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Shelly Shows Up This Day in Country Music – May 23rd (Video)
1958 - Shelly West is born in Cleveland, Ohio.
Ferlin Husky
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Being Hit By A Car Was The Best Thing That Could Have Happened This Day in Country Music – December 3rd (Video)
1960 - Dave Dudley is hit by a car. His insurance company pays him $14,000 which jump starts his coming success.
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Mighty Merle Makes His Debut This Day In Country Music – April 6th (Video)
2011 - Tammy Wynette's classic "Stand By Your Man" and The Sons Of The Pioneers' "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" are added by the Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry.
2009 - George Strait is hailed as the Academy of Country Music's Artist of the Decade during a taping for a CBS-TV special at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Str
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Medallions, Trophys And Brand New Babies – This Day In Country Music History – May 23rd
2010 - Ferlin Husky and songwriter-producer Billy Sherrill are inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame in the official medallion ceremony.
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A Country Legend Passes Away
As reported by www.ferlinhusky.com -
(Thursday, March 17, 2011) Ferlin passed away today in the Critical Care unit of a Nashville-area hospital where he had been under intensive care for several days