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Mar 22, 1982

Jack Greene marries June Simmons, with former boss Ernest Tubb serving as best man. The wedding is planned for Greene's farm, but bad weather forces the ceremony inside at the Hendersonville Chapel in Tennessee

Mar 24, 1982

Porter Wagoner announces the sale of his Fireside Studio to businessman Benny Kennerson. Among the artists who've used it to record hits: Mickey Gilley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Merle Haggard and Stella Parton

Mar 26, 1982

Mac Davis marries registered nurse Lisa Gerard during a private ceremony in Gallatin, Tennessee, northeast of Nashville

Mar 29, 1982

Lee Davis Wilds dies in Knoxville. He played the part of "Honey" in Jamup & Honey, a blackface comedy duo that worked the Grand Ole Opry during the 1940s

Apr 1, 1982

After working as a backing band for singer/songwriter Don King, Sawyer Brown makes its debut as a group--under the name Savannah--at Knight's Corral on Nolensville Road in Nashville

Apr 3, 1982

DeFord Bailey makes his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry

Apr 8, 1982

Sax player Dennis Solee is added to The Statler Brothers' "Whatever" during an overdub session at Nashville's Sound Stage

Apr 13, 1982

George Strait records "Amarillo By Morning" at Nashville's Music City Music Hall

Apr 15, 1982

Loretta Lynn throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the Nashville Sounds baseball team's season home opener at Greer Stadium. The Sounds ground the Columbus Clippers, 6-4

Apr 28, 1982

George Jones misses a scheduled concert at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville

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