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  • Jul 14, 1976
    Mel Tillis records "Heart Healer"
    Jul 15, 1976
    Kenny Rogers records "Desperado" at the American Studio in Nashville. The song will become a country hit for Johnny Rodriguez before the year is over
    Jul 15, 1976
    The Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight" earns a gold single from the RIAA on John Denver's Windsong record label. Johnny Carver's version is already working its way up the country charts
    Jul 16, 1976
    The pop duo Loggins & Messina announces its break-up. Kenny Loggins wrote the Anne Murray country hits "Danny's Song" and "A Love Song." Jim Messina was a founding member of the country-rock acts Buffalo Springfield and Poco
    Jul 17, 1976
    Red Sovine's C.B. recitation "Teddy Bear" parks at #1 for the first of three weeks on the Billboard country singles chart
    Jul 17, 1976
    Singer/songwriter Luke Bryan is born in Leesburg, Georgia. Named Entertainer of the Year by the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association, he gains prominence with the hits "I Don't Want This Night To End," "Drink A Beer" and "That's My Kind Of Night," becoming a stadium headliner in 2014
    Jul 18, 1976
    Tammy Wynette marries Nashville real-estate developer John Michael Tomlin at her home on Franklin Road
    Jul 19, 1976
    MCA releases Tanya Tucker's "Here's Some Love"
    Jul 20, 1976
    Johnny Paycheck tells a Nashville court he is unable to pay $123,000 of his debts, which total more than $460,000. He notes he grossed $175,000 in 1975, but netted only $15,000. Among his losses for that year: $40,000 in gambling
    Jul 20, 1976
    Tammy Wynette, Roger Miller, Glen Campbell, The Jordanaires and Ella Fitzgerald sing for president Gerald Ford at the White House, with Wynette delivering her signature "Stand By Your Man"

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