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    • Apr 12, 1986
    Lorrie Morgan and Keith Whitley play the Grand Ole Opry on the same night. Whitley asks her out for the first time
    Apr 12, 1986
    Warner Bros. re-releases Randy Travis' "On The Other Hand." The single was put out originally the previous July with little success. The second time around, it goes to #1
    Apr 13, 1986
    NBC airs the TV special "Return To Mayberry" with Andy Griffith, George "Goober" Lindsey and the bluegrass band The Dillards
    Apr 13, 1986
    The day before the Academy of Country Music Awards, Randy Travis attends a baseball game at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium, where the Dodgers defeat the San Francisco Giants, 3-2
    Apr 13, 1986
    Lorrie Morgan calls ex-husband Ron Gaddis and tells him she's had a change of heart about trying to get back together. Instead, she has a first date with Keith Whitley: Wendy's hamburgers in Nashville's Centennial Park
    Apr 13, 1986
    Johnny Dollar dies from cancer in Nashville. A former disc jockey and latter-day member of the Light Crust Doughboys, he earned one minor hit as a recording artist, the 1966 release "Stop The Start (Of Tears In My Heart)"
    Apr 14, 1986
    Epic releases Ronnie McDowell's "All Tied Up"
    Apr 14, 1986
    Alabama wins Entertainer of the Year for a record fifth straight time at the 21st annual Academy of Country Music awards, aired by NBC from Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. The band also collects its sixth straight Top Vocal Group trophy
    Apr 14, 1986
    Yazoo City, Mississippi, declares Jerry Clower Day in honor of the Grand Ole Opry comedian, who often incorporates the town into his routines
    Apr 14, 1986
    Dolly Parton tells People magazine: "It's a good thing that I was born a woman, or I'd have been a drag queen." The cover is devoted to Lionel Richie
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