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Jul 18, 1987
The Judds' "I Know Where I'm Going" hits the top spot on the Billboard country chart
Jul 20, 1987
Roy Clark hot dogs go on sale in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri
Jul 21, 1987
The Girls Next Door perform the national anthem at Shea Stadium in New York, where the Atlanta Braves clobber the Mets, 8-3
Jul 21, 1987
Two Lynyrd Skynyrd albums featuring "Sweet Home Alabama" get multi-platinum certification from the RIAA. "Gold & Platinum" goes triple-platinum, while "Second Helping" hits both platinum and double-platinum
Jul 22, 1987
Fiddler and banjo player Minnie Ledford dies at Royal Manor Nursing Home in Nicholasville, Kentucky. She was a member of The Coon Creek Girls, recognized as the first all-female stringband
Jul 24, 1987
Merle Haggard & George Jones perform for 12,000 at Nashville's Starwood Amphitheatre. It marks the first time Haggard has played a major venue in Music City
Jul 25, 1987
Steve Wariner's "The Weekend" reaches #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
Jul 25, 1987
Left-handed fiddler Joe Holley dies of pneumonia in Fresno, California. During his tenure in Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, he appeared on such recordings as "Stay A Little Longer," "Smoke On The Water" and "Heart To Heart Talk"
Jul 27, 1987
Curb/MCA releases The Bellamy Brothers' "Crazy From The Heart"
Jul 27, 1987
A&M releases 38 Special's greatest-hits album "Flashback." The Southern rock band includes Donnie Van Zant, a future member of the country duo Van Zant
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