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Nov 2, 1974
Mickey Gilley plucks a #1 country single in Billboard with "I Overlooked An Orchid"
Nov 2, 1974
"The Lawrence Welk Show" adopts a country theme for the week. Among the songs performed on the syndicated champagne-music program are "We're Gonna Hold On" and "Wabash Cannonball"
Nov 2, 1974
Faron Young sings "Just What I Had In Mind" on "Hee Haw." The episode features instrumentals from harmonica player Charlie McCoy and banjo player Bobby Thompson, who covers "Superfly." The show is co-hosted by Roy Clark and Buck Owens, who performs "Unmitigated Gall"
Nov 2, 1974
George Harrison becomes the first ex-Beatle to launch a solo concert tour. Earlier in the year, Johnny Rodriguez had turned his composition "Something" into a country hit
Nov 4, 1974
Capitol releases Buck Owens' "Great Expectations," previously available as the flip side of "Monsters' Holiday"
Nov 4, 1974
Loretta Lynn enters Nashville's Baptist Hospital with severe, recurring migraines
Nov 5, 1974
Sonny James records "A Little Bit South Of Saskatoon" and "Come On In" during a morning session at Nashville's Columbia Studio B
Nov 5, 1974
Ryan Adams is born in Jacksonville, North Carolina. After fronting the alt-country band Whiskeytown, he becomes a critically acclaimed artist blending roots-rock and country influences. He also writes the Tim McGraw hit "When The Stars Go Blue"
Nov 7, 1974
Songwriter Paul Williams makes an appearance on ABC-TV's "The Odd Couple." He goes on to write Diamond Rio's "You're Gone"
Nov 7, 1974
Melodyland releases T.G. Sheppard's first single, "Devil In The Bottle"
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