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  • Oct 15, 1986
    Pianist Al Stricklin dies of cancer at a Cleburne, Texas, nursing home. A member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1935-1941, he played on "San Antonio Rose," "Right Or Wrong," "Cherokee Maiden" and "Take Me Back To Tulsa," among others
    Oct 15, 1986
    Ricky Van Shelton records "Don't We All Have The Right"
    Oct 16, 1986
    Lionel Richie's pop album "Dancing On The Ceiling" is certified gold, platinum and triple-platinum by the RIAA, recognizing shipments of 3 million copies. It includes his country hit "Deep River Woman"
    Oct 18, 1986
    Tanya Tucker tops the Billboard country singles chart for the first time in a decade with "Just Another Love"
    Oct 18, 1986
    "Shameless" songwriter Billy Joel performs the national anthem at Shea Stadium in New York, where the Boston Red Sox edge the Mets, 1-0
    Oct 18, 1986
    Earl Thomas Conley and Anita Pointer perform "Too Many Times" on the syndicated R&B TV show "Soul Train"
    Oct 18, 1986
    Jerry Reed is Roy Clark's guest co-host on "Hee Haw." The week's other guests include Pake McEntire and Barbara Fairchild
    Oct 18, 1986
    Seven years after her song "Say You Love Me" became a country hit for Stephanie Winslow, Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie marries Eduardo DeMendoca
    Oct 19, 1986
    Folkways Records founder Moses Asch dies in New York City. He produced Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," cited in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among the 500 greatest country singles of all-time
    Oct 22, 1986
    Future CMA nominee Natalie Cole sings the national anthem at Boston's Fenway Park, where the New York Mets defeat the Red Sox, 6-2, in a World Series game

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