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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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1599 |
Feb 17, 1991 |
T.G. Sheppard sings the national anthem before the Daytona 500 at Florida's Daytona Motor... |
Daytona Motor Speedway |
Daytona Beach |
fl |
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1598 |
Feb 17, 1988 |
Capitol releases Don Williams' "Another Place, Another Time" |
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1597 |
Feb 17, 1987 |
"Hoosiers" makes its Nashville premiere, with Sheb Wooley playing a high school principal. The... |
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1596 |
Feb 17, 1983 |
Linda Ronstadt, Dave Mason and Chaka Khan hold a skate party at Los Angeles' Flippers to raise... |
Flippers |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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1595 |
Feb 24, 1977 |
ABC airs the 12th annual Academy Of Country Music awards, hosted by Pat Boone and Patti Page. Taped... |
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1594 |
Feb 17, 1976 |
Dolly Parton records "All I Can Do" at Nashville's RCA Studio B |
RCA Studio B |
Nashville |
tn |
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1593 |
Feb 17, 1975 |
Eck Robertson dies in Borger, Texas. The fiddler was best known for his performance of "Sally... |
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Borger |
tx |
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1592 |
Feb 17, 1974 |
Bryan White is born in Lawton, Oklahoma. The smooth-voiced singer wins the Country Music... |
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Lawton |
ok |
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1591 |
Feb 9, 1971 |
Welcome to California: One day after Lee Greenwood moved to Los Angeles, the city suffers its worst... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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1590 |
Feb 17, 1969 |
Jon Randall is born in Dallas, Texas. After playing with Emmylou Harris' Nash Ramblers, he joins... |
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Dallas |
tx |
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1589 |
Feb 25, 2002 |
J.D. Souther, Jackson Browne and Jack Tempchin file suit against Warner Chappell publishing in... |
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1588 |
Feb 17, 1965 |
"Tennessee Waltz" is declared Tennessee's official state song in a resolution signed by... |
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tn |
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1587 |
Feb 17, 1940 |
Gene Pitney is born in Hartford, Connecticut. The pop singer, known for his 1960 hit "Only... |
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Hartford |
ct |
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1586 |
Feb 17, 1936 |
The Monroe Brothers, Bill and Charlie, hold their first recording session in Charlotte, North... |
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Charlotte |
nc |
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1585 |
Feb 17, 1935 |
Johnny Bush is born in Houston, Texas. A longtime cohort of Ray Price and Willie Nelson, his... |
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Houston |
tx |
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1584 |
Feb 17, 1931 |
Uncle Jimmy Thompson dies of pneumonia in his home outside of Nashville. The fiddle player was the... |
home |
Nashville |
tn |
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1583 |
Feb 17, 1920 |
Guitarist Billy Byrd is born in Nashville, Tennessee. After working with Little Jimmy Dickens and... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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1582 |
Feb 16, 1993 |
Larry Gatlin takes over for Mac Davis as Will Rogers in "The Will Rogers Follies" at the Palace... |
Palace Theater |
New York |
ny |
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1581 |
Feb 16, 1991 |
Alan Jackson and Randy Travis write "She Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)" over lunch... |
tour bus |
Columbus |
oh |
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1580 |
Mar 31, 1956 |
Brenda Lee debuts on Red Foley's "Ozark Jubilee" TV show in Springfield, Missouri, performing... |
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Springfield |
mo |
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1579 |
Apr 10, 1938 |
Steel guitarist Weldon Myrick is born in Jayton, Texas. Among his credits are George Strait's... |
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Jayton |
tx |
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1578 |
Apr 6, 2001 |
Sammy Kershaw is ordered to pay $10,500 monthly to ex-wife Kim Kershaw in alimony and child support... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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1577 |
Feb 16, 1990 |
Alabama records "Forever's As Far As I'll Go" |
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1576 |
Feb 16, 1988 |
Billy Vera receives a star at 1770 Vine Street on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Noted for his pop... |
Hollywood Walk of Fame |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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1575 |
Feb 16, 1986 |
Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson star in the NBC-TV movie "The Last Days Of... |
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1574 |
Feb 16, 1984 |
MCA releases "The Best Of Don Williams, Volume III" |
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1573 |
Feb 16, 1984 |
Ralph Emery's shoulder is broken when his Cadillac is rear-ended on Nashville's Franklin Road.... |
Franklin Road |
Nashville |
tn |
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1572 |
Feb 16, 1984 |
Jerry Lee Lewis pleads innocent in his tax-evasion case and posts a $100,000 bond
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1571 |
Feb 16, 1979 |
One month after suffering a heart attack, Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, is released from Memphis'... |
Baptist Memorial Hospital |
Memphis |
tn |
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1570 |
Feb 16, 1975 |
Marty Robbins wrecks a 1974 Dodge in the Daytona 500 at the Daytona Motor Speedway in Florida.... |
Daytona Motor Speedway |
Daytona Beach |
fl |
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1569 |
Feb 16, 1972 |
Elvis Presley's performance of "An American Trilogy" is recorded on stage at Las Vegas' Hilton... |
Hilton Hotel |
Las Vegas |
nv |
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1568 |
Feb 16, 1971 |
Johnny Cash records "Man In Black" in Nashville at the Columbia Recording Studio |
Columbia Recording Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
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1567 |
Feb 16, 1969 |
George Jones marries Tammy Wynette in Ringgold, Georgia, six months after they announced the... |
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Ringgold |
ga |
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1566 |
Feb 16, 1967 |
Roger Miller records "Walkin' In The Sunshine" in Nashville |
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Nashville |
tn |
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1565 |
Feb 16, 1960 |
Bass player Doug Phelps is born in Leachville, Arkansas. He becomes a founding member of The... |
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Leachville |
ar |
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1564 |
Feb 16, 1955 |
Elvis Presley opens for Hank Snow in Odessa, Texas, where the audience includes one Roy Orbison |
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Odessa |
tx |
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1563 |
Feb 16, 1950 |
Record producer and guitarist Paul Worley is born in Nashville. His productions include Lady... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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1562 |
Feb 16, 1924 |
Jo Walker-Meador is born in Orlinda, Tennessee. She serves as executive director of the Country... |
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Orlinda |
tn |
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1561 |
Feb 16, 1914 |
Jimmy Wakely is born in Mineola, Arkansas. He introduces the cheatin' song to country music, with... |
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Mineola |
ar |
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1560 |
Feb 15, 1995 |
The Tractors play their first full concert, opening for Brooks & Dunn in Tucson. The bill also... |
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Tucson |
az |
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1559 |
Feb 15, 1994 |
Curb releases Tim McGraw's "Indian Outlaw" |
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1558 |
Feb 15, 1993 |
Ricky Skaggs and his wife, Sharon White, begin appearing in a series of ads for Nutri/System.... |
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1557 |
Feb 15, 1990 |
George Strait records "Love Without End, Amen" at Emerald Sound Studios on 16th Avenue... |
Emerald Sound Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
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1556 |
Feb 15, 1987 |
Kris Kristofferson appears in the mini-series "Amerika" as it premieres on ABC-TV.... |
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1555 |
Feb 15, 1986 |
John Richbourg dies in Nashville. Better known as disc jockey John R., he was a pioneering figure... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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1554 |
Feb 15, 1984 |
IRS agents search Nashville's Marriott Hotel for Jerry Lee Lewis, intending to arrest him for... |
Marriott Hotel |
Nashville |
tn |
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1553 |
Feb 15, 1984 |
Jimmy Bowen resigns as the head of Warner Bros.' Nashville division. The label's roster includes... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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1552 |
Feb 15, 1979 |
Willie Nelson wins two trophies during the 21st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles: Best Country... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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1551 |
Feb 15, 1976 |
Willie Nelson collapses on stage 10 minutes into his show at Dallas' Whiskey River nightclub.... |
Whiskey River |
Dallas |
tx |
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1550 |
Feb 15, 1976 |
Jerry Lee Lewis' bass player, Tarp Tarrant, robs a 7-11 convenience store at gun point. For his $58... |
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