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May 3, 1986
Guitarist Joe Maphis performs at Duarte, California. It proves to be his last public show--he dies of cancer within two months
May 21, 1986
Barbara Mandrell joins Frankie Avalon to host the ABC special "America Picks The #1 Songs" from the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. The winning entries: Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock," Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and Lionel Richie's "All Night Long (All Night)"
Jun 4, 1986
Bob Dylan secretly marries background singer Carolyn Dennis in Los Angeles. His "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" ranks among country's 500 greatest country singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Jun 18, 1986
California Angels pitcher Don Sutton wins the 300th game of his career as the team beats the Texas Rangers, 5-1, at Anaheim Stadium. Sutton reaches the mark while playing for club owner Gene Autry, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
Jul 3, 1986
Traditional pop vocalist Rudy Vallee dies in California. Among his hits was "P.S. I Love You," with lyrics from renowned songwriter Johnny Mercer. The song was remade as a country hit by Tom T. Hall
Jul 9, 1986
Merle Haggard's first manager, Lewis Talley, dies on Haggard's houseboat in northern California. Talley wrote the 1950s hit "A Dear John Letter," and co-produced several of Haggard's early-'80s hits
Jul 17, 1986
Gene Autry is hospitalized at St. Joseph's Hospital in Orange, California, after he breaks his hip in a fall outside of a local courthouse
Jul 18, 1986
Gene Autry is transferred to St. Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California, where he undergoes surgery for a broken hip
Jul 23, 1986
Steve Earle delivers his first Los Angeles concert, performing at the Roxy Theatre on the Sunset Strip
Aug 29, 1986
Guitar player Jimmie Short dies in Solano, California. As a member of the Texas Troubadours, he played on more than a dozen Ernest Tubb hits, including "Rainbow At Midnight," "Soldier's Last Letter" and "You Nearly Lose Your Mind"
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