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Oct 6, 1994

The Country Music Walkway of Stars adds five: Mark Collie, Holly Dunn, Sammy Kershaw, Ronna Reeves and Wynonna

Oct 6, 1994

Conway Twitty's mother, Velma Jenkins, dies in Portland, Tennessee

Oct 8, 1994

Dwight Yoakam, Billy Ray Cyrus, Carl Perkins, The Mavericks and Clint Black join Tony Bennett, Melissa Etheridge, Aaron Neville, James Brown, Bryan Adams and others at the Pyramid in Memphis for a pay-per-view cable special, "Elvis Aaron Presley: The Tribute"

Oct 14, 1994

With Conway Twitty's estate embroiled in legal bedlam, 2,000 items are auctioned off for $1 million at Twitty City in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Among them: a 1985 Pacer, for $27,500; and a script for the movie "Sex Kittens Go To College," $1,800

Oct 18, 1994

Recording engineer James "Mort" Thomasson dies in Nashville. His credits included Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree," Roger Miller's "King Of The Road," Sonny James' "Young Love" and Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula"

Oct 28, 1994

Brooks & Dunn's Ronnie Dunn and wife Janine have a baby, Haley Marie Dunn, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville

Nov 7, 1994

Guitar player Bobby Sykes dies in Nashville. He toured with country stars Marty Robbins and Hank Snow, among others, and wrote a minor 1967 Faron Young hit, "Wonderful World Of Women"

Nov 8, 1994

A day after choking on food, Jerry Lee Lewis goes to a Memphis hospital with breathing problems

Nov 8, 1994

Bob Dylan performs at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium for an audience that includes Rodney Crowell. The set includes "Mr. Tambourine Man," "Like A Rolling Stone" and "It Ain't Me, Babe"

Nov 11, 1994

While in jail for heroin possession, Steve Earle signs a recording contract with Winter Haven Records, reinstating him as a recording artist once his time is up

The Ultimate Country Music Database

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