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Feb 21, 1974
Loretta Lynn Day is declared in Georgia by governor Jimmy Carter. Lynn addresses the state legislature in Atlanta, saying, "I don't know what y'all are doing, but I sure hope it comes out all right"
Feb 21, 1974
The NBC series "Music Country USA" features Donna Fargo, Tom T. Hall, Charlie Rich, Lynn Anderson, Jerry Reed and Tammy Wynette
Feb 22, 1974
Months before the song becomes a country hit, Gordon Lightfoot performs "Sundown" while hosting "The Midnight Special" on NBC
Feb 23, 1974
Tammy Wynette climbs into the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart with "Another Lonely Song"
Feb 23, 1974
Former Grand Ole Opry member DeFord Bailey performs on the show at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium for the first time since he was fired in 1941
Feb 23, 1974
Pat Boone covers Hank Williams' "I Saw The Light," Ronnie Milsap performs "I Hate You" and Skeeter Davis delivers "Bus Fare To Kentucky" on "Hee Haw," hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark, who sings "I Can't Stop Loving You"
Feb 23, 1974
Songwriter Harry Ruby dies in Woodland Hills, California. His song, "Who's Sorry Now?," became a 1923 pop hit before it was recorded by Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies. The song also became a pop hit for Connie Francis
Feb 24, 1974
John Denver portrays deputy sheriff Dewey Cobb on NBC-TV's "McCloud." Denver sings three songs, gets knocked out in a jailhouse ambush and is held hostage in a meat locker on the way to breaking up a Colorado cattle-rustling operation
Feb 25, 1974
Charley Pride performs as NBC shoots "The Bob Hope Special" at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana
Feb 25, 1974
MCA releases Jeanne Pruett's "You Don't Need To Move A Mountain"
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