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OCTOBER 29

1905: Songwriter Albert Brumley was born in Spiro, OK. He authored the gospel classic “I’ll Fly Away” and The Stanley Brothers’ “Rank Stranger.”

1937: Sonny Osborne was born in Hyden, KY. With sibling Bobby, he formed The Osborne Brothers, a bluegrass act that joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1964. The Country Music Association’s Vocal Group of the Year for 1971, the Osbornes are best known for “Rocky Top.”

1956: Charley Pride pitched four innings of shutout ball, as the Negro League All-Stars beat the Major League All-Stars, including Hank Aaron and Willie Mays, 4-2.

1957: Bobby Helms recorded “Jingle Bell Rock,” destined to become a Christmas classic, just days before Halloween at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville.

1971: Rock guitarist Duane Allman died in a motorcycle crash in Macon, GA. He was a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, namechecked in Conway Twitty’s 1978 recording “Boogie Grass Band.”

1973: Waylon Jennings recorded “This Time” at the Glaser Studios in Nashville. RCA initially refused the master, because it was not recorded at the label’s studio, but it eventually became a #1 record.

1973: Moe Bandy recorded his first charted single, “I Just Started Hatin’ Cheatin’ Songs Today,” in an afternoon session at Nashville’s Music City Recorders.

1974: Glen Campbell starred as a sheriff in an NBC-TV movie, “A Strange Homecoming.” Robert Culp portrays his brother, and 12-year-old Leif Garrett plays Campbell’s son.

1976: Elvis Presley recorded “Way Down” in the Jungle Room at Graceland Mansion in Memphis.

1982: Alabama made its Grand Ole Opry debut.

1983: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton spent the first of two weeks at #1 in Billboard with “Islands In The Stream.”

1989: Alabama headlined a country show at legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City with George Strait, Merle Haggard and Ricky Van Shelton.

1993: Columbia released the “Honky Tonk Angels” album, featuring Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette.

1994: Alan Jackson’s “Livin’ On Love” occupied the #1 position on Billboard magazine’s country singles chart.

1996: Arista released Alan Jackson’s “Everything I Love” album.