Two Bits Media: Music Celebrity Timeline

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Most of us are fascinated with celebrities. A celebrity is someone who is famous. They dont necessarily have to be great, or even talented. But somehow they became known and recognizeable. They became a common denominator in lots of people's lives. They've become someone we can relate to, empathize with, sympathize with, or just totally dislike. The next few pages are some dates and events which have to do with some of those celebrities in the music world.

[C]2000-08 by Zorek Richards

Mar 23, 1868: Birth date of country's first star, Fiddlin John Carson.
Mar 2, 1884: Vaudeville singing cowboy pioneer Otto Gray is born.
Mar 6, 1905: James Robert Wills (Bob Wills) was born near Kosse, Texas.
Mar 18, 1911: Singing cowboy sidekick Smiley Burnette is born.
Oct 25, 1912: Sarah Ophelia Cannon (Minnie Pearl) was born.
Mar 13, 1913: Etta Baker is born. (folk/blues guitarist)
Dec 12, 1915: Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken.
Mar 17, 1917: Lily May Ledford is born, leader of the pioneering female band the Coon Creek Girls.
Oct 18, 1919: Anita O'Day is born.
Apr 10, 1921: Sheb Wooley is born.
Feb 1, 1922: Renata Tebaldi is born in Pesaro.
March 2, 1923: Doc Watson is born.
Sept 17, 1923: Hank Williams was born.
Jan 6, 1924: Earl Scruggs is born in South Carolina.
Mar 25, 1924: Bonnie Guitar is born.
Apr 19, 1924: "The National Barn Dance" goes on the air in Chicago as the prototype country radio "barn dance" series.
Sept 16, 1925: BB King was born Riley B King, in Mississippi.
Mar 23, 1926: Maybelle and Ezra carter get married.
March 1, 1927: Harry Belafonte is born.
Mar 15, 1927: Carl Smith is born.
Feb 26, 1928: Attoine Domino (Fats) was born in New Orleans.
Mar 31, 1928: Lefty Frizzell is born.
Apr 30, 1929: Johnny Horton born.
June 23, 1929: June Carter Cash was born.
July 9, 1929: Lee Hazlewood is born.
August 12, 1929: Buck Owens was born.
May 20, 1930: Harry and Louise French are married in Liverpool. They will become the parents of George Harrison.
March 13, 1930: Liz Anderson is born.
Sept 12, 1931: George Jones is born in Saratoga, Texas.
Mar 13, 1932: Jan Howard is born.
March 17, 1932: Truck song singer Dick Curless is born.
Apr 7, 1932: Cal Smith is born.
August 8, 1932: Mel Tillis is born.
Mar 9, 1933: Ralph Emery is born.
Apr 15, 1933: Roy Clark is born.
Nov 21, 1933: Jean Shepard is born.
Mar 6, 1934: Red Simpson is born.
Mar 25, 1934: Johnny Burnette is born.
Mar 31, 1934: Anita Carter is born.
Mar 31, 1934: John D Loudermilk (songwriter) is born.
Sept 19, 1934: Brian Epstein is born in Liverpool.
Jan 8, 1935: Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. His twin borther, Jesse Garon, was stillborn.
April 7, 1935: Bobby Bare was born in Ohio.
Dec 5, 1935: Richard Penniman (Little Richard) was born in Macon, Georgia.
Jan 2, 1936: Roger Miller is born in Fort Worth.
March 9, 1936: Mickey Gilley is born.
Mar 14, 1936: Bobby Darin is born
Apr 18, 1936: Gene Autrey records his theme song, "Back in the Saddle."
Apr 22, 1936: Glen Campbell is born.
Sept 7, 1936: Buddy Holly is born in Lubbock, Texas.
March 20, 1937: Jerry Reed is born.
June 15, 1937: Waylon Jennings was born in Texas.
July 19, 1937: George Hamilton IV is born.
Aug 27, 1937: Tommy Sands is born.
March 18, 1938: Charley Pride is born.
March 25, 1938: Hoyt Axton is born.
Apr 26, 1938: Duane Eddy is born.
Feb 14, 1939: Razzy Bailey is born.
Mar 8, 1939: Lew Dewitt (Statler Brothers) is born.

