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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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149 |
Jan 6, 1924 |
Earl Scruggs is born in Shelby, North Carolina. The innovative banjo man joins Bill Monroe's... |
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Shelby |
nc |
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148 |
Jan 5, 1996 |
With a recording session three days away, David Lee Murphy writes the future hit "Every Time I... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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147 |
Jan 5, 1994 |
Radney Foster's vocal cords are tested in a research study on the singing process for country... |
Vanderbilt Medical Center |
Nashville |
tn |
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146 |
Jan 5, 1994 |
Billy Ray Cyrus shows off ultrasound photos of his expected child on the ABC telecast of "Good... |
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145 |
Jan 5, 1993 |
Randy Travis' publicist issues a statement denying that he's retiring |
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Nashville |
tn |
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144 |
Jan 5, 1992 |
Hank Williams Jr. appears on "Hot Country Nights" without a beard. It's the first time... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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143 |
Jan 5, 1991 |
Pathologist Eric Muirhead, who assisted in the autopsy of Elvis Presley, tells The Memphis... |
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Memphis |
tn |
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142 |
Jan 5, 1989 |
Tanya Tucker records Garth Brooks' "The Thunder Rolls." It remains in the vaults until the 1994... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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141 |
Jan 5, 1988 |
"Big River" makes its Nashville debut at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, with Roger Miller... |
TPAC |
Nashville |
tn |
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140 |
Jan 5, 1988 |
Sony buys CBS Records, including the contracts of Ricky Van Shelton, George Jones, Ricky Skaggs and... |
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139 |
Jan 5, 1984 |
RCA releases Alabama's "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" |
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138 |
Jan 5, 1983 |
Warner Bros. releases John Anderson's "Swingin'" |
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137 |
Jan 5, 1981 |
Elvis Presley's former girlfriend, Linda Thompson, marries Bruce Jenner at Diamond Head beach in... |
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Honolulu |
ha |
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136 |
Jan 5, 1981 |
Marty Robbins is admitted to Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville four days after he suffered a mild... |
Saint Thomas Hospital |
Nashville |
tn |
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135 |
Sep 19, 1892 |
Pop songwriter Fred Ahlert is born in New York, New York. He writes "I Don't Know Why (I Just... |
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New York |
ny |
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134 |
Jan 5, 1961 |
Iris DeMent is born in Paragould, Arkansas. Combining folk and traditional country elements, she... |
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Paragould |
ar |
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133 |
Jan 5, 1957 |
Patsy Cline shows up late for her weekly TV appearance on Jimmy Dean's "Town And Country... |
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Washington |
dc |
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132 |
Jan 5, 1954 |
Verlon Thompson is born in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Briefly the lead singer for Restless Heart before the... |
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Ardmore |
ok |
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131 |
Jan 5, 1952 |
Johnnie & Jack give their last performance on The Louisiana Hayride in Shreveport before... |
Municipal Auditorium |
Shreveport |
la |
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130 |
Jan 5, 1951 |
Slim Whitman records his first hit, "Love Song Of The Waterfall," at the KWKH Studio in... |
KWKH |
Shreveport |
la |
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129 |
Jan 5, 1923 |
Sun Records founder Sam Phillips is born in Florence, Alabama. He signs and produces such acts as... |
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Florence |
al |
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128 |
Jan 4, 1993 |
Patty Loveless begins recording sessions for "Only What I Feel," singing for the first time since... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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127 |
Jan 4, 1993 |
Mercury releases Kathy Mattea's "Standing Knee Deep In A River (Dying Of Thirst)" |
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126 |
Jan 4, 1993 |
Wynonna Judd begins recording her second album, "Tell Me Why" |
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Nashville |
tn |
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125 |
