carrie Williamson in Meridian, Mississippi |
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Meridian |
ms |
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2882 |
Apr 6, 1998 |
Tammy Wynette dies at home in Nashville from a blood clot in her lung. Noted for the classics... |
home |
Nashville |
tn |
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2881 |
Apr 6, 1996 |
Vice president Al Gore attends Garth Brooks' show in Landover, Maryland, and sings along when... |
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Landover |
md |
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2880 |
Apr 6, 1992 |
Vince Gill sings the national anthem at the Seattle Mariners' home opener against the Texas Rangers... |
Kingdome |
Seattle |
wa |
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2879 |
Apr 6, 1992 |
Mercury releases Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart" |
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2878 |
Apr 6, 1992 |
The American public begins voting on whether an image of the younger Elvis or the older Elvis... |
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2877 |
Apr 6, 1987 |
The Statler Brothers pace finalists for The Music City News awards with six nominations. Reba... |
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2876 |
Jun 15, 2007 |
When Dierks Bentley performs at the Bonnaroo rock festival in Manchester, Tennessee, he's joined on... |
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Manchester |
tn |
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2875 |
Apr 6, 1987 |
Epic Records releases "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This," Ricky Skaggs' duet with... |
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2874 |
Apr 6, 1987 |
Gene Autry receives an unprecedented fifth star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame |
Hollywood Walk of Fame |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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2873 |
Apr 6, 1984 |
RCA releases Alabama's "When We Make Love" |
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2872 |
Apr 6, 1979 |
Claiming the worst is behind him, embattled George Jones performs at Nashville's Exit/In just two... |
The Exit/In |
Nashville |
tn |
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2871 |
Apr 6, 1971 |
"Bartender's Blues" songwriter James Taylor goes backstage to meet Carly Simon at The... |
The Troubadour |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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2870 |
Apr 6, 1968 |
With riots expected in downtown Nashville after the April 4th shooting of Martin Luther King in... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
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2869 |
Apr 6, 1968 |
Elvis Presley takes in a Tom Jones performance at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Presley then... |
Flamingo Hotel |
Las Vegas |
nv |
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2868 |
Apr 6, 1966 |
Buck Owens records "Open Up Your Heart" and "Where Does The Good Times Go" at the Capitol Recording... |
Capitol Recording Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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2867 |
Apr 6, 1962 |
Time magazine prints the lyrics of "P.T. 109" in their entirety, noting the salute to John F.... |
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2866 |
Apr 6, 1961 |
Spade Cooley suffers a heart attack, three days after strangling and beating his wife to... |
Kern County General Hospital |
Bakersfield |
ca |
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2865 |
Apr 6, 1956 |
Capitol Records opens its new Hollywood headquarters, the world's first round office building, at... |
Capitol Recording Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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2864 |
Apr 6, 1956 |
Elvis Presley signs a three-picture deal with Paramount Pictures for $450,000
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2863 |
Apr 6, 1954 |
Dottsy is born in Seguin, Texas. She sings on the Grand Ole Opry as a child, then nets one bona... |
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Seguin |
tx |
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2862 |
Dec 12, 1950 |
La Costa is born in Seminole, Texas. The older sister of Tanya Tucker, she records a pair of Top 10... |
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Seminole |
tx |
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2861 |
Apr 6, 1946 |
Believing he can earn more money on the road than at the Grand Ole Opry, Roy Acuff makes what is... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
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2860 |
Apr 6, 1937 |
Merle Haggard is born in Oildale, California. After imprisonment in San Quentin, he becomes a... |
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Oildale |
ca |
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2859 |
Apr 6, 1930 |
Country group The Beverly Hill Billies debuts on Los Angeles radio station KMPC. The act maintains... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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2858 |
Apr 6, 1883 |
Vernon Dalhart is born in Jefferson, Texas. After working in a variety of styles, his 1924... |
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Jefferson |
tx |
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2857 |
May 22, 1956 |
After recording for several years in Dallas, Lefty Frizzell holds his first Nashville session at... |
Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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2856 |
May 27, 2001 |
Travis Tritt performs on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol during the National Memorial Day Concert... |
U.S. Capitol |
Washington |
dc |
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2855 |
May 21, 2001 |
As Tim McGraw's trial on June assault charges resumes with a new judge in Orchard Park, New York,... |
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Orchard Park |
ny |
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2854 |
May 22, 1924 |
Singer/songwriter Charles Aznavour is born in Paris. The French pop figure has his songs... |
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Paris |
fr |
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2853 |
Apr 5, 1994 |
As Conway Twitty's children feud over his estate with his wife, Dee Jenkins, daughter Kathy Jenkins... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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2852 |
Apr 5, 1994 |
Country Weekly magazine, created by the company that owns The National Enquirer, debuts on... |
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2851 |
Apr 5, 1990 |
Randy Travis takes a tour of the White House with president George Bush
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White House |
Washington |
dc |
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2850 |
Apr 5, 1985 |
More than 5,000 radio stations simultaneously play "We Are The World." The record features 46... |
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