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EventID |
Date |
Event |
Venue |
City |
StateID |
Option |
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24549 |
Oct 9, 1956 |
Instrumental partners Jimmy Bryant & Speedy West hold what proves to be their final recording... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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24548 |
Jan 10, 1950 |
Steel guitarist Speedy West records his first instrumental, "Steel Strike," during a... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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24547 |
Jan 21, 1949 |
Eddie Kirk records "Candy Kisses" in Los Angeles. The session represents the first recording date... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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24546 |
Feb 8, 1948 |
Speedy West receives a three-neck steel guitar from Downey, California, manufacturer Paul Bigsby.... |
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ca |
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24545 |
Jun 16, 1946 |
Three days after leaving Missouri, Speedy West arrives in Los Angeles with his wife and child. In... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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24544 |
Jun 13, 1946 |
Steel guitarist Speedy West leaves Springfield, Missouri, with his wife and son in a Lincoln... |
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Springfield |
mo |
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24543 |
Aug 10, 1960 |
The original version of "Ocean's 11" opens in theaters, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and... |
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24542 |
Sep 25, 1961 |
Ray Price records "San Antonio Rose," the first tribute album to honor Bob Wills. The band includes... |
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24541 |
Nov 23, 1936 |
Blues legend Robert Johnson holds his first recording session in San Antonio. The producer on the... |
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San Antonio |
tx |
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24540 |
Jan 1, 1952 |
Booking agent and manager Jim Halsey sets up an agency in Oklahoma City. He plays a major role in... |
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Oklahoma City |
ok |
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24539 |
Mar 26, 1984 |
President Ronald Reagan bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom upon Tennessee Ernie Ford in the... |
White House |
Washington |
dc |
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24538 |
Apr 1, 1965 |
Lee Gillette retires from Capitol Records in Los Angeles. During his tenure with the label, he... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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24537 |
Aug 7, 1946 |
With a recording session scheduled for the next day, Merle Travis writes "Sixteen Tons,"... |
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24536 |
Jul 4, 1954 |
The television game show "The Kollege Of Musical Knowledge," formerly hosted by big band... |
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24535 |
Jan 6, 1950 |
Tennessee Ernie Ford and his wife, Betty, welcome a son, Jeffrey Buckner Ford, in San Gabriel,... |
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San Gabriel |
ca |
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24534 |
Sep 12, 1959 |
"Hometown Jamboree," a 10-year Southern California tradition produced by Cliffie Stone, airs for... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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24533 |
Dec 18, 1949 |
"Hometown Jamboree" debuts on Los Angeles' KLAC-TV from El Monte Legion Stadium. Produced... |
El Monte Legion Stadium |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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24532 |
Nov 5, 1964 |
Jazz pianist Edwin "Buddy" Cole dies in Hollywood of a heart attack. Noted for his work... |
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Los Angeles |
ca |
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24531 |
Dec 15, 1916 |
Jazz pianist Edwin "Buddy" Cole is born in Irving, Illinois. Noted for his work with Nat... |
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Irving |
il |
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24530 |
Oct 20, 2000 |
Following his second stroke, Luke Wills dies in Las Vegas, Nevada. A younger brother of Bob... |
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Las Vegas |
nv |
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24529 |
Oct 11, 1948 |
Tommy Duncan, former vocalist for The Texas Playboys, debuts his new band, The All-Stars, at Los... |
97th Street Corral |
Los Angeles |
ca |
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24528 |
May 9, 1942 |
With World War II raging, Tommy Duncan, lead singer for Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, tells... |
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Tulsa |
ok |
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24527 |
Jun 23, 2000 |
The Jim Carrey comedy "Me, Myself & Irene" debuts in American movie theaters, with... |
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24526 |
Aug 12, 1968 |
Rex Allen Jr. plays a soldier in the comedic TV movie "Operation Greasepaint," starring Avery... |
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24525 |
Apr 19, 1976 |
"The Secret Of Navajo Cave" debuts in movie theaters, with Rex Allen narrating the documentary... |
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24524 |
Mar 1, 1973 |
The animated "Charlotte's Web" appears in movie houses. Rex Allen narrates the film, which also... |
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24523 |
Oct 18, 1967 |
The Disney picture "Charlie, The Lonesome Cougar" debuts in movie theaters, with old hand Rex Allen... |
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24522 |
Jan 28, 1965 |
"A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood" debuts in theaters. Produced by Disney, the picture features... |
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24521 |
Nov 20, 1963 |
"The Incredible Journey," a Disney movie about three lost family pets, debuts in theaters,... |
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24520 |
Jun 1, 1963 |
"Yellowstone Cubs," a short film about two bears in a national park, opens in movie theaters.... |
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24519 |
Nov 7, 1962 |
The Disney movie "The Legend Of Lobo" appears in theaters. The story of a wild animal pack is... |
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24518 |
Apr 1, 1961 |
"Tomboy And The Champ," a movie that honors 4-H, appears in theaters, with Rex Allen in a... |
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24517 |
Mar 16, 1961 |
The 15-minute Walt Disney cartoon "The Saga Of Windwagon Smith" appears in theaters, with Rex... |
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24516 |
Feb 10, 1954 |
"Phantom Stallion" debuts in theaters, with Rex Allen and Slim Pickens starring. It's... |
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24515 |
Dec 15, 1953 |
Rex Allen portrays a marshal in a dispute over oil as the western "Red River Shore" debuts in... |
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24514 |
Sep 28, 1953 |
The western "Shadows Of Tombstone" debuts in movie theaters, with Rex Allen and his... |
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24513 |
Aug 5, 1953 |
Rex Allen investigates diamond smugglers in the Old West, as the western movie "Down Laredo... |
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24512 |
May 8, 1953 |
"Iron Mountain Trail" appears in theaters, with Rex Allen and his horse, Koko, coming to... |
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24511 |
Feb 25, 1953 |
"Old Overland Trail" appears in movie theaters, featuring Rex Allen, Slim Pickens and The... |
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24510 |
Oct 20, 1952 |
"South Pacific Trail" appears in movie theaters, with Rex Allen, Slim Pickens and The Republic... |
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24509 |
Jul 25, 1952 |
Rodeo rider Rex Allen and sidekick Slim Pickens come to the aid of the Army in the western "Old... |
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24508 |
Jun 15, 1952 |
"I Dream Of Jeannie," a biography of 19th-century songwriter Stephen Foster, appears in movie... |
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24507 |
Feb 7, 1968 |
Patti Page guests on "The Jonathan Winters Show" on CBS-TV |
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24506 |
Mar 1, 1952 |
"The Last Musketeer" appears in movie theaters, with Rex Allen and Slim Pickens in the... |
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24505 |
Feb 8, 1952 |
Rex Allen and Slim Pickens are called upon to help unravel a murder in the movie debut of... |
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24504 |
Oct 15, 1951 |
There's gold in them thar hills! Rex Allen races a gang of thugs to a mine in the plot of... |
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24503 |
Jul 10, 2013 |
Randy Travis undergoes emergency brain surgery after suffering a stroke at the Heart Hospital... |
Heart Hospital at Baylor Plano |
Plano |
tx |
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24502 |
Apr 8, 1951 |
"Thunder In God's Country" debuts in theaters, with Rex Allen and Buddy Ebsen. Allen sings... |
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24501 |
Mar 1, 1951 |
"Silver City Bonanza" opens in theaters. The movie's cast includes Rex Allen, Buddy Ebsen and... |
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24500 |
Dec 15, 1950 |
Singing cowboys Roy Rogers and Rex Allen share the silver screen as "Trail Of Robin Hood"... |
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