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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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999 |
Mar 11, 2001 |
"Doc" premieres on PAX TV. The show is the first weekly series for Billy Ray Cyrus, who... |
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998 |
Mar 11, 2001 |
Columbus, Ohio, declares Rascal Flatts Day and gives the band a key to the city when it opens for... |
Veterans Memorial Auditorium |
Columbus |
oh |
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997 |
Nov 27, 1996 |
"Sling Blade" opens in American movie theaters. The picture features Dwight Yoakam in a... |
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996 |
Aug 30, 1996 |
"Sling Blade" premieres at the Telluride Film Festival, featuring Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight... |
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|
995 |
Mar 13, 2001 |
Charley Pride receives a Hall of Fame medallion during the first official function at the new... |
Country Music Hall of Fame |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
994 |
Mar 8, 1956 |
Webb Pierce records the Jimmie Rodgers classic "Any Old Time" in Nashville's Bradley Recording... |
Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
993 |
Mar 8, 1966 |
Robert Lunn dies in Nashville. His "talking blues" style made him one of the early stars... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
|
992 |
Apr 13, 1986 |
Johnny Dollar dies from cancer in Nashville. A former disc jockey and latter-day member of the... |
|
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
991 |
Mar 8, 1933 |
Johnny Dollar is born in Kilgore, Texas. Starting as a disc jockey, he appears on The Louisiana... |
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Kilgore |
tx |
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|
990 |
Mar 8, 1947 |
Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager is born in New York. In addition to pop hits such as "That's... |
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New York |
ny |
|
|
989 |
Mar 25, 2001 |
Faith Hill appears on Barbara Walters' annual Oscar night special |
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988 |
Mar 6, 2001 |
Rock guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck plays the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Among the musicians and... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
987 |
Mar 7, 1951 |
Webb Pierce conducts his first recording session for Decca Records, at the Castle Studio in... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
|
986 |
Mar 7, 1924 |
Gid Tanner and Riley Puckett hold their first recording session for Columbia Records in New York.... |
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New York |
ny |
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|
985 |
Mar 7, 1986 |
Randy Travis makes his debut on the Grand Ole Opry. After an introduction from Little Jimmy... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
984 |
Mar 7, 1971 |
Gilley's nightclub opens in Pasadena, Texas. Named for part-owner Mickey Gilley, the home of the... |
Gilley's |
Houston |
tx |
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|
983 |
Mar 7, 2000 |
Pee Wee King dies at Louisville's Jewish Hospital. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, his... |
Jewish Hospital |
Louisville |
ky |
|
|
982 |
Mar 7, 1876 |
Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone, inspiring the first line of the Reba... |
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981 |
Apr 10, 2001 |
Reba McEntire leaves the Broadway cast of "Annie, Get Your Gun" for one week to shoot a TV pilot... |
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980 |
Mar 6, 2001 |
In the second day of his divorce proceedings, Sammy Kershaw's monthly expenses are placed at a... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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|
979 |
Feb 27, 2001 |
Phil Vassar shoots the video to "Rose Bouquet" |
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978 |
Mar 5, 2001 |
In the first day of testimony at Sammy Kershaw's divorce trial, his wife, Kim, accuses the singer... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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|
977 |
Mar 6, 1974 |
Steel guitarist Shann Farmer is born in Hobbs, New Mexico. In 2000, he replaces Teddy Carr as a... |
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Hobbs |
nm |
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|
976 |
Dec 15, 1939 |
Cindy Birdsong is born in New Jersey. In 1967, she replaces Florence Ballard in The Supremes,... |
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|
nj |
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975 |
Mar 26, 1944 |
Diana Ross is born in Detroit, where she becomes an R&B star for Motown Records. "Someday... |
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Detroit |
mi |
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|
974 |
Mar 6, 1944 |
Mary Wilson is born in Detroit. She becomes an original member of The Supremes, a Motown act whose... |
|
Detroit |
mi |
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|
973 |
Mar 5, 1936 |
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies hold what proves to be their final recording session, for... |
