Apr 4, 1975

Bill Gates founds Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The tech company is referenced in Lee Brice's 2009 single "Love Like Crazy"

Apr 4, 1975

Barbra Streisand's production company offers Elvis Presley $500,000 plus a percentage of the film to appear in "A Star Is Born." Colonel Tom Parker responds with a counter demand so different that Presley loses the role to Kris Kristofferson

Apr 4, 1974

Don Gibson records "No One Will Ever Know" at Nashville's Acuff-Rose Sound. The song becomes a hit for Gene Watson six years later

Apr 4, 1973

Bakersfield observes Buck Owens Day

Apr 4, 1973

Jeannie Seely records "Can I Sleep In Your Arms"

Apr 4, 1973

Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show nab a gold single from the RIAA for "The Cover Of The Rolling Stone." Ten months later, Buck Owens records a country version, "On The Cover Of The Music City News"

Apr 4, 1973

Conway Twitty records "You've Never Been This Far Before" and "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet" at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee

Apr 4, 1972

Moe Bandy holds his first Nashville session, at Music City Recorders, owned by Elvis Presley's original guitarist, Scotty Moore

Apr 4, 1972

RCA releases Elvis Presley's "An American Trilogy"

Apr 4, 1971

George Jones opens his Old Plantation Music Park in Lakeland, Florida. He headlines a day-one concert that also features Tammy Wynette, Conway Twitty, Harold Morrison, Anthony Armstrong Jones and emcee Ralph Emery