June 8, 1940: Nancy Sinatra is born.
July 7, 1940: Richard Starkey (Ringo) is born at the Royal Liverpool Children's hospital.
Jan 24, 1941: Pete Best is born in Madras, India.
Apr 2, 1941: Leon Russell is born.
Apr 26, 1941: Ernest Tubb records "Walkin the Floor Over You."
May 24, 1941: Bob Zimmerman (Dylan) was born in Duluth, Minnesota.
July 24, 1941: Chet Atkins lands his first radio job on WRBC in Columbus, Ohio.
Jan 30, 1942: Marty Balin is born.
Mar 14, 1942: Jerry Jeff Walker was born in New York.
Apr 8, 1942: Capitol Records is founded in Los Angeles.
Apr 24, 1942: Barbra Streisand is born in Brooklyn.
June 18, 1942: Paul McCartney is born at Walton Hospital, Liverpool.
June 20, 1942: Brian Wilson was born.
July 26, 1942: Gene Autry joins the Army Air Corps.
Oct 22, 1942: Annette Jo Ann Funicello is born in New York.
Feb 25, 1943: George Harrison is born at home at 12 Arnold Grove, Watertree, Liverpool.
Mar 25, 1943: Mirriam Johnson (Jesse Colter)is born.
Apr 24, 1943: Birth of Richard Sherban, bass player for the Oak Ridge Boys.
Apr 29, 1943: Birth of Oak Ridge Boys member, Duane Allen.
August 8, 1943: Frank Sinatra is mobbed by female fans at Grand Central Station in New York City as he attempts to board a train for Hollywood.
Dec 8, 1943: Jim Morrison is born in Melbourne, Florida.
March 17, 1944: John Sebastion is born.
July 20, 1944: William Neal Browden, better known as TG Sheppard, is born.
Nov 27, 1944: Eddie Rabbitt is born.
Dec 30, 1944: Bob Wills plays the Grand Ole Opry for the first time.
Jan 10, 1945: Rod Stewart was born.
Mar 14, 1945: Michael Martin Murphy is born.
Jan 19, 1946: Dolly Parton is born in Locust Ridge, Tennessee.
Mar 20, 1946: Doug Green of the Riders in the Sky is born.
Sept 2, 1946: Billy Preston is born.
Oct 13, 1946: Lacy J Dalton was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
Jan 8, 1947: Elvis Presley is given a guitar by his dad for his 12th birthday.
Sept 26, 1947: Lynn Anderson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Jan 9, 1948: Bill Cowsill is born (The Cowsills)
Apr 3, 1948: Debut performance of the Liousiana Hayride in Shreveport.
May 2, 1948: Larry Gatlin was born.
July 24, 1948: Roy Acuff announces his plans to run for governor of Tennessee.
Dec 13, 1949: Randy Owens, of Alabama

The Fifties:

Mar 26, 1950: Ronnie McDowell is born.
May13, 1950: Stevie Wonder is born in Saginaw, Michigan.
Oct 23, 1950: Al Jolson dies at 67.
Nov 21, 1950: Lester Flatt and earl Scruggs did their first recording for the Columbia label.
Jan 31, 1951: Phil Collins is born
Feb 15, 1951: Mellissa Manchester was born.
Nov 17, 1951: Dean Paul Martin is born (Dino of Dino Desi & Billy and son of Dean Martin)
Mar 22, 1952: Uncle Dave Macon dies.
Mar 26, 1952: Sun Records issues its first single in Memphis.
Feb 18, 1953: Robbie Bachman is born.
Sept 1, 1953: Buddy Holly auditions for a radio show in Lubbock.
July 17, 1954: Red Foley performs on the first televised broadcast of "Ozark Jubilee."
July 18, 1954: Ricky Skaggs is born.
July 19, 1954: Sun records releases Elvis Presleys first single, "Thats All Right."
Oct 2, 1954: Elvis Presley played at the Grand Ole Opry.
Jan 26, 1955: Eddie Van Halen is born.
Jan 31, 1955: Renata Tebaldi debuts at the Met.
Mar 11, 1955: Jimmy Fortune, the youngest of the Statler Brothers is born.
Mar 12, 1955: Jazz musician Charlie "Bird" Parker dies at 34.
Mar 28, 1955: Reba McEntire is born.
Oct 10, 1955: David Lee Roth was born in Bloomington, Indiana.
Oct 14, 1955: Buddy Holly opens for Bill Haley in Lubbock, Texas.
Oct 15, 1955: Elvis Presley performs in Lubbbock, Texas. Buddy Holly opens for him.
Nov 22, 1955: RCA records purchased Elvis Presley's contract from Sun.
Jan 10, 1956: Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel" at his first RCA recording session.
Jan 28, 1956: Elvis makes his national TV debut on the Dorsey Brothers Stage Show.
Mar 26, 1956: Charly McClain is born in Memphis.
Apr 1, 1956: Elvis has a screen test in Hollywood at Paramount Studios.
Apr 21, 1956: "Heartbreak Hotel" became Elvis Presley's first number one pop single.
Apr 25, 1956: Country singer, Rob Crosby is born in South Carolina.
Apr 26, 1956: Elvis plays Vegas for the first time.
June 19, 1956: Doug Stone is born in Atlanta.
Nov 19, 1956: Elvis' first movie, Love Me tedner," is released nationally.
Nov 26, 1956: Jazz musician, Tommy Dorsey, dies in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Jan 6, 1957: Elvis makes his third appearnce on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Jan 8, 1957: Elvis takes his US Army medical examination.
Feb 25, 1957: Buddy Holly records "That'll Be the Day" in New Mexico.
March 1, 1957: Kristine Arnold, lead singer of Sweethearts of the Rodeo is born.
Mar 5, 1957: Seargeant Bilko satirizes Elvis Presley on national TV when "Elvin Pelvin" character enters the barracks.
March 17, 1957: Elvis buys his Memphis dreamhouse, a mansion called Graceland.
July 3, 1957: Laura Branigan is born
July 6, 1957: Paul McCartney meets John Lennon for the first time, when he sees The Quarry Men play at St Peter's Church garden fete in Liverpool.
July 24, 1957: Pam Tillis is born.
Oct 22, 1957: Holly Dunn was born in San Antonio, Texas.
Feb 6, 1958: George Harrison meets John Lennon and Paul McCartney for the first time.
Mar 24, 1958: Elvis Presley is inducted into the US Army.
Mar 28, 1958: Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, Jerry Lee Lewis all perform at the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn.
Aug 14, 1958: Elvis' mother, Gladys, dies of a heart attack.
Sept 30, 1958: Marty Stuart is born.
Oct 6, 1958: Ernest Tubb recorded "The Next Voice You Hear."
Oct 10, 1958: Tanya Tucker was born in Seminole, Texas.
Feb 3, 1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP Richardson were killed in a plane crash in Iowa.
March 3, 1959: Larry Stewart, of Restless Heart, is born.
March 25, 1959: Ringo Starr joins Rory and the Hurricanes, at that time Merseyside's top band.
June 27, 1959: Lorrie Morgan is born.
July 17, 1959: Blues singer Billie Holliday dies at 44, weeks after being arrested for narcotics possession.
Oct 13 1959: Marie Osmond is born in Ogden, Utah.
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This was a major transition time for America, possible the whole world. From Kennedy and Vietnam in the early 60s to the beginning of the Reagan years at the end of the seventies. We saw: The Beatles, Woodstock, Watergate,two Kennedy assasinations, Martin Luther Kings rise and fall, Charles Manson....

