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    • May 23, 1973
    Clive Davis leaves as the head of CBS Records' pop division, which includes Columbia and Epic. He later heads Arista and establishes a Nashville division, which spawns Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley and Diamond Rio, among others
    Sep 12, 1973
    Faron Young is sued for $20,000 in Nashville by the parents of a six-year-old girl a year after the singer spanked the tike on stage
    Mar 12, 1974
    Nilsson and John Lennon are bounced from The Troubadour in Los Angeles for heckling Academy of Country Music award-winner Tom Smothers during his comedy act. Lennon goes on to have several country hits as a songwriter
    Dec 31, 1974
    Following a performance at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds, a man and a woman meet Faron Young in his dressing room. They later charge him with indecent exposure. Young says they had been asked to leave--and didn't--before the incident occurred
    May 23, 1975
    Contradicting his future ultra-conservative image, Charlie Daniels tells Nashville's morning newspaper, The Tennessean, he supports the legalization of marijuana
    Oct 14, 1976
    Mel Tillis accuses NBC-TV and CBS-TV of discrimination after the networks turned down a dog food commercial, believing his stuttering may be offensive to viewers. One TV executive says he didn't know Tillis was a public figure
    Dec 7, 1976
    Roy Acuff tells The Nashville Banner the Ryman Auditorium--the former home of the Grand Ole Opry--should be torn down to keep tourists away from the massage parlors and porn shops that have appeared around the corner on lower Broadway
    Jun 14, 1977
    Songwriter Paul Williams runs an ad in daily trade magazine Variety insisting he and his wife will not buy orange juice while anti-gay activist Anita Bryant is a citrus spokesperson. Williams' future includes a country hit: Diamond Rio's "You're Gone"
    Aug 4, 1977
    "Elvis: What Happened?" is published. Written by three former bodyguards, it reveals stories of Elvis Presley's drug abuse, weight problems and obsession with religion
    Sep 2, 1977
    Roy Acuff asks his attorney to "take the necessary steps" to oust Adult World from 412 Broadway in Nashville. The porn shop occupies space in the building, owned by Acuff, through a sublease



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