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    • Apr 12, 1973
    Movie producer Arthur Freed dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles. Known for such films as "Annie Get Your Gun," "Gigi" and "Easter Parade," he also co-wrote "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)," a 1947 country hit for Red Ingle & The Natural Seven
    Apr 13, 1973
    Waylon Jennings performs "Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line" and "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" on "The Midnight Special." The NBC show also features Ray Charles and Billy Preston
    Apr 14, 1973
    Charley Pride arrives at the top of the Billboard country singles chart with "A Shoulder To Cry On"
    Apr 14, 1973
    Elvis Presley's "Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite" reaches #1 on the Billboard country albums chart for the first of four weeks
    Apr 14, 1973
    On her birthday, Loretta Lynn meets actor Gregory Peck. "Mostly, I just sat and stared at him," she will write in her autobiography
    Apr 16, 1973
    Charlie Rich launches a unique booking, teamed with gravel-voiced Tom Waits at a New York City rock club, Max's Kansas City, for the first of five nights
    Apr 17, 1973
    Rhythm guitarist Craig Anderson is born in Huntsville, Alabama. He becomes a member of Heartland, which picks up a hit in 2006 with the ballad "I Loved Her First"
    Apr 17, 1973
    Asylum releases The Eagles' album "Desperado." "Tequila Sunrise," "Desperado" and "Saturday Night" are later remade by Alan Jackson, Clint Black and Billy Dean for "Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles," the Country Music Association's Album of the Year for 1994
    Apr 17, 1973
    RCA releases Charley Pride's "Don't Fight The Feelings Of Love"
    Apr 18, 1973
    WHN becomes New York's only country radio station
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