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    • Apr 16, 1970
    Bobbie Gentry and casino owner William Harrah are granted a divorce in Las Vegas, four months after they wed
    Apr 16, 1970
    Tommy Cash records "One Song Away" during an evening session at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studios
    Apr 16, 1970
    Tammy Wynette scores an RIAA-certified gold album, for "Tammy's Greatest Hits"
    Apr 17, 1970
    Billy Walker records "When A Man Loves A Woman (The Way That I Love You)" at the Monument Studio in Nashville
    Apr 17, 1970
    Johnny Cash plays the White House with June Carter and The Statler Brothers. Cash declines president Richard Nixon's request to do Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee" and Guy Drake's "Welfare Cadilac," but does perform "Folsom Prison Blues," "(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)" and "What Is Truth"
    Apr 18, 1970
    Charley Pride reaches #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone"
    Apr 19, 1970
    A storm with 80-mile-per-hour winds rips through Middle Tennessee, tearing the back porch off Lester Flatt's home and sinking his boat house along the Cumberland River in Hendersonville, Tennessee
    Apr 20, 1970
    Crystal Gayle records her debut single, "I've Cried (The Blues Right Out Of My Eyes)," written by sister Loretta Lynn, at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
    Apr 20, 1970
    RCA releases Elvis Presley's "The Wonder Of You"
    Apr 21, 1970
    Hank Williams Jr. records "All For The Love Of Sunshine" and The Mike Curb Congregation cuts "Burning Bridges" for the movie "Kelly's Heroes" at Los Angeles' TTG Recording Studios
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