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    • Oct 1, 1974
    George Jones & Tammy Wynette and Isaac Hayes join a benefit concert at the Grand Ole Opry House for R&B singer Ivory Joe Hunter. Sonny James remade two of his hits: "Since I Met You Baby" and "Empty Arms"
    Oct 2, 1974
    Jerry Lee Lewis records "I Can Still Hear The Music In The Restroom" at the Mercury Recording Studio in Nashville
    Oct 2, 1974
    ABC releases Billy "Crash" Craddock's "Ruby, Baby"
    Oct 3, 1974
    Doyle Blackwood, a founding member of gospel music's Blackwood Brothers, dies of a stroke at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis. The group's 1954 release "His Hand In Mine" is cited among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 4, 1974
    Charlie Daniels performs at Nashville's War Memorial Auditorium, with informal appearances by members of The Marshall Tucker Band and The Allman Brothers Band. It becomes the annual Volunteer Jam. Two CDB performances, including "Orange Blossom Special," make the album "Fire On The Mountain"
    Oct 5, 1974
    Charlie Rich visits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "I Love My Friend"
    Oct 5, 1974
    Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass play "Kaw-Liga" on "Hee Haw," hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark. The episode also features Roni Stoneman, Gunilla Hutton, Grandpa Jones, Minnie Pearl, Gordie Tapp and Susan Raye, who performs "Stop The World (And Let Me Off)"
    Oct 6, 1974
    Marty Robbins crashes into a wall at 160 mph to avoid hitting other drivers in the National 500 stock car race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Robbins sustains two broken ribs and a broken tailbone, and requires 37 facial stitches
    Oct 7, 1974
    MCA releases Brenda Lee's "Rock On Baby"
    Oct 8, 1974
    Loretta Lynn records "Home" during an evening session at Bradley's Barn in suburban Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
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