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    • Apr 20, 1973
    ABC releases Billy "Crash" Craddock's "Slippin' And Slidin'"
    Apr 20, 1973
    Hoyt Axton covers Hank Williams' "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" on "The Midnight Special." Also in the lineup are Doc Severinsen, Dobie Gray and Vicki Lawrence, performing "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"
    Apr 21, 1973
    Songwriter Don Schlitz arrives in Nashville, where he will become a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame after building a hit list that includes Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler," Randy Travis' "Forever And Ever, Amen" and Keith Whitley's "When You Say Nothing At All"
    Apr 21, 1973
    Donna Fargo flies to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Superman"
    Apr 22, 1973
    The Houston Post quotes Ernest Tubb on Kris Kristofferson: "Representing country music, you know--with a beard, and using four-letter words in front of children...it's just a shame. I didn't know a Rhodes Scholar could be so dumb"
    Apr 23, 1973
    Johnny Carver records "Tonight Someone's Falling In Love" and "You Really Haven't Changed" during a midday session at Woodland Sound Studios in Nashville
    Apr 23, 1973
    MCA releases Loretta Lynn's "Love Is The Foundation"
    Apr 23, 1973
    Chet Atkins undergoes surgery to remove a malignant tumor in his colon. Calling himself a "coward," he later admits that on the way to the operating room, he kept thinking, "I'm going to die"
    Apr 24, 1973
    Tommy Overstreet records "I'll Never Break These Chains" in a morning session at Columbia Studio A in Nashville
    Apr 26, 1973
    Roger Miller records "Open Up Your Heart" in a 10 a.m. session at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studios
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