Roosevelt Hotel |
New Orleans |
la |
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|
972 |
Mar 2, 2001 |
Wilma Lee Cooper is released from Nashville's Baptist Hospital, where she was treated for a mild... |
Baptist Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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971 |
Mar 4, 2001 |
Lee Greenwood performs "God Bless The U.S.A." at the dedication of the Navy aircraft carrier The... |
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Newport News |
va |
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970 |
Mar 3, 1931 |
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is officially recognized as the national anthem, providing artists such... |
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969 |
Mar 3, 1971 |
Brett Warren is born in Tampa, Florida. He and sibling Brad Warren form The Warren Brothers,... |
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Tampa |
fl |
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|
968 |
Mar 2, 2001 |
Garth Brooks hails Cal Smith's "Country Bumpkin" as his favorite country song during a performance... |
Nashville Convention Center |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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967 |
Mar 4, 1951 |
Pee Wee King records "Slow Poke" during the afternoon at RCA Studio A in Chicago |
RCA Studio A |
Chicago |
il |
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966 |
Mar 4, 1936 |
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies record 22 songs at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans,... |
Roosevelt Hotel |
New Orleans |
la |
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|
965 |
Mar 4, 1971 |
Jason Sellers is born in Gilmer, Texas. Signed for a short time to RCA Records, he writes Reba... |
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Gilmer |
tx |
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|
964 |
Mar 15, 2000 |
Ed Gregory receives a controversial pardon from president Bill Clinton for a 1982 fraud conviction.... |
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963 |
Mar 5, 1997 |
Western-swing guitarist Zeke Campbell dies at his home in Hurst, Texas. Joining the Light Crust... |
home |
Hurst |
tx |
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962 |
Feb 9, 1908 |
Guitarist Howard Ragsdale is born in Lyles, Tennessee. He joins The Fruit Jar Drinkers, a string... |
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Lyles |
tn |
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961 |
May 30, 1975 |
Banjo player Claude Lampley dies in Nashville. He was a founding member of The Fruit Jar Drinkers,... |
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Nashville |
tn |
|
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960 |
Feb 10, 1896 |
Banjo player Claude Lampley is born in Bon Aqua, Tennessee. He becomes an original member of The... |
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Bon Aqua |
tn |
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959 |
Jul 1, 1971 |
Mandolin player Tommy Leffew dies in Nashville. He was an original member of The Fruit Jar... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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958 |
Jul 3, 1905 |
Mandolin player Tommy Leffew is born in Tennessee. He becomes a member of The Fruit Jar Drinkers, a... |
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tn |
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957 |
Jul 8, 1895 |
Fiddler George Wilkerson is born in Stevenson, Alabama. He founds The Fruit Jar Drinkers, a string... |
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Stevenson |
al |
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956 |
Mar 5, 1954 |
Fiddler George Wilkerson dies at his home in Nashville following a six-month illness. He was the... |
home |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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955 |
Mar 3, 2001 |
Oscar nominee Russell Crowe steps on stage at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville to join longtime... |
Wildhorse Saloon |
Nashville |
tn |
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954 |
Feb 25, 2001 |
Nashville holds a memorial service at the Gaylord Entertainment Center for Dale Earnhardt, who died... |
Gaylord Entertainment Center |
Nashville |
tn |
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953 |
Nov 11, 1966 |
Texas Jim Robertson dies of asphyxiation from exhaust fumes in his garage in Newton, New Jersey.... |
home |
Newton |
nj |
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952 |
Feb 27, 1909 |
Texas Jim Robertson is born in Batesville, Texas. He accrues a trio of country hits in the... |
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Batesville |
tx |
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951 |
Feb 24, 2001 |
Wilma Lee Cooper is taken to Baptist Hospital after suffering a minor stroke following the Grand... |
Baptist Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
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950 |
Mar 19, 1988 |
Fiddler Sid Harkreader dies in Nashville. A former sideman for Uncle Dave Macon, he was a regular... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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