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  • Apr 11, 2006
    Kellie Pickler sings "Bohemian Rhapsody" and Bucky Covington does "Fat Bottomed Girls" as contestants on FOX-TV's "American Idol" perform songs by rock music's Queen. Eventual winner Taylor Hicks' choice: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
    Apr 11, 2006
    Founder Joe Chambers unveils plans for the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville. Attending are musicians Steve Wariner, Duane Eddy, Reggie Young, David Hungate, Scotty Moore, Bob Moore, James Burton, Pig Robbins and Garry Tallent
    Apr 11, 2006
    The Library of Congress adds 50 titles to the National Recording Registry, including Roy Acuff's "Wabash Cannonball," Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On," Harry Choates' "Jole Blon" and The King Cole Trio's "Straighten Up And Fly Right"
    Apr 11, 2006
    June Pointer, of the pop and R&B group The Pointer Sisters, dies of cancer at the Santa Monica University Medical Center in California. The group nabbed a Grammy award in the country category in 1975 for its performance of "Fairytale"
    Apr 11, 2006
    Wynonna Judd opens the USA Network's "Nashville Star" with "No One Else On Earth." Co-hosting with Cowboy Troy, she welcomes judges Anastasia Brown, Phil Vassar and David Foster. The competitors include future star Chris Young
    Apr 11, 2006
    Toby Keith's new label, Show Dog Nashville, releases its first album, Keith's "White Trash With Money"
    Apr 12, 2006
    Bucky Covington is voted off of the FOX singing contest "American Idol." No sweat: He still wins a recording contract with Lyric Street Records and has his first album released one year later
    Apr 12, 2006
    Gary Chapman, the writer of T.G. Sheppard's "Finally," files for bankruptcy in Nashville to protect himself from the dissolution of a company in which he's invested. Among the assets he lists: a 17-acre farm, a 1929 automobile and a camel
    Apr 12, 2006
    Marty Stuart plays guitar during the funeral for fiddler Gordon Terry, backing Terry's 13-year-old grandson on "Faded Love" at the Trinity Baptist Church in Trinity, Alabama. Connie Smith also performs at the service, attended by Barbara Mandrell
    Apr 13, 2006
    A day after he was voted off "American Idol," Bucky Covington receives a phone call from Sawyer Brown vocalist Mark Miller, who offers to become his producer

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