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Sep 3, 1981
Mary Jane DeZurik dies in Melrose Park, Illinois. Teamed with sibling Caroline, she was one-half of The Cackle Sisters, a yodeling duo that spent two decades with "The National Barn Dance" and the Grand Ole Opry
Aug 4, 1982
Fiddler and songwriter Shelby "Tex" Atchison dies in Collinsville, Illinois. He wrote Johnny Bond's "Sick, Sober And Sorry," Johnny Horton's "Sleepy-Eyed John" and Hank Locklin's "We're Gonna Go Fishin'"
Sep 3, 1982
Singer/songwriter Aaron Henningsen is born at Jarman Hospital in Tuscola, Illinois. He joins father Brian Henningsen and sister Clara Henningsen in forming The Henningsens, and in writing The Band Perry's hit "You Lie"
Dec 17, 1982
Dr. Jack Murphy dies of a heart attack in Illinois. As a result, he never sees his son, David Lee Murphy, sign a recording deal in the 1990s and become a country star
Apr 15, 1983
Singer/songwriter Margo Price is born in Buffalo Prairie, Illinois. Signed to Jack White's Third Man Records, she earns a Top 10 album with her first solo release in 2016, "Midwest Farmer's Daughter"
Jul 6, 1983
The Oak Ridge Boys sing the national anthem at the All-Star Game in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League beats the National, 13-3
Jul 23, 1984
Loretta Lynn is hospitalized in Mount Vernon, Illinois, with exhaustion, after collapsing at a truck stop following a date in Kansas City
Sep 22, 1985
Willie Nelson sponsors the inaugural Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois, with Merle Haggard, John Cougar Mellencamp, Roger Miller, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Alabama, George Jones, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, B.B. King, Judy Rodman and Waylon Jennings, among others
Mar 23, 1986
Brett Eldredge is born in Paris, Illinois. He brings a blue-eyed soul sound to country, winning the CMA's New Artist of the Year in 2014. Among his hits are "Don't Ya," "Beat Of The Music," "Drunk On Your Love" and "Lose My Mind"
Aug 4, 1986
Dan Evans is born in Frankfort, Illinois. After coming to national attention on NBC's "The Biggest Loser," he collects a Top 10 country album in 2008
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