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Jul 15, 1976

Bass player Henry Strzelecki overdubs parts on the Charley Pride single "A Whole Lotta Things To Sing About" in Nashville

Jul 15, 1976

Kenny Rogers records "Desperado" at the American Studio in Nashville. The song will become a country hit for Johnny Rodriguez before the year is over

Jul 18, 1976

Tammy Wynette marries Nashville real-estate developer John Michael Tomlin at her home on Franklin Road

Jul 20, 1976

Johnny Paycheck tells a Nashville court he is unable to pay $123,000 of his debts, which total more than $460,000. He notes he grossed $175,000 in 1975, but netted only $15,000. Among his losses for that year: $40,000 in gambling

Jul 22, 1976

Hattie Stoneman dies at Rutherford County Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, following a series of heart attacks. The widow of Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, she gave birth to the members of the award-winning Stoneman Family band and played fiddle on some of her husband's recording sessions

Jul 24, 1976

Sixteen years after he joined the Grand Ole Opry, Bobby Lord makes his final appearance on the Opry as a member

Jul 31, 1976

Don Williams makes his first Saturday night appearance on the Grand Ole Opry since becoming a member in April. He performs "You're My Best Friend" and "(Turn Out The Light And) Love Me Tonight"

Aug 4, 1976

Mickey Gilley records Lloyd Price's "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" in a midday session at Woodland Sound Studio B in Nashville

Aug 4, 1976

Kenny Rogers records "My World Begins And Ends With You" at the American Studio in Nashville. The song becomes a hit for Dave & Sugar two years later

Aug 5, 1976

Kenny Rogers records "Lucille" in an afternoon at Nashville's American Studio

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