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Oct 14, 1978
At odds with ex-business partner Webb Pierce over a guitar-shaped swimming pool on Music Row, Jim Donoho tells The Nashville Banner he plans to turn the pool into a pond: "The catfish will draw more people in here than Webb Pierce ever did"
Mar 7, 1979
Webb Pierce's controversial guitar-shaped swimming pool on Music Row is sold at auction. Top bid: $150,000 from Pierce's former business partner, William Donoho
Nov 9, 1981
Two blocks of Hawkins Street on Music Row are renamed Roy Acuff Place
Mar 24, 1982
Porter Wagoner announces the sale of his Fireside Studio to businessman Benny Kennerson. Among the artists who've used it to record hits: Mickey Gilley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Merle Haggard and Stella Parton
May 24, 1985
Hank Williams' house, transported from Franklin Road, opens as a tourist attraction on Nashville's Music Row
Feb 2, 1994
The Country Music Hall Of Fame announces plans to move from Music Row to downtown in 1996. The relocation doesn't actually occur until May 2001
Jan 5, 1995
Reba McEntire withdraws a request to build a heliport on her Music Row property from the Nashville zoning board, after music executives expressed fears that the air traffic would disrupt nearby recording sessions
Jan 6, 1995
A day after withdrawing plans for a heliport on her Music Row property, Reba McEntire refiles the plan with the Nashville zoning board, angering fellow music execs. Husband/manager Narvel Blackstock says the move keeps her options open
Jun 5, 1995
Leo Eiffert, a former security guard, has his car stolen on Music Row in Nashville while talking to new singer Ty Herndon. Inside Eiffert's car is his briefcase, containing credit cards and the home numbers for Garth Brooks and Vince Gill, among others
Feb 14, 1996
Kristi Lockwood, an aspiring country singer, walks down Music Row in Nashville wearing only a cowboy hat and boots. "I didn't know what else to do, and I really wanted to get some exposure," she later says. She's arrested for indecent exposure
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