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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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31099 |
Jul 13, 1960 |
The Everly Brothers record the original version of "Love Hurts" in Nashville. The... |
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Nashville |
tn |
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31098 |
Dec 7, 1948 |
"The Cradle Will Rock" closes at the Broadway Theatre in New York after a run of 11 months on... |
Broadway Theatre |
New York |
ny |
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31097 |
Dec 26, 1947 |
The Broadway musical "The Cradle Will Rock" opens at New York's Mansfield Theatre. The... |
Mansfield Theatre |
New York |
ny |
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31096 |
May 30, 1952 |
Troy Ruttman wins the Indianapolis 500 auto race. Among the fans in attendance: country hitmaker... |
Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
Indianapolis |
in |
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31095 |
May 30, 1951 |
Lee Wallard wins the Indianapolis 500 at a speed of 126 miles per hour. The crowd includes Tiny... |
Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
Indianapolis |
in |
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31094 |
Jul 2, 1949 |
"Saturday Night Jubilee" airs for the last time on NBC-TV. Boyd Heath, who earned a... |
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New York |
ny |
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31093 |
Dec 25, 1948 |
Three years after he earned a country hit with a remake of "Smoke On The Water," Boyd Heath takes... |
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New York |
ny |
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31092 |
Dec 18, 1948 |
Elton Britt hosts NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Jubilee" for the third and final time. He's replaced by... |
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New York |
ny |
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31091 |
Dec 4, 1948 |
NBC-TV debuts "Saturday Night Jubilee," a New York-based country music show hosted by Elton Britt |
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New York |
ny |
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31090 |
Jun 17, 2006 |
The belt that Elvis Presley wore during a 1972 performance in Hawaii brings in a whopping $66,000... |
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31089 |
Mar 21, 1932 |
Dance band leader Wayne King marries Dorothy Janis while his signature song, "The Waltz You Saved... |
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31088 |
Feb 19, 1910 |
Dorothy Janis is born in Dallas, Texas. She marries alto sax player Wayne King, who writes the... |
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Dallas |
tx |
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31087 |
Jun 26, 1952 |
The "Wayne King" music series ends a three-year run on NBC-TV's Midwest network. The show's theme... |
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31086 |
Sep 29, 1949 |
The "Wayne King" music show debuts on NBC-TV. King's theme song, "The Waltz You Saved For Me,"... |
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31085 |
Feb 18, 1901 |
Wayne King, often called the Waltz King, is born in Savannah, Illinois. The pop singer writes a... |
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Savannah |
il |
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31084 |
Apr 29, 1957 |
Vaudeville actress Belle Baker dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles. She had been married to... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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31083 |
Dec 25, 1893 |
Belle Baker is born in New York City. She marries songwriter Maurice Abrahams, who authors Eddy... |
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New York |
ny |
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31082 |
Apr 13, 1931 |
Songwriter Maurice Abrahams dies at his home on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Among his credits is... |
home |
New York |
ny |
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31081 |
Mar 18, 1883 |
Songwriter Maurice Abrahams is born in Russia. He co-writes "Ragtime Cowboy Joe," a song... |
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ru |
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31080 |
May 16, 1931 |
Songwriter Grant Clarke dies two days after his 40th birthday from alcohol-related heart failure... |
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ca |
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31079 |
May 14, 1891 |
Pop songwriter Grant Clarke is born in Akron, Ohio. He collaborates on "Ragtime Cowboy Joe," a... |
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Akron |
oh |
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31078 |
Jun 10, 1930 |
The Bob Steele western "Near The Rainbow's End" debuts in movie theaters. It's the... |
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31077 |
Nov 11, 1955 |
Broadway composer Jerry Ross dies of a lung infection in New York. His credits include... |
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New York |
ny |
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31076 |
Mar 9, 1926 |
Broadway songwriter Jerry Ross is born in The Bronx. With frequent collaborator Richard Adler,... |
