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Aug 24, 1982
Singer/songwriter Canaan Smith is born in Indiana. Signed to Mercury as an artist, he co-writes Love And Theft's debut single, "Runaway," and earns his first hit as an artist in 2015 with "Love You Like That"
Sep 16, 1982
Janie Fricke marries manager Randy Jackson in South Whitley, Indiana
Feb 4, 1985
Terre Haute's WPFR-AM changes format from beautiful music to country. Owned by The Oak Ridge Boys, the station's first country song is "Elvira"
Oct 19, 1985
Ray Charles' band experiences minor bruises when his plane skids on landing at a wet runway in Bloomington, Indiana. Charles is signed, at the time, to Columbia Records' country division
Mar 19, 1988
After a lengthy split as a recording duo, Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius begin their Reunited Tour '88 in Nashville, Indiana
Jul 31, 1988
Crystal Gayle makes her first-ever concert appearance in Wabash, Indiana, where she grew up and graduated from high school
Oct 28, 1988
Norman Wayne Perry dies at Clinton County Hospital in Frankfort, Indiana. His widow is Daisy Lange, formerly the bass player for The Coon Creek Girls
Mar 10, 1989
Johnny Cash appears at the Embassy Theater in Fort Wayne, Indiana, his first concert since undergoing bypass surgery in December
May 27, 1989
Gene Autry serves as grand marshal for the 33rd Indianapolis 500 Festival Memorial Parade, witnessed by 300,000 spectators
Apr 7, 1990
Willie Nelson hosts Farm Aid IV in Indianapolis. Elton John dedicates "Candle In The Wind" to AIDS patient Ryan White, who dies that night. Also on hand: Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, Dwight Yoakam, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Kris Kristofferson, Jackson Browne, John Mellencamp and Neil Young
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