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    • Jul 18, 1966
    Pop singer Bobby Fuller dies in Los Angeles of asphyxiation, just months after scoring a hit with "I Fought The Law." The song, written by former Buddy Holly cohort Sonny Curtis, is remade in a 1978 country hit by Hank Williams Jr.
    Jul 18, 1964
    Roger Miller makes his first appearance at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Dang Me"
    Jul 18, 1964
    Connie Smith makes her Grand Ole Opry debut
    Jul 18, 1962
    Percussionist Daniel de los Reyes is born in New York City. He becomes a member of The Zac Brown Band in 2012, in time to help record the album "Uncaged"
    Jul 18, 1962
    Drummer Jack Irons is born in Los Angeles. In 1994, he joins alternative rock band Pearl Jam, referenced in Lonestar's 1996 country hit "No News"
    Jul 18, 1961
    Bill Anderson records the Fred Rose song "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" some 14 years before Willie Nelson turns it into a hit
    Jul 18, 1960
    Capitol releases Ferlin Husky's "Wings Of A Dove"
    Jul 18, 1960
    Decca releases Webb Pierce's "Drifting Texas Sand"
    Jul 18, 1958
    Bud Hobbs dies of a heart attack at age 38 in Bakersfield, California. The leader of a dance band, The Trailer Herders, he earned three country hits during the prior decade
    Jul 18, 1956
    Jim Reeves records the original version of "Am I Losing You" and "According To My Heart" during an evening session at RCA's McGavock Street studios in Nashville. Reeves re-cuts "Am I Losing You" in 1960, gaining a hit with it a second time
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