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Oct 21, 1972
The University of Tennessee marching band plays "Rocky Top" during halftime of a game at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. It becomes an unofficial fight song for the school. The Alabama Crimson Tide still defeats the Volunteers in the game, 17-10
Oct 21, 1972
Connie Smith marries Marshall Haynes at the Evangel Chapel in Nashville
Oct 21, 1972
Former St. Louis Cardinal Dizzy Dean performs the Roy Acuff classic "Night Train To Memphis" when he and Kenny Price are guests on "Hee Haw"
Oct 22, 1972
Marty Robbins finishes 26th in a 1972 Dodge in the American 500 stock car race at the North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham
Oct 23, 1972
Jimmy Wayne is born in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Following his 2003 debut, he nets his first #1 in 2008 with "Do You Believe Me Now" and calls attention to teen homelessness with a 2010 walk from Nashville to Phoenix
Oct 23, 1972
Freddie Hart collects his only gold album from the RIAA, for "Easy Loving"
Oct 23, 1972
"Gospel Road" has its world premiere at Nashville's Tennessee Theater. The movie tells the story of Jesus through the music of Johnny Cash and was filmed in Israel during five weeks the prior year. Cash performs the Larry Gatlin-penned "Help Me"
Oct 24, 1972
Patti Page & Tom T. Hall record "Hello We're Lonely" in Nashville at the Mercury Custom Recording Studio
Oct 24, 1972
Jerry Wallace records "Do You Know What It's Like To Be Lonesome"
Oct 25, 1972
Roy Acuff becomes a grandfather when Roy Neill Acuff's son, Alex Wolfgang Acuff, is born in Nashville
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