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    • Jul 16, 1996
    Billy Ray Cyrus' "Some Gave All" becomes the first debut album from a country artist certified by the RIAA for wholesale sales of 9 million copies
    Jul 16, 1996
    Merle Haggard has an emergency angioplasty at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville to clear a partially blocked artery
    Jul 17, 1996
    Bass player Chas Chandler dies in England. A former member of the rock band The Animals, he took part in the 1964 pop hit "The House Of The Rising Sun." Dolly Parton earns a country hit with a cover of the song in 1981
    Jul 17, 1996
    Shenandoah performs for sports fans in Conyers, Georgia, as the Olympic torch arrives in town on its way to Atlanta
    Jul 19, 1996
    Merle Haggard is released from Nashville's Centennial Medical Center, three days after angioplasty for a blocked artery
    Jul 20, 1996
    Ricochet deposits "Daddy's Money" at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Jul 20, 1996
    Faron Young is hit in the head repeatedly with a cue ball at Nashville's Professional Club after an argument with a billiards player about who has more money. Young is treated for a concussion at the Vanderbilt Medical Center
    Jul 20, 1996
    Brian and Shelly McComas are married
    Jul 21, 1996
    Faron Young is released from Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center a day after suffering a concussion when a fellow pool player bashed him in the head repeatedly with a cue ball
    Jul 21, 1996
    Hootie + The Blowfish are joined by several surprise guests on a rainy night at Nashville's Starwood Amphitheatre: Radney Foster, Chet Atkins, Nanci Griffith, banjo player Bela Fleck, percussionist Pat McInerney and opening act John Hiatt
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