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Mar 11, 1975

Jerry Lee Lewis attacks a female fan with a fiddle bow when he performs at Bad Bob's Lounge in Memphis. She files a $100,000 suit against him, though ultimately a judge fines him $25 for the attack--and fines her $15 for breaking the bow

Mar 12, 1975

George Jones opens his Possum Holler nightclub at the corner of Commerce & Printers Alley in Nashville

Mar 12, 1975

The divorce of George Jones and Tammy Wynette is finalized. Wynette takes custody of their only child, Tamala, and keeps their home on Franklin Road in Nashville

Mar 13, 1975

An eight-piece string section is added to Austin Roberts' pop single "Rocky" at the Soundshop in Nashville

Mar 14, 1975

The weekend of the Grand Ole Opry House's first anniversary, flooding from the Cumberland River forces the Opry to move downtown to Municipal Auditorium

Mar 18, 1975

Charlie Rich records "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)" in a 6 p.m. session at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville

Mar 18, 1975

Earl Thomas Conley records "I Have Loved You, Girl (But Not Like This Before)" for the first time at Woodland Sound Studio in Nashville. Another version of the song becomes a hit for Conley eight years later

Mar 18, 1975

Johnny Rodriguez records "Just Get Up And Close The Door" at Nashville's Mercury Custom Recording Studio

Mar 21, 1975

Ray Stevens files suit against neighbor Webb Pierce to prohibit Pierce from building a parking ramp for tour buses in his driveway. Says Pierce: "That's the price you have to pay for living across from a star"

Mar 25, 1975

Ernest Tubb begins occupying room 109 at the Murfreesboro Road Holiday Inn in Nashville when he and his second wife, Olene, separate

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