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New York |
ny |
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31075 |
Nov 24, 1956 |
After more than two years on Broadway, the musical "The Pajama Game" closes at... |
Shubert Theatre |
New York |
ny |
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31074 |
May 13, 1954 |
The Broadway production "The Pajama Game" opens at the St. James Theatre in New York. The musical... |
St. James Theatre |
New York |
ny |
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31073 |
Feb 22, 1970 |
Guitarist Mick Ronson performs for the first time with David Bowie at The Roadhouse in London, a... |
The Roadhouse |
London |
uk |
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31072 |
Sep 30, 1935 |
Pop balladeer Johnny Mathis is born in San Francisco, California. He earns a hit in 1959 with... |
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San Francisco |
ca |
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31071 |
Aug 1, 1985 |
John Denver takes part in a benefit concert at The Bitter End in New York, celebrating the... |
The Bitter End |
New York |
ny |
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31070 |
Oct 18, 1969 |
Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul & Mary, weds Mary Beth McCarthy--who he met while campaigning for... |
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Willmar |
mn |
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31069 |
Aug 28, 1968 |
Police combat Vietnam War protesters at Chicago's Grant Park with tear gas during the Democratic... |
Grant Park |
Chicago |
il |
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31068 |
Jul 2, 1965 |
Los Angeles observes Peter, Paul & Mary Day. Peter Yarrow is destined to earn a country hit as... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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31067 |
Mar 21, 1965 |
In its third attempt, a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery begins in Alabama. Led by... |
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Selma |
al |
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31066 |
Nov 9, 1936 |
Mary Travers is born in Louisville, Kentucky. She provides the female voice in the 1960s folk trio... |
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Louisville |
ky |
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31065 |
Dec 30, 1937 |
Noel Paul Stookey is born in Baltimore, Maryland. He becomes one-third of Peter, Paul & Mary, a... |
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Baltimore |
md |
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31064 |
Aug 9, 1964 |
Peter, Paul & Mary perform in New York at the funeral for Andrew Goodman, one of three civil rights... |
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New York |
ny |
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31063 |
Jan 29, 1962 |
Peter, Paul & Mary sign to Warner Bros. It marks the first recording contract for Peter Yarrow,... |
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31062 |
Aug 28, 1963 |
Martin Luther King delivers his "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln... |
Lincoln Memorial |
Washington |
dc |
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31061 |
Jun 16, 1960 |
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs appear on the CBS-TV special "Folk Sound U.S.A." Hosted... |
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31060 |
Oct 12, 1950 |
"The Morey Amsterdam Show" airs for the final time on the DuMont TV network. Amsterdam... |
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31059 |
Dec 17, 1948 |
"The Morey Amsterdam Show" debuts on CBS-TV. The previous year, the sitcom's star earned... |
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31058 |
Sep 7, 1966 |
"The Dick Van Dyke Show" ends a five-year run on CBS. The cast includes Morey Amsterdam,... |
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31057 |
Oct 3, 1961 |
CBS debuts "The Dick Van Dyke Show." The cast includes Morey Amsterdam, who wrote Dick... |
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31056 |
Apr 7, 1967 |
Tammy Wynette marries songwriter Don Chapel in Ringgold, Georgia |
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Ringgold |
ga |
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31055 |
Dec 11, 1936 |
"Banjo On My Knee," starring Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan and Buddy Ebsen, debuts in theaters.... |
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31054 |
Oct 1, 2005 |
Bill Burch dies. He was the third husband of Yvonne King, who sang as a member of The King Sisters... |
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31053 |
Sep 3, 1966 |
Twelve days after the dissolution of her previous marriage, Yvonne King marries Bill Burch. The... |
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31052 |
Aug 22, 1966 |
Pop vocalist Yvonne King divorces her second husband, Delmore Courtney. The split comes 20 years... |
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31051 |
Feb 12, 1957 |
The King Sisters' Yvonne King marries Delmore Courtney, a decade after the pop group earned its... |
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31050 |
Aug 4, 1943 |
Piano player Buddy Cole and Yvonne King have a daughter, Tina Cole, in Hollywood. Dad goes on to... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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