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Apr 22, 1971
Angie Crabtree is born in Jackson, Mississippi. A Grand Ole Opry marketer, she marries Mavericks bass player Robert Reynolds
Apr 22, 1971
Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant and his wife, Maureen, welcome a son, Karac Pendragon Plant, in England. Dad will have a Top 5 country album with his 2007 Alison Krauss collaboration, "Raising Sand"
Apr 22, 1971
David Houston records "Maiden's Prayer" at Nashville's Columbia Studios
Apr 22, 1971
Columbia releases Marty Robbins' "The Chair"
Apr 22, 1971
Kellie Coffey is born in Moore, Oklahoma. She debuts in 2002 with the "Breathe"-like ballad "When You Lie Next To Me," earning a nomination at the American Music Awards for Favorite New Country Artist
Apr 23, 1971
A windstorm destroys a parked DC-3 airplane, owned by Jerry Lee Lewis, in Memphis. The Killer reacts by buying a bigger plane
Apr 24, 1971
Vietnam War veteran John Kerry gives an anti-war speech to 250,000 demonstrators from the steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Appearing in support is John Denver, who joins Peter, Paul & Mary to lead the crowd in "Give Peace A Chance"
Apr 26, 1971
Johnny Duncan records his song "Fools," destined to become a hit eight years later for Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius, at the Columbia Studios in Nashville with producers Bob Montgomery and Bobby Goldsboro
Apr 26, 1971
Sammi Smith picks up the only gold single of her career, for selling a million copies of "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
Apr 26, 1971
Bass player/vocalist Jay DeMarcus is born in Columbus, Ohio. He co-founds the harmony trio Rascal Flatts, which wins the Country Music Association's Vocal Group of the Year honor six straight times beginning in 2003
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