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Apr 1, 1984
Marvin Gaye is shot to death by his father at their Los Angeles home. Nicknamed the Prince of Soul, the former Motown star gets referenced in the first verse of Thomas Rhett's 2015 country single "Die A Happy Man"
Apr 1, 1984
California Angels owner Gene Autry brings former president Richard Nixon to the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage to deliver a speech to the team the day before the baseball season begins. Also present: ex-president Gerald Ford
Apr 1, 1984
Carrie Carter dies in Fort Worth, Texas. Her late husband, David "Dad" Carter, was the founder of The Chuck Wagon Gang, a country-gospel family act that featured their children Anna, Rose and Jim Carter
Apr 1, 1984
George Jones opens the Jones Country Music Park in Colmesneil, Texas. The first show features Johnny Cash, who joins Jones on a rendition of "I Got Stripes"
Apr 2, 1984
The Alabama album "Roll On" is certified gold and platinum by the RIAA
Apr 2, 1984
Wholesome Debby Boone takes a surprising role in the ABC-TV movie "Sins Of The Past." She plays a prostitute who leaves her profession, becomes a gospel singer and is stalked by a killer
Apr 3, 1984
The Statler Brothers sing the national anthem on opening day at Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies shutout the Braves, 5-0
Apr 6, 1984
Pop songwriter Jimmy Kennedy dies in Cheltenham, England. He wrote Gene Autry's "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)," plus Hank Snow's "Down The Trail Of Achin' Hearts" and Narvel Felts' "My Prayer"
Apr 6, 1984
RCA releases Alabama's "When We Make Love"
Apr 7, 1984
Earl Thomas Conley rises to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Don't Make It Easy For Me"
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