Jan 4, 1991 |
The Internal Revenue Service auctions a home Willie Nelson purchased for his mother in Yakima,... |
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Yakima |
wa |
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124 |
Jan 5, 1990 |
William Lee Golden marries former Miss Tennessee Brenda Kaye Hall
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123 |
Jan 4, 1982 |
Annie Lou Dill, a former member of the Grand Ole Opry, dies in Tennessee
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tn |
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122 |
Jan 4, 1977 |
Loretta Lynn ranks #8 on Mr. Blackwell's annual list of the 10 worst-dressed women. "The right... |
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121 |
Jan 4, 1974 |
Conway Twitty records "(I Can't Believe) She Gives It All To Me" at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet,... |
Bradley's Barn |
Mt. Juliet |
tn |
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120 |
Jan 4, 1974 |
Four hundred attend the funeral for Tex Ritter at Nashville's First Presbyterian Church, including... |
First Presbyterian Church |
Nashville |
tn |
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119 |
Jan 4, 1972 |
Chris LeDoux marries Peggy Rhoads |
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118 |
Jan 4, 1971 |
Decca releases Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn's "After The Fire Is Gone" |
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117 |
Jan 4, 1970 |
Fiddler Clayton McMichen dies in Battletown, Kentucky. He was a central figure in The Skillet... |
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Battletown |
ky |
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116 |
Jan 4, 1969 |
George Jones, Mel Tillis, Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton join the Grand Ole Opry. Wynette and... |
Ryman Auditorium |
Nashville |
tn |
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115 |
Jan 4, 1966 |
"Rawhide" makes its final prime-time appearance with Sheb Wooley portraying cowboy Pete Nolan... |
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114 |
Jan 4, 1966 |
Deana Carter is born in Nashville. The daughter of guitarist Fred Carter, her 1996 hit... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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113 |
Jan 4, 1958 |
Bob Wills gives his blessing to rock & roll in The Tulsa Tribune: "Why, man, that's the same... |
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Tulsa |
ok |
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112 |
Jan 4, 1957 |
RCA releases Elvis Presley's "Too Much" |
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111 |
Jan 4, 1957 |
The Memphis draft board gives Elvis Presley a pre-induction physical examination, which he passes
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Memphis |
tn |
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110 |
Jan 4, 1957 |
Patty Loveless is born in Elkhorn City, Kentucky. A distant cousin of Loretta Lynn, Loveless' pure,... |
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Elkhorn City |
ky |
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109 |
Jan 4, 1955 |
Tennessee Ernie Ford's daytime TV show begins airing on NBC |
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108 |
Jan 4, 1955 |
Kathy Forester, of The Forester Sisters, is born in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. The Foresters emerge... |
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Lookout Mountain |
ga |
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107 |
Jan 4, 1954 |
Elvis Presley makes his second demo recording, of "I'll Never Stand In Your Way" and... |
Sun Recording Studio |
Memphis |
tn |
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106 |
Jan 4, 1953 |
Hank Williams' funeral draws more than 20,000 people in Montgomery, Alabama. A country choir led by... |
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Montgomery |
al |
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105 |
Jan 4, 1952 |
Scotty Moore is discharged from the Navy. Two years later, he becomes the first guitar player for... |
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104 |
Jan 4, 1945 |
Jay Dee Maness is born in Loma Linda, California. He becomes a session steel player and a member of... |
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Loma Linda |
ca |
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103 |
Jan 4, 1926 |
Songwriter Irving Berlin marries Ellin Mackay at New York's City Hall. In the first year of... |
City Hall |
New York |
ny |
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102 |
Jan 4, 1923 |
WBAP in Dallas becomes the first station west of the Mississippi River to broadcast country music,... |
WBAP |
Dallas |
tx |
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101 |
Jan 3, 2001 |
Vince Gill leads country artists in Grammy nominations with four, while Faith Hill grabs three.... |
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100 |
Jan 3, 2001 |
Pam Tillis and her dad, Mel Tillis, record "Waiting On The Wind," their first duet |
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Nashville |
tn |
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