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Apr 27, 1901
Thomas Edison begins advertising a "moving picture" machine in an issue of Billboard magazine. The movies provide an outlet for Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Gene Autry, Tex Ritter and other country figures
Jun 9, 1958
Jerry Lee Lewis buys a five-page trade ad, explaining his marital problems: "I hope that if I'm washed up as a performer, it won't be because of this bad publicity...I can't control the press or the sensationalism that these people will go to"
Jul 21, 1958
Warner Bros. Records takes out its first ad in a trade magazine, billing itself as "the first name in sound." The company eventually releases albums by Randy Travis, Faith Hill, Hank Williams Jr. and Blake Shelton
Aug 31, 1960
Brenda Lee records the traditional-pop classic "I'm In The Mood For Love." The performance is used 47 years later in a Victoria's Secret commercial
Sep 24, 1960
An ad placed by Johnny Horton's manager, Tillman Franks, depicts John Wayne in a fight, captioned, "This'll teach you to swipe my copy of Johnny Horton's latest hit, 'North To Alaska.'" Wayne's lawyer warns Franks not to tamper with Wayne's image
Aug 22, 1964
Johnny Cash takes radio programmers to task in an ad in Billboard magazine for not playing "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes," asking "Where are your guts?" It becomes a point of controversy, creating a movement to have him stripped of CMA membership
Mar 11, 1970
Linda Ronstadt makes her second appearance on ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show" with Hank Williams Jr., The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins and O.C. Smith. During a break, Cash is spotted in a Pepsi-Cola commercial
Jul 30, 1973
Dottie West records "Country Sunshine" as a commercial for Coca-Cola with Steve Wariner playing bass
Sep 14, 1975
The Tennessean runs its first ad featuring a company with a Music Square address. The Electric Chair, a hair and nail salon, is located at 50 Music Square West, formerly 900 17th Avenue South. The ad appears days after the dedication of Music Square Park in Nashville, with 16th and 17th Avenues given new Music Square street names
Jun 14, 1977
Songwriter Paul Williams runs an ad in daily trade magazine Variety insisting he and his wife will not buy orange juice while anti-gay activist Anita Bryant is a citrus spokesperson. Williams' future includes a country hit: Diamond Rio's "You're Gone"
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