One of Glen Campbell’s #1 songs

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1924
Chicago radio station WLS broadcasts the first “National Barn Dance.”  Hear a broadcast HERE
1963
Columbia releases the Johnny Cash classic “Ring Of Fire”
1965
Capitol releases Buck Owens’ “Before You Go”
1965
Elvis Presley finishes shooting for the movie “Harum Scarum”
1965
Ernest Tubb records “Waltz Across Texas” at RCA Studio B in Nashville

1969
Glen Campbell was at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with the Jimmy Webb song “Galveston”, which also made #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.  In 2003, this song ranked #8 in CMT’s 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music.

1993
Under the heading Unchained Melodies, USA Today printed a report about 2,800 never before released tapes that were discovered at a Nashville auction. The tapes, dating between 1953 and 1971, were rumored to contain material by Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Tammy Wynette, Charlie Rich and other artists. Sony Music later filed a lawsuit preventing the tapes being released, claiming they belong to them.

1995
The Eagles played the first of two shows at Nashville’s Starwood Amphitheatre. The celebrity-packed audience included; Reba McEntire, Clay Walker, Brooks & Dunn, Tim McGraw, Doug Supernaw, Steve Winwood, Lorrie Morgan and Diamond Rio’s Brian Prout.

 

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