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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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499 |
Jan 17, 1940 |
After nearly a year on the air, Ernest Tubb's second stint on San Angelo, Texas, radio station... |
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San Angelo |
tx |
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498 |
Jan 17, 1930 |
Tex Ritter quits law school at Northwestern University in Chicago because it conflicts with his... |
Northwestern University |
Chicago |
il |
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497 |
Jan 17, 1929 |
Session guitarist Grady Martin is born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee. The author of Ronnie Milsap's... |
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Chapel Hill |
tn |
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496 |
Jan 17, 1920 |
Walter Bailes is born in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The Bailes Brothers perform country and... |
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Kanawha County |
wv |
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495 |
Jan 16, 1998 |
At his request, Steve Wariner receives his release from Arista Records during a lunch meeting with... |
Valentino's |
Nashville |
tn |
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494 |
Jan 16, 1996 |
Jimmy Buffett makes an emergency landing in his sea plane when Jamaican police open fire,... |
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jm |
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493 |
Jan 16, 1993 |
George Strait spends the last weekend of the George Bush presidency with the president and Barbara... |
Camp David |
Thurmont |
md |
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492 |
Jan 16, 1993 |
Patty Loveless performs on the Grand Ole Opry. It's her first Opry appearance since undergoing... |
Grand Ole Opry House |
Nashville |
tn |
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491 |
Jan 16, 1993 |
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash appear on CBS' "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
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490 |
Jan 16, 1991 |
War breaks out in the Persian Gulf, five months after Iraq rolled over Kuwait. Country radio... |
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489 |
Feb 2, 1957 |
Ernest Tubb & The Wilburn Brothers record "Mister Love" in the early evening at the Bradley Film &... |
Bradley Recording Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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488 |
Feb 2, 1939 |
Lulu Belle & Scotty Wiseman record "Mountain Dew" in Chicago
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Chicago |
il |
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487 |
Jan 16, 1991 |
Country-rock pioneers The Byrds are inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame at New York's... |
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel |
New York |
ny |
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|
486 |
Jan 16, 1991 |
Alan Jackson gives the Country Music Hall of Fame the first radio he ever listened to, won by his... |
Country Music Hall of Fame |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
485 |
Jan 16, 1991 |
Nikki Nelson makes her stage debut as the lead singer of Highway 101 |
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484 |
Jan 16, 1990 |
Warner Bros. Records releases Highway 101's "Walkin', Talkin', Cryin', Barely Beatin'... |
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483 |
Jan 16, 1989 |
Recording resumes after the holiday break for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be... |
Scruggs Sound Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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482 |
Jan 16, 1989 |
Wynonna and Naomi host their first television special, CBS-TV's "The Judds: Across The... |
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481 |
Jan 3, 1988 |
Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton perform a medley that includes "Stand By Your Man,"... |
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480 |
Jan 16, 1987 |
RCA releases Alabama's "'You've Got' The Touch" |
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479 |
Jan 16, 1986 |
With $7,000 borrowed from an aunt, K.T. Oslin gives a showcase at a Nashville club called Music... |
Music Row |
Nashville |
tn |
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478 |
Jan 16, 1984 |
On a night that Michael Jackson claims a record seven trophies, Alabama wins three at the American... |
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477 |
Jan 16, 1984 |
RCA releases Alabama's album "Roll On"
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476 |
Jan 16, 1981 |
"Harper Valley P.T.A." debuts on NBC-TV, built around Jeannie C. Riley's hit with... |
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475 |
Feb 3, 1928 |
Victor releases Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)" and the flip side,... |
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474 |
Feb 3, 1950 |
Bill Monroe holds his first recording session for Decca Records in Nashville at the Castle... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
473 |
Jan 1, 2001 |
Songwriter John Jarrard enters a Nashville hospital with a respiratory ailment. He dies one... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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|
472 |
Feb 1, 2001 |
Songwriter John Jarrard dies at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville from reactions to an... |
Saint Thomas Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
471 |
Jan 16, 1980 |
The State of Virginia declares Roy Clark Day |
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va |
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|
470 |
Jan 16, 1979 |
Ronnie Milsap records "Nobody Likes Sad Songs" on his 36th birthday at Groundstar Lab in... |
Groundstar Laboratory |
Nashville |
tn |
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|
469 |
Jan 16, 1978 |
Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris meet at Parton's house to plot out a group album.... |
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468 |
Jan 16, 1978 |
Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn each win twice at the fifth annual American Music Awards, tying them... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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|
467 |
Jan 27, 2001 |
Ten people associated with the Oklahoma State basketball team are killed in a plane crash near... |
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Boulder |
co |
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|
466 |
Feb 24, 2001 |
Brooks & Dunn appear in the Krewe of Endymion Mardi Gras parade, along with New Orleans Saints... |
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New Orleans |
la |
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465 |
Jan 16, 1976 |
"Donny And Marie" debuts on ABC-TV, hosted by brother and sister Donny and Marie Osmond.... |
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464 |
Jan 16, 1973 |
"Bonanza" ends its 14-year run on NBC-TV, featuring a theme song recorded by guitarist Joe... |
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463 |
Jan 16, 1973 |
Merle Haggard records "If We Make It Through December" during an evening session at Columbia Studio... |
Columbia Recording Studios |
Nashville |
tn |
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462 |
Jan 16, 1971 |
Elvis Presley accepts an award in person the only time in his life, after being named one of the 10... |
Holiday Inn |
Memphis |
tn |
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461 |
Jan 16, 1965 |
Sandy Mahl is born in Owasso, Oklahoma. She is destined to become Mrs. Garth Brooks and to co-write... |
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Owasso |
ok |
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460 |
Jan 16, 1961 |
Buck Owens and Rose Maddox record "Mental Cruelty" and "Loose Talk" at the... |
Capitol Recording Studios |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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459 |
Jan 16, 1953 |
Bill Monroe suffers 19 broken bones in a head-on collision on Highway 31 near White House,... |
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White House |
tn |
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458 |
Jan 16, 1949 |
George Morgan records his signature song, "Candy Kisses," using Red Foley's band. During the... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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457 |
Jan 16, 1949 |
Little Jimmy Dickens records "Take An Old Cold 'Tater (And Wait)" and "Pennies For... |
Castle Studio |
Nashville |
tn |
|
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456 |
Jan 16, 1947 |
Sandy Pinkard is born in Abbeville, Louisiana. He makes a mark in the satirical duo Pinkard &... |
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Abbeville |
la |
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455 |
Jan 16, 1944 |
Jim Stafford is born in Eloise, Florida. Though associated with country, his biggest records are... |
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Eloise |
fl |
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454 |
Jan 16, 1943 |
Ronnie Milsap is born in Robbinsville, North Carolina. The blind keyboard player emerges as one of... |
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Robbinsville |
nc |
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453 |
Jan 16, 1943 |
Ernest Tubb makes his Grand Ole Opry debut at Nashville's War Memorial Auditorium |
War Memorial Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
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452 |
Jan 16, 1938 |
Eddy Arnold arrives in St. Louis, where he finds work on radio station KWK |
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St. Louis |
mo |
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451 |
Jan 16, 1935 |
Nashville's Francis Craig leads his orchestra at the inaugural ball for Tennessee governor Hill... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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|
450 |
Jan 16, 1923 |
Roy Lanham is born in Corbin, Kentucky. A member of The Sons Of The Pioneers for two decades, he... |
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Corbin |
ky |
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