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Apr 26, 1974
Johnny Cash hosts "Country Comes Home," an NBC special shot at the new Grand Ole Opry House. Guests include Chet Atkins, Roy Acuff, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tom T. Hall, Minnie Pearl, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Ernest Tubb and Charlie Rich
Apr 26, 1974
Host Charlie Rich and Anne Murray duet on "Break My Mind" during "The Midnight Special." Rich also performs "The Most Beautiful Girl," "Behind Closed Doors" and "Life's Little Ups And Downs." Others appearing on the NBC show include The Staple Singers and Dobie Gray
Apr 26, 1974
The Sons Of The Pioneers' Tim Spencer dies of a stroke at the Desert Knolls Hospital in Victorville, California. Known for its western harmony and the classics "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," the group joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980
Apr 26, 1973
Roger Miller records "Open Up Your Heart" in a 10 a.m. session at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studios
Apr 26, 1972
Loretta Lynn records "Here I Am Again" in an afternoon session at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
Apr 26, 1972
Bass player Michael Jeffers is born in Kingsport, Tennessee. He's an original member of Pinmonkey, a Nashville band that nets a nomination from the Academy of Country Music in 2003 for Top Vocal Duo or Group
Apr 26, 1972
Mel Tillis records "Memory Maker" in Nashville
Apr 26, 1972
Buck Owens records "Ain't It Amazing, Gracie" before noon at the Buck Owens Studios in Bakersfield, California
Apr 26, 1971
Johnny Duncan records his song "Fools," destined to become a hit eight years later for Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius, at the Columbia Studios in Nashville with producers Bob Montgomery and Bobby Goldsboro
Apr 26, 1971
Sammi Smith picks up the only gold single of her career, for selling a million copies of "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
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