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Mar 24, 1974
Songwriter Brandon Kinney is born in Lamesa, Texas. He pens Lonestar's 2005 hit "You're Like Comin' Home," Randy Houser's 2009 release "Boots On" and Craig Campbell's 2012 single "Outta My Head"
Mar 25, 1974
Charlie Rich wins three times during the ninth annual Academy Of Country Music awards at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. Rich swipes Top Male Vocalist, Single Record and Album of the Year for "Behind Closed Doors," also named Song of the Year
Mar 25, 1974
Jack Clement records "When I Dream" at his Nashville studio. Five years later, it becomes a hit for Crystal Gayle
Mar 26, 1974
RCA releases Charley Pride's "We Could"
Mar 27, 1974
Fiddler Aubrey Haynie is born in Tampa, Florida. He becomes one of Nashville's premier session players, appearing on hits by Faith Hill, Keith Urban, Darius Rucker, Shania Twain and Carrie Underwood, among others
Mar 28, 1974
The power pop band The Raspberries breaks up as lead singer Eric Carmen moves on to a solo career. He has his biggest hit in 1975 with "All By Myself," but will also write Louise Mandrell's 1985 country hit "Maybe My Baby"
Mar 28, 1974
John Denver is beaming: He receives a gold single from the Recording Industry Association of America, for "Sunshine On My Shoulders"
Mar 28, 1974
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup dies in Nassawadox, Virginia, following a stroke. The blues singer/songwriter wrote the Elvis Presley recordings "That's All Right, Mama" and "My Baby Left Me"
Mar 28, 1974
Roger Miller hosts as the Academy Of Country Music awards are telecast for the first time, on "ABC Wide World Of Entertainment." Charlie Rich comes away with three victories in the event, taped three days prior in Los Angeles
Mar 29, 1974
Lynn Anderson takes part when NBC-TV's "The Dean Martin Show" presents a celebrity roast of baseball's Hank Aaron. Lou Rawls turns in a version of Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart"
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