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    • Oct 9, 1974
    This feeling doesn't come along everyday: Olivia Newton-John gets a gold single from the RIAA for the third time during the year, for "I Honestly Love You"
    Oct 10, 1974
    NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is born in Kannapolis, North Carolina. He'll be referenced, as "Little E," in the first verse of the 2015 Michael Ray country hit "Kiss You In The Morning"
    Oct 10, 1974
    MCA Records throws a party in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Tanya Tucker's 16th birthday to celebrate her signing with the label for $1.5 million
    Oct 12, 1974
    Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton share the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart with "Please Don't Stop Loving Me"
    Oct 12, 1974

    Singer/songwriter/producer Shane McAnally is born in Mineral Wells, Texas. Signed to Curb Records in the 1990s, he writes Thomas Rhett's "Marry Me," Kacey Musgraves' "Merry Go 'Round," Kenny Chesney's "American Kids," Sam Hunt's "Body Like A Back Road" and Keith Urban's "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"

    Oct 12, 1974
    Kenny Rogers & The First Edition appear on the syndicated series "The Bobby Goldsboro Show." First Edition member Terry Williams does a solo version of "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me"
    Oct 12, 1974
    Redd Stewart sings "Tennesssee Waltz," Pee Wee King performs "Slow Poke" and Jody Miller does "Let Me Be There" as guests on "Hee Haw." The show is hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark, who covers "Ashes Of Love" and "Hello Love"
    Oct 13, 1974
    Tennessee Ernie Ford wraps up a one-month tour of the Soviet Union in Moscow with an Opryland cast that includes Deborah Allen
    Oct 13, 1974
    Ed Sullivan dies in New York, New York. The host of "The Ed Sullivan Show," his program provided national TV exposure to such acts as Elvis Presley, The Everly Brothers, Sonny James, Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves and Jerry Lee Lewis
    Oct 13, 1974
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Hank Cochran, whose numerous successes include Patsy Cline's "I Fall To Pieces," Mickey Gilley's "That's All That Matters" and Vern Gosdin's "Set 'Em Up Joe"
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