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Jun 29, 1989

The Tennessean reports that Arista Records is expected to sign as its first artists: Pam Tillis, Lee Roy Parnell, Alan Jackson, Michelle Wright and Asleep At The Wheel

Jul 3, 1989

Graceland Mansion sets a one-day record with 4,920 visitors. They spend $110,000 for tickets and memorabilia--more than Elvis Presley paid for the mansion in 1957

Jul 5, 1989

Tanya Tucker has her first baby, Presley Tanita Tucker, at the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville

Jul 15, 1989

Record executive Jim Stanton dies at his home in Johnson City, Tennessee. He founded Rich-R-Tone Records, a label that released a series of significant bluegrass records by The Stanley Brothers in the 1940s

Jul 27, 1989

Kenny Rogers' ex-drummer, Bobby Daniels, is found guilty in Nashville for the murder of his ex-wife, Sylvia Coakley, and sentenced to 35 years in prison

Aug 7, 1989

Atlantic Records opens a Nashville office, becoming a home for Tracy Lawrence, John Michael Montgomery and Confederate Railroad

Aug 17, 1989

Ricky Van Shelton, Rodney Crowell and Hank Williams Jr. lead with four nominations apiece as finalists are announced for the Country Music Association awards

Aug 17, 1989

Singer/songwriter Mitchell Tenpenny is born in Nashville. A co-writer of Granger Smith's "If The Boot Fits," Tenpenny collects his first hit as an artist with the 2018 single "Drunk Me"

Aug 20, 1989

While opening for Bob Dylan at Nashville's Starwood Amphitheatre, Steve Earle is served with a lawsuit from manager Will Botwin, seeking more than $56,500 in unpaid expenses and commissions

Aug 21, 1989

"Hee Haw" director Bob Boatman dies at home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, when a gun falls out of a drawer on a cabinet he's moving and fires a bullet into his stomach

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