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    • Oct 18, 1974
    Al Green's ex-girlfriend, Mary Woodson, pours boiling grits on the singer in his Memphis home, then kills herself, leaving Green with second-degree burns on his torso. Twenty years later, he is nominated for a Country Music Association award
    Oct 19, 1974
    Conway Twitty rises to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "I See The Want To In Your Eyes"
    Oct 19, 1974
    Loretta Lynn sings "Trouble In Paradise" and Kenny Starr performs "Behind Closed Doors" on an episode of "Hee Haw" that also features actor Ernest Borgnine. Co-host Roy Clark covers "Take Good Care Of Her" and "Slipping Around"
    Oct 21, 1974
    Songwriter Betty Sue Perry dies. She wrote a handful of hits for The Wilburn Brothers and Loretta Lynn, including "Before I'm Over You," "The Home You're Tearin' Down" and "Wine Women And Song"
    Oct 21, 1974
    Tom T. Hall records "I Care" at the Mercury Custom Studios in Nashville
    Oct 22, 1974
    Lefty Frizzell records two songs at Nashville's Woodland Sound Studio in what proves to be the final recording session of his life
    Oct 23, 1974
    Charlie Rich picks up a gold album from the RIAA for "There Won't Be Anymore," a collection of songs he recorded during the 1960s with RCA
    Oct 24, 1974
    Jimmy Dean tells a nightclub audience in Sparks, Nevada, he'll retire from show business in three weeks to devote more time to his family. A year later, Robert Goulet pulls him on stage in the middle of a show, and Dean decides to renew his career
    Oct 25, 1974
    The Pointer Sisters perform "Fairytale" as they make their Grand Ole Opry debut
    Oct 26, 1974
    Badfinger performs at Southend, England, a show that proves to be the final concert with the band for Pete Ham. He co-wrote "Without You," a Nilsson pop hit destined to become a country single for T.G. Sheppard
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