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    • Aug 1, 1971
    Ex-Beatle George Harrison holds the Concert For Bangladesh at New York's Madison Square Garden, joined by Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan and Ravi Shankar. Harrison performs "Something," which goes on to become a country hit for Johnny Rodriguez
    Sep 8, 1971
    The Tennessee State Prison holds a country show for the first time with performances by Faron Young, Tommy Overstreet, Brian Collins and David Allan Coe
    Sep 14, 1971
    Merle Haggard becomes the first country artist to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., six days after the venue opened
    Oct 15, 1971
    Rick Nelson angers a Madison Square Garden audience by singing new material during an oldies concert. The incident inspires him to write "Garden Party," which Johnny Lee later reprises as "Country Party." Also on the concert bill are Chuck Berry and Gary "U.S." Bonds
    Oct 17, 1971
    Loretta Lynn plays a benefit for the Judge Frank Fisher Wheelchair Club at Zorah Temple in Terre Haute, Indiana
    Oct 23, 1971
    Charley Pride debuts on WWVA's "Jamboree U.S.A." in Wheeling, West Virginia, becoming the first country artist to sell out four concerts at the radio show's location, the Capitol Music Hall
    Nov 5, 1971
    The Stamps Quartet begins performing with Elvis Presley when he plays Minneapolis
    Nov 7, 1971
    Elvis Presley performs at Louisville's Freedom Hall. In the audience is a 14-year-old Patty Loveless, who takes note of the bass player, Emory Gordy Jr., destined to become her husband and producer
    Dec 3, 1971
    "City Of New Orleans" songwriter Steve Goodman makes his Carnegie Hall debut in New York, opening for Brewer & Shipley
    Dec 16, 1971
    Jerry Lee Lewis, Conway Twitty and Tom T. Hall play a benefit for the Kidney Transplant Fund of Memphis at the Mid-South Coliseum. Also on the bill are Connie Smith, Charlie Rich, Tommy Overstreet, John Wesley Ryles and The Stonemans



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