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    • Apr 29, 1943
    Duane Allen is born in Taylortown, Texas. In 1966, he joins The Oak Ridge Boys, who successfully convert 11 years later from gospel music to country. Their version of "Elvira" sells 2 million copies, as they register more than 30 Top 10 hits through 1991, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015
    Apr 29, 1966
    Duane Allen joins The Oak Ridge Boys on his 23rd birthday
    Oct 22, 1969
    The Oak Ridge Boys' Duane Allen marries The Chuck Wagon Gang's Norah Lee Stuart
    Aug 2, 1979
    The Oak Ridge Boys file suit against William Frank Jr. in Nashville, charging him with falsely representing himself as a group member. Frank allegedly claimed to be B.J. Allen, the brother of The Oaks' Duane Allen, and fraudulently sought financial help to form a new group
    Apr 4, 1983
    People magazine reports that The Oak Ridge Boys are having internal problems, an "undeclared cold war" in which William Lee Golden and Duane Allen didn't speak for almost a year
    Nov 10, 1984
    William Lee Golden marries Luetta Callaway in Las Vegas, with fellow Oak Ridge Boy Duane Allen serving as best man. Joe Bonsall and Richard Sterban are groomsmen
    Dec 24, 1993
    The Oak Ridge Boys' Duane Allen sings bass on the Grand Ole Opry, filling in for background singer Herman Harper, who died December 17
    May 7, 2000
    Patti Page performs at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. In the audience: Emmylou Harris, Radney Foster and Oak Ridge Boy Duane Allen
    Nov 1, 2007
    Dolly Parton leads the Grand Ole Opry cast in "I Saw The Light" at Porter Wagoner's Opry House memorial. On hand: Marty Stuart, Ricky Skaggs, The Whites, George Jones, Duane Allen, Danny Davis, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Travis Tritt, Little Jimmy Dickens, Patty Loveless and Vince Gill
    Feb 3, 2010
    Dailey & Vincent sing Statler Brothers songs during a private event at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville for an audience that includes The Statlers, Steve Wariner, Ricky Skaggs, Bill Gaither, Ralph Emery and two Oak Ridge Boys
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