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    • Apr 30, 1976
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie Van Zant and Leon Wilkeson get into a fight on stage in Lakeland, Florida, but finish the show. