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  • Nov 17, 1973
    Hank Williams Jr. plays his first New York-area concert, with The Cheatin' Hearts
    Sep 25, 1975
    While performing at the Latin Quarter in New Jersey, R&B star Jackie Wilson suffers a stroke, incapacitating him for the final eight years of his life. Wilson's "Lonely Teardrops" becomes a country hit for Narvel Felts just months after the stroke
    May 14, 1978
    Vocalist/fiddler Ketch Secor is born in Denville, New Jersey. He becomes the frontman for Old Crow Medicine Show and co-writes the Darius Rucker country hit "Wagon Wheel." Old Crow joins the Grand Ole Opry in 2013
    Sep 2, 1978
    Willie Nelson opens for The Grateful Dead at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Waylon Jennings cancels his planned appearance
    Mar 30, 1979
    Tammy Wynette enters Underwood Memorial Hospital in Woodbury, New Jersey, with an abdominal infection, a complication from a previous surgery in New Orleans
    Jul 6, 1979
    Songwriter/producer Van McCoy dies of a heart attack in Englewood, New Jersey. Best known for his disco hit "The Hustle," he's also credited with writing Jody Miller's "Baby, I'm Yours" and Billy "Crash" Craddock's "Walk Softly"
    Sep 28, 1979
    Tammy Wynette has a minor hernia operation at Underwood Memorial Hospital in Woodbury, New Jersey. As a result, she cancels all concerts for the next 15 days
    Jun 1, 1980
    New York radio station WHN hosts Country Sunday at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, Eddie Rabbitt, Waylon Jennings, The Oak Ridge Boys and Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band
    Sep 18, 1982
    Debra Maffett--Miss California--is named Miss America in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She goes on to host "TNN Country News"
    Dec 31, 1982
    Steve Van Zandt, of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, marries Maureen Santora in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The Boss is best man at the service, officiated by Little Richard, whose song "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)" becomes a 1983 country hit for Waylon Jennings

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