Jan 1, 1960: Michael Stipe was born.
Jan 8, 1960: Eddie Cochran records in Los Angeles.
March 5, 1960: Elvis is discharged from the army.
April 17, 1960: Eddie Cochran dies from severe brain injuries from a car accident. Gene Vincent is injured.
July 18, 1960: Richard Zorek was born in Denver. [I know, I am not a celebrity, but I do have authors license...:-) ]
Aug 12, 1960: Pete Best joins the Silver Beatles as drummer.
Apr 12, 1961: Marty Robbins wins a grammy for "El Paso."
Aug 25, 1961: Billy Ray Cyrus is born in Flatwoods, Kentucky
Dec 6, 1961: Brian Epstein offers to manage the Beatles, and John accepts on their behalf.
Feb 6, 1962: Axl Rose is born.
Feb 11, 1962: Sheryl Crow is born.
July 19, 1962: Ray Charles, "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music," was certified gold by the RIAA.
Aug 15, 1962: Ringo is invited to join the Beatles and accepts.
Sept 11, 1962: "Love Me Do" was recorded by the Beatles.
Nov 26, 1962: Linda Davis is born.
Feb 7, 1963: Garth Brooks is born.
March 5, 1963: Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas, die in plane crash after it leaves Kansas City. It crashes near Camden, Tennessee.
March 5, 1963: "From Me To You" was recorded by the Beatles.
March 7, 1963: Jack Anglin, of the singing duo Johnny and Jack, dies in a car accident on his was to Patsy Clines funeral.
March 10, 1963: Jeff Ament, of Pearl Jam, is born.
March 10, 1963: Approximately 25,000 people attend Pasty Cline's funeral.
March 18, 1963: "Walking the Floor Over You" by Ernest Tubb is released by Decca.
March 22, 1963: The Beatles first LP, Please Please Me, is released in the UK.
March 29, 1963: Opry star Texas Ruby dies in a house trailer fire.
April 28, 1963: Death of "Dad" Carter, the founder of the enduring country-gospel act the Chuck Wagon Gang.
May 10, 1963: Rolling Stones have their first recording session at the Olympic Studios, Barnes.
Jun 7, 1963: The Rolling Stones make their first TV appearance on the British TV show "Thank Your Lucky Stars."
July 1, 1963: "She Loves You" is recorded by the Beatles.
October 17, 1963: "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was recorded by the Beatles.
Nov 1, 1963: Rolling Stones release the single "I Wanna Be Your Man."
Nov 4, 1963: The Beatles play a royal command performance.
Nov 22, 1963: The Beatles LP, With The Beatles," is released in the UK.
Jan 15, 1964: the Beatles perform in Versailles, France.
Jan 29, 1964: "Can't Buy Me Love" is recorded by the Beatles.
Feb 9, 1964: The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Feb 21, 1964: Rolling Stones release the single "Not Fade Away."
April 16, 1964: "A Hard Days Night" was recorded by the Beatles.
May 26, 1964: Lenny Kravitz is born.
May 30, 1964: Wynonna Judd is born in Ashland, Kentucky.
June 26, 1964: The Rolling Stones release the single "It's All Over Now."
Aug 7, 1964: The Rolling Stones play the National Jazz and Blues Festival at Richmond, Surrey.
Oct 14, 1964: Roling Stone Charlie Watts marries Shirley Ann Shepherd in Bradford.
Oct 31, 1964: Bob Dylan plays at New Yorks Philharmonic Hall
Dec 11, 1964: Sam Cooke is gunned down in his Los Angeles motel room.
Dec 15, 1964: The Beatles LP, "Beatles 65," is released in the US.
Jan 9, 1965: "Beatles 65" becomes #1 album in US.
Jan 15, 1865: The Who release their first album "I Can't Explain"
Jan 20, 1965: John Michael Montgomery is born.
Jan 20, 1965: The Beatles appear on Shindig TV show.
Jan 20, 1965: The Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man."
Jan 21, 1965: The Rolling Stones arrive in Sydney for the Roy Orbison tour.
Jan 22, 1965: Steven Adler (Guns N Roses) is born
Jan 28, 1965: The Who make their first TV appeance on Britian.
Feb 7, 1965: George Harrison has his tonsils removed.
Feb 11, 1965: Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox
