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Jun 28, 1977
Jeannie Seely loses control of her automobile and plows into a tree in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. She undergoes same-day surgery for a punctured lung, a fractured jaw and five broken ribs
Aug 7, 1977
Marty Robbins finishes the Talladega 500 early when the engine freezes in his 1974 Dodge at the Alabama International Speedway
Aug 19, 1977
In Maryland's state lottery, $650,000 is bet on 653, the final three digits on the license plate of the hearse that carried Elvis Presley's body after his funeral
Oct 16, 1977
The Nashville Speedway hosts the first Marty Robbins World Open 500 stock car race
Jan 6, 1978
CBS sportscaster Alex Hawkins is arrested on Interstate 75 in Atlanta for an improper lane change and marijuana possession after weaving erratically. He's subsequently fired by the network. In 1992, he is listed as a co-writer of the Collin Raye country hit "That's My Story"
Jan 23, 1978
Vic Ames, one-fourth of The Ames Brothers, dies in an ice-related car accident in Nashville. Prominent in the 1950s, the group had a pop hit with the 1956 release "It Only Hurts For A Little While," remade for the country charts by Margo Smith just weeks before Ames' death
Apr 4, 1978
George Jones & Johnny Paycheck record the Chuck Berry classic "Mabellene" in an afternoon at Nashville's Columbia Studio B
May 25, 1978
Webb Pierce's guitar-shaped pool on Music Row is opened to the public. Also on display is his $100,000 silver-dollar convertible, a 1962 Pontiac with 1,100 silver dollars embedded in the design
Jun 17, 1978
Marty Robbins drives his brand new car, a Panther DeVille, onto the stage during the Grand Ole Opry
Aug 6, 1978
Marty Robbins finishes 38th in the Talladega 500 driving a 1978 Dodge Magnum at the Alabama International Speedway
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