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    • Oct 12, 1987
    Comedian Rod Brasfield joins the Country Music Hall of Fame during the 21st annual Country Music Association awards show at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville
    Oct 12, 1987
    Roy Acuff undergoes cataract surgery in Nashville. Four days later, he performs on the Grand Ole Opry
    Oct 14, 1987
    Lynyrd Skynyrd kicks off a tribute tour--its first since the plane crash that shook the band 10 years earlier--at the Omni in Atlanta. The band, best known for "Sweet Home Alabama," continues touring thereafter
    Oct 14, 1987
    Jimmie Davis undergoes an angioplasty to open a partially blocked artery in his heart at the Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans
    Oct 16, 1987
    The prison-themed Nick Nolte movie "Weeds" opens in theaters with Charlie Rich in a cameo role singing "Behind Closed Doors"
    Oct 16, 1987
    "Anne Murray's Greatest Hits" is certified triple-platinum by the RIAA. It's the first album by a female country artist to reach 3 million in shipments
    Oct 16, 1987
    Four days after cataract surgery, Roy Acuff performs on the Grand Ole Opry
    Oct 17, 1987
    Singer/songwriter Jameson Rodgers is born in Batesville, Mississippi. He earns hits as an artist with his 2019 single "Some Girls" and his 2020 Luke Combs collaboration "Cold Beer Calling My Name," and also co-writes Chris Lane's "I Don't Know About You" and Florida Georgia Line's "Talk You Out Of It"
    Oct 17, 1987
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band hooks a #1 country single in Billboard magazine with "Fishin' In The Dark"
    Oct 17, 1987
    Patty Loveless makes her first appearance on "Hee Haw," sharing guest honors with Charley Pride and The Osborne Brothers
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