Feb 15, 1965: Nat King Cole dies.
Feb 24, 1965: The Beatles begin filming "Help" in the Bahamas
Mar 13, 1965: Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds
Mar 18, 1965: The Rolling Stones are fined 5 pounds each for public urination.
Apr 13, 1965: The Beatles record "Help!"
May 25. 1965: Sonny Boy Williamson dies.
June 28, 1965: Red Nichols dies
July 25, 1965: Bob Dylan pulls out an electric guitar at the Newport festival
July 26, 1965: "Waltz Across Texas" by Ernest Tubb is released by Decca.
Aug 13, 1965: Jefferson Airplane debuts at The Matrix, San Francisco, Ca
Aug 28: 1965: Shania Twain is born
Aug 30, 1965: "Highway 61 Revisited" by Bob Dylan is released.
Nov 25, 1965: Jerry Gilmer and the Fireballs played in Colorado Springs.
March 15, 1966: Roger Miller picks up five Grammy's, most of them for "King of the Road."
Mar 26, 1966: "Ballad of the Green Berets" LP by Sgt Barry Sadler is number one on country charts.
June 4, 1966: Janis Joplin joins Big Brother and the Holding Company.
July 19, 1966: Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow get married.
July 29, 1966: Bob Dylan broke his neck in a motorcyle accident.
Oct 22, 1966: Big Brother and the Holding Company and Grateful Dead play at Winterland, San Francisco.
Nov 9, 1966: John Lennon attends an art exhibit in London. Meets Yoko Ono.
Nov 21, 1966: Teresa and Lisa McCarter of the McCarters are born.
Dec 6, 1966: The Beatles recorded "When I'm Sixty Four" at Abbey Road Studios.
Dec 17, 1966: Tracy Byrd was born in Texas.
Dec 23, 1966: Beau Brummels played at the city auditorium in Colorado Springs.
Jan 9, 1967: Dave Matthews is born.
Feb 16, 1967: Skeeter Davis begins recording her LP "Skeeter Davis Sings Buddy Holly" in Nashville.
Mar 1, 1967: The Beatles recorded "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" at Abbey Road Studios.
Apr 1, 1967: The Country Music Hall of fame opens.
Apr 27, 1967: Beatles manager Brian Epstein is found dead in his Belgravia townhouse.
May 1, 1967: Elvis marries Priscilla Ann Beaulieu in a private ceremony in Las Vegas.
June 16, 1967: Monterey Pop Festival begins.
Sept 1, 1967: Faith Hill is born.
Oct 3, 1967: Woody Guthrie died.
Oct 14, 1967: "Kentucky Woman" is released by Neil Diamond as a single.
Dec 10, 1967: Otis Redding dies in a plane crash.
Feb 1, 1968: Lisa Marie Presley is born to Elvis and Priscilla.
Mar 1, 1968: June Carter and Johnny Cash get married.
Mar 6, 1968: "The Best of Buck Ownes" earns a gold record.
July 26, 1968: Jeanie C Riley recorded "Harper Valley PTA"
Oct 23, 1968: Junior Bryant, of the country group, Ricochet, is born.
Oct 26, 1968: Phyllis Newman began recording her "Those Were The Days" album at Bell Studios in New York City.
Oct 30, 1968: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans host the first televised CMA awards show, which was broadcast as part of the "Kraft Music Hall."
Dec 3, 1968: Elvis returns to the limelight in the NBC comeback special, Elvis.
Jan 5, 1969: Marilyn Manson is born.
Jan 28, 1969: "Get Back" is recorded by the Beatles with featured keyboardist Billy Preston.
Feb 7, 1969: The Byrds perform at the Filmore West.
Feb 17, 1969: Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash record "A Girl From North County," which later appears on Dylans "Nashville Skyline" album.
April 9, 1969: "Nashville Skyline" album by Bob Dylan is released.
April 14, 1969: "The Ballad of John and Yoko" was recorded by the Beatles.
April 20, 1969: Wade Hayes is born.
June 7, 1969: Bob Dylans appearance on the Johnny Cash Show is broadcast on ABC.
July 11, 1969: George Harrison records vocal tracks for the Beatles "Something."
July 21, 1969: Doors perform at the Aquarius Theater, Los Angeles.
Sept 4, 1969: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and George Harrison are in India.
Oct 26, 1969: Walon Jennings marries jessi Colter.

1970 to 1979

Jan 2, 1970: The musical "Hair" opened in Amsterdam.
Jan 4, 1970: Keith Moon accidentally kills his chauffer, Neil Boland, in a bizarre incident outside a Hatfield disco.
Jan 17, 1970: The Doors perform in Nw York. Recorded for LP "Absolutely Live"
Feb 1, 1970: Robert Plant's Jaguar is involved in an accident. He receives head and facial injuries.
Feb 6, 1970: Apple releases John Lennon's "Instant Karma"
Feb 7, 1970: Jethro Tulls, Ian Anderson, gets married.
Feb 10, 1970: Phil Spector is injured in a California car crash.
Feb 11, 1970: "The Magic Christian", starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, premiers in New York City.
Feb 14, 1970: The Who record a concert at Leeds University.
Feb 21, 1970: "Best of Charley Pride" is the number one country album in the US on Billboards country album charts.
Feb 24, 1970: Paul McCartney works on mixes of "Maybe Im Amazed" and "Every Night" for his debut solo album.
Feb 27, 1970: Jefferson Airplane are fined $1000 for obscenity in Oklahoma City.
Feb 28, 1970: "Spirit In the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum is released in the UK.
Mar 5, 1970: Richard Frusciante (Red Hot Chli Peppers) is born
Apr 10, 1970: Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have disbanded at a press conference and at the same time announces a new solo album.
June 7, 1970: The Who performed the rock opera "Tommy" at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln center, New York.
June 14, 1970: Full Tilt Boogie plays in Kansas City.
Aug 12, 1970: Full Tilt Boogie plays in New Jersey.
Aug 15, 1970: Janis Joplin attends her 10 year high school reunion in Port Arthur, Texas.
Aug 22, 1970: "Cracklin Rosie," a single release, by Neil Diamond is released.
Aug 26, 1970: The Isle of Wright festival begins on East Alton Farm off the coast of England.
Aug 30, 1970: The Isle of Wright Festival in England ends.
Sept 9, 1970: Al Wilson, of Canned Heat, dies of suicide.
Sept 9, 1970: Elvis Presley begins his first concert tour since 1958 in Pheonix, Arizona
Sept 9, 1970: Macy Gray is born.
Sept 18, 1970: Jimi Hendrix died in London from inhalation of vomit following barbituate intoxification.
Oct 4, 1970: Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose.
Nov 9, 1970: Susan Tedeschi is born.
Dec 31, 1970: Paul McCartney sues in Great Britian to dissolve the Beatles.
Jan 11, 1971: Mary J Blige is born.
Jan 17, 1971: Kid Rock is born
Jan 18, 1971: Jon Davis (Korn) is born.
Mar 10, 1971: Daryl Singletary was born in Whigham, Ga.
Apr 1, 1971: Method Man is born.
July 3, 1971: Jim Morrison, 27, is found dead in his bathtub in Paris.
July 6, 1971: Louis Armstrong dies.
July 23, 1971: Allison Krause was born.
Oct 29, 1971: Duane Allman died as a result of injurys from a motorcycle accident.
Jan 14, 1972: "Day After Day" by Badfinger was released on the Apple label.
May 13, 1972: "Delta Dawn" by Tanya Tucker, debuted on the country charts.
June 13, 1972: Clyde McPhatter died.
July 21, 1972: country singer, Paul Brandt was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Aug 12, 1972: "Play Me" by Neil Diamond is released as a single.
Aug 18, 1972: Elvis sues Priscilla for divorce.
Aug 24, 1972: Neil Diamond plays at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. (Recording would become "Hot August Night")
Oct 19, 1972: Elvis' divorce decree against Priscilla is granted.
Jan 8, 1973: Renata Tebaldi performs her last show at the Met.
May 30, 1973: George Harrison's "Living in the Material World" LP is released.
July 14, 1973: The Everly Brothers breakup onstage at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California.
July 21, 1973: Jeannie Pruett joins the Grand Ole Opry.
July 28, 1973: The Allman Brothers play at the Watkins Glen Festival.
Aug 6, 1973: Stevie Wonder was almost killed in an auto accident in North Carolina. He lost his sense of smell in the accident.
Aug 8, 1973: Mark Wills is born.
Dec 20, 1973: Bobby Darin dies
Jan 2, 1974: Tex Ritter dies in Nashville.
Jan 19, 1974: "I Love" by Tom T Hall was the #1 country song on Billboards charts.
Mar 15, 1974: Last regular performance of the Grand Ole opry in downtown Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
Mar 16, 1974: President Nixon is the guest at the opening of the new Opry House at Opryland.
Apr 21, 1974: Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton break up their hit duet act.
Apr 27, 1974: "Hello Love" by Hank Snow was #1 on Billboards country charts.
May 4, 1974: Duke Ellington dies at 75.
May 23, 1974: Jewel (Kilchner) is born.
June 8, 1974: "I Will Alwasy love You" by Doll Parton was the #1 song on Billboards country charts.
July 17, 1974: Don Rich, of the Buckaroos, died in a motorcycle crash.
Aug 20, 1974: Johnny Cash performed at the Missourri State Fair. June Carter was also there.
Sept 26, 1974: Tanya Tucker is on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
Oct 14, 1974: Natalie Maines (Dixie Chicks) was born.
Dec 24, 1974: "What a man My man is" by Lynn Anderson was #1 on BillBoards country charts.
Feb 15, 1975: "Devil In the Bottle" by TG Sheppard is number one on the country billboard charts.
March 13, 1975: Tammy Wynette and George Jones divorce.
March 15, 1975: The Grand Ole Opry had to relocate for a show after the Cumberland River flooded much of the theme park.
April 25, 1975: Carl Perkins recorded "The EP Express."
July 19, 1975: Lefty Frizzell dies of a stroke.
Dec 13, 1975: guitarist Tommy Delonge of Blink 182 was born.
Jul 1, 1976: Paul McCartney purchases the rights to the entire Buddy Holly catalog.
Nov 20, 1976: George harrison and Paul Simon perform a duet on Saturday Night Live.
Mar 22, 1977: Stoney Cooper dies.
August 16, 1977: Elvis Presley, 42, dies in Memphis at Graceland.
Sept 30, 1977: Reba McEntire makes her debut at the Grand Ole Opry.
Jan 9, 1978: AJ McLean of Backstreet Boys is born.
May 18, 1978: "The Buddy Holly Story" starring Gary Busey is released to theatres.
Jan 23, 1978: Terry Kath (Chicago) died of an accidental self-inflicted gun shot wound.
Apr 21, 1978: Sandy Denny dies of a cerebral hemmorhage after falling down some stairs.
Apr 24, 1978: Louis Prima dies.
Aug 24, 1978: Mel Tillis and Barbara Fairchild perform at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, Missouri.
Sep 2, 1978: George Harrison married Olivia Trinidad in a private ceremony in Henley.
Oct 6, 1978: "Kiss You All Over" by Exile is at the top of the music charts.
Oct 21, 1978: Country singer Mel Street commits suicide.
Oct 23, 1978: Maybelle Carter dies.
Nov 7, 1978: Boston plays at Boston Gardens in Boston.
Nov 9, 1978: The Marshall Tucker Band plays at the Madsion Square Garden.
Nov 12, 1978: John Denver plays at Kiel Auditorium in St Louis.
Nov 16, 1978: The Doobie Brothers play the Palladium in New York.
Nov 16, 1978: Queen plays at madison Square Garden.
Dec 17, 1978: Don Ellis dies.
Jan 13, 1979: The YMCA sues the Village People because of their song of the same name.
Jan 13, 1979: Donny Hathaway dies.
Jan 16, 1979: Aaliyah is born.
Jan 20, 1979: Rob Bourbon (Linkin Park) is born.
Feb 2, 1979: Sid Vicious dies of an overdose.
Feb 11, 1979: Brandy is born.
Apr 8, 1979: Alecia Moore (Pink) is born.
Aug 22, 1979: Led Zeppelin releases "In Through the Out Door" album.
Dec 3, 1979: 11 people are killed during a stampede for seats at a Who concert in Cincinatti, Ohio at the Riverfront Coliseum.

1980 to 1989

Mar 12, 1980: Opry clog-dance master Ralph Sloan dies.
Mar 28, 1980: Tom T Hall joins the Grand Ole Opry cast.
Apr 4, 1980: Red Sovine dies.
Apr 11, 1980: Death of old-time banjo queen and Grandpa Jones mentor, Cousin Emmy dies.
July 14, 1980: The soundtrack for "Urban Cowboy" is certified gold.
Sept 25, 1980: John Bonham dies of an alcohol overdose.
Dec 8, 1980: John Lennon is shot in New York City.
May 11, 1981: Bob Marley dies of cancer at 36 in Miami, Florida.
June 12, 1981: Junior Cook, Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins, and Buster Williams are recording at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Aug 1, 1981: MTV begins broadcast. First video is "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
Sept 19, 1981: Simon and Garfunkel performed in New York's Central Park.
March 5, 1982: John Belushi dies of a drug overdose in Hollywood.
August 28, 1982: Leann Rimes was born near Pearl, Mississippi.
March 6, 1983: CMT goes on the air as country's video channel.
March 7, 1983: Nashville Now, hosted by Ralph Emery, began broadcast on TNN. TNN goes on the air.
Dec 28: 1983: Dennis Wilson drowns after an extended period of drinking off a boat in Marina del Ray.
Jan 21, 1984: Jackie Wilson dies.
Jan 27, 1984: Michael Jackson's scalp is burned during the filming of a Pepsi commercial.
Apr 1, 1984: Marvin Gaye dies.
Apr 26, 1984: Count Basie dies.
Sept 14, 1984: The first "MTV Music Video Awards" are held at radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Sept 27, 1984: Avril Lavigne is born.
Nov 25, 1984: "Do They Know Its Christmas" is recorded by Band Aid.
Jul 22, 1985: Dolly Parton announces plans for a theme park she plans to build in Pigeon Forge, Tenn, to be called "Dollywood."
Sept 6, 1985: Barbra Mandrell gave birth to her third child, Nathaniel Mandrell Dudley.
Jan 23, 1986: Buddy Holly is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Mar 29, 1986: Minnie Pearl performs in the first national Comic Relief benefit.
Sept 22, 1986: Huey Lewis & the News' "Stuck On You" is the top pop single.
Mar 21, 1987: Dino Martin dies in plane crash.
July 9, 1987: Madonna appears on the Johnny Carson show.
Nov 2, 1987: George Harrisons "Cloud Nine" LP is rleased in US
May 4, 1988: "Speed the Plow" opens on broadway with Madonna, Ron Silver, and Joe Mantegna.
July 1, 1988: Madonna appears on "The Late Show with david Letterman."
Oct 25, 1988: The album "The Traveling Wilburys Volume One" is released.
Dec 2, 1988: The widow and children of Jimmy Reed file a lawsuit against Arc Music Corp for $18 million, charging the defendant company with fraud, conversion, unlawful appropriation, and unjust enrichment.
Dec 4, 1988: Roy Orbison played his last concert.
March 8, 1989: Stuart Hamblen dies.
July 5, 1989: Presley Tanita is born to Tanya Tucker.
July 25, 1989: The Bee Gees "One" LP is released.

The '90s

Jan 12, 1990: Bob Dylan played at "Toad's Place" in New Haven.
May 19, 1990: Elton John played at the Trump Taj Mabal in Atlantic City.
July 26, 1990: John Hiatt plays at "The Bottom Line" in New York City.
Aug 13, 1990: Curtis Mayfield is parylized in an accident after "lighting" at an outdoor concert fell on him in Brooklyn, New York.
Sept 9, 1990: Tom Fogerty dies of a heart attack.
Oct 6, 1990: Alan Jackson makes his Grand Ole opry debut.
March 16, 1991: A plane carrying members of Reba McEntire's band crashes near San Diego.
Feb 23, 1992: Madonna appears on "Saturday Night Live."
May 8, 1992: Corrosion of Comformity plays in Raliegh, North Carolina
May 16, 1992: The Cure plays at the Spectrum in Philedelphia, PA
Oct 25, 1992: Roger Miller dies in Los Angeles.
July 4, 1993: Conway Twitty performed his last concert at the Jim Stafford Theatre in Branson, Mo
July 5, 1993: Conway Twitty dies from an abdominal aneurysm, after collapsing on his tour bus near Springfield, Mo.
Nov 30, 1993: David Houston died of a brain aneurysm.
Dec 28, 1993: Billy Ray Cyrus and his wife, Leticia, are married.
April 8, 1994: Kurt Cobain's body is found in a greenhouse above the garage of his Seattle home.
April 9, 1994: Tim McGraws album, "Not a Moment Too Soon," is released.
April 10, 1994: Courtney Love reads parts of kurt Cobains suicide note to crowds gathered at a memorial at the Seattle Center.
May 21, 1994: Trisha Yearwood and Robert Reynolds marry at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
May 21, 1994: Boots Randolph closes his club in Nashville.
June 6, 1994: Alan Jackson won five TNN Music City News Country Awards.
June 11, 1994: A son is born to Neal McCoy.
Jan 30, 1995: Babyface and Madonna are at the American Music Awards.
April 14, 1995: Folk singer and actor Burl Ives dies.
July 9: 1995: Grateful Dead played at Soldier Field in Chicago.
July 25, 1995: Charlie Rich died.
Oct 2, 1995: Madonna began recording the soundtrack for "Evita."
Feb 7, 1996: Alanis Morrisette plays at the Roseland Ballroom, in New York City.
Feb 8, 1996: Filming begins for "Evita" in Buenos Aires with Madonna.
Feb 11, 1996: Madonna is in Buenos Aires for the filimng of "Evita."
Feb 25, 1996: Madonna is acting on the set of "Evita."
March 4, 1996: Minnie Pearl dies.
March 27, 1996: Madonna is acting on the set of "Evita" in Budapest, Hungary.
Oct 14, 1996: A baby girl is born to Madonna in Los Angeles.
Dec 4, 1996: Doug Stone married his wife, Beth.
Dec 11, 1996: Madonna appears on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Dec 14, 1996: Madonna is in Los Angeles for the premiere of "Evita."
Oct 12, 1997: John Denver dies in a plane crash.
Oct 17, 1997: Funeral Service for John Denver is held in Aurora, Colorado.
Apr 6, 1998: Tammy Wynette dies.
May 13, 1998: Wayne Newton dropped his lawsuit against Shenandoah South Inc. The same company dropped their lawsuit against him in Springfield, Missouri.
May 14, 1998: Frank Sinatra dies of a heart attack at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles.
May 16, 1998: Kieth Richards fell from a chair in the library of his Connecticut estate inuring his chest and ribs.
July 28, 1998: Chicago played at the Salem, Oregon amphitheatre.
Oct 2, 1998: Gene Autry died in California.
Jan 12, 1999: "Baby One More Time" CD by Britney Spears is released.
June 4, 1999: Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie play Ozzfest at Stone Ridge Bristow, Virginia.
July 1, 1999: Blues Traveler frontman, John Popper, undergoes angioplasty in LA.
Dec 14, 1999: Paul McCartney plays a forty five minute set at the Cavern Club. Also on stage was David Gilmour, of Pink Floyd, and drummer Ian Paice of Deep Purple.
Dec 26, 1999: Curtis Mayfield dies.

The beginning of a new century:

Jan 17, 2000: Marie Osmond announces she is separated from her husband after 13 years of marriage.
Jan 25, 2000: D'arcy Wretzky, former Smashing Pumpkins bassist, is arrested for possession of crack cocaine.
Feb 5, 2000: Sheryl Crow spoke at Dartmouth College lecture series, "Making Movies, Making Music."
Feb 7, 2000: Dave Peverett, singer and cofounder of Foghat, dies of pneumonis in Orlando Florida. He was 56.
Feb 11, 2000: William Oliver Swofford, 54, died of lymphoma. (He recorded under the name "Oliver")
Feb 12, 2000: Screamin Jay Hawkins died at a Paris hospital following surgery for treating an aneurysm.
Feb 17, 2000: The Cure plays the Fillmore in San Francisco.
March 4, 2000: Mary J Blige and TLC win awards at the 14th Annual Soul Train Awards held in Los Angeles.
March 6, 2000: Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Earth Wind and Fire, Lovin Spoonful, and the Moonglows, are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame.
March 7, 2000: Pee Wee King dies of a massive heart attack.
March 10, 2000: Amy Grant and Vince Gill are married.
April 12, 2000: Bo Diddley, 71, files a lawsuit in Manhattan Federal Court against Nike, claiming the sneaker maker used the guitar players music and image without permission.
March 18, 2001: "Papa" John Philips died of heart failure.
Aug 25, 2001: Aaliyah died in a plane crash in the Bahamas.
September 11, 2001: The day the world changed forever
Oct 4, 2001: A former girlfriend of Stevie Wonder, Angela McAfee, sued him for palimony in LA.
Nov 20, 2001: "Missundaztood" CD by Pink is released.
Nov 29, 2001: George Harrison dies.
Jan 15, 2002: Alan Jackson's "Drive" CD is released.
Feb 13, 2002: Waylon Jennings died.
Apr 28, 2002: Gene Moles died in Bakersfield.
June 4, 2002: "Let Go" CD by Avril Lavigne is released.
June 8, 2002: Korn performed at the Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York.
July 28, 2002: Britney Spears performs five songs at a concert in Mexico before cancelling it because of a thunderstorm.
Sept 17, 2002: "A Moment Like This" by Kelly Clarkson is released.
Oct 25, 2002: Richard Harris died.
Nov 12, 2002: Aerosmith plays at the Tacoma Dome in Washington.
Nov 21, 2002: Kylie Minogue made a guest appearance in a West End comedy, "The Play That I Wrote."
Nov 29, 2002: Ringo Starr plays "Photograph" and "Honey Don't" at the "Concert for George" at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Jan 12, 2003: Maurice Gibb, 53, dies in a hospital in Florida.
Jan 13, 2003: Pete Townsend is arrested for suspicion of child porn.
Jan 15, 2003: Maurice Gibb is buried in Miami Beach, Fla. Robin and Barry are there.
July 25, 2003: Erik Braum (Iron Butterfly) dies of heart attack.
August 26, 2004: Laura Branigan dies (anuerysm).
Dec 19, 2004: Renata Tebaldi dies.
Jan 31, 2005: The Michael Jackson trial begins in Santa barbera.
Mar 1, 2005: The prosecution begins their case at the Michael jackson trial.
June 7, 2005: Michael Jackson waits in Los Angeles while the jury deliberates.
June 13, 2005: Michael jackson is acquitted of all charges.
June 18, 2005: Green Day peforms at Milton Keynes, England.
Aug 21, 2005: The Rolling Stones kick off their "A Bigger Bang" Tour at fenway Park, Boston.
Nov 21, 2005: Billy Preston goes into a coma, resulting from medical and surgical issues.
Dec 31, 2005: Neil Diamond appears on Dick Clarks Rockin New Years Eve.
Jan 6, 2006: Lou Rawls dies.
Jan 19, 2006: Wilson Pickett dies.
Feb 17, 2006: Bill Cowsill dies.
Feb 28, 2006: Jessi Colter releases the album "Out of the Ashes".
May 11, 2006: Nancy Sinatra receives her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
June 6, 2006: Billy Preston dies.
June 18, 2006: Paul McCartney, who wrote "When I'm Sixty Four," turned 64.
Aug 11, 2006: Mike Douglas dies.
Aug 23, 2006: Maynard Ferguson dies.
Aug 29, 2006: "Modern Times" album by Neil Diamond is released.
Sept 23, 2006: Etta Baker dies.
Oct 31, 2006: "Small Town Girl" CD by Kellie Pickler is released.
Nov 3, 2006: Paul Mauriat dies.
Nov 23, 2006: Anita O'Day Dies
Dec 25, 2006: James Brown dies.
Jan 19, 2007: Denny Doherty, of the Mamas and Papas, died after a short illness in Toronto.
May 14, 2007: The late Bobby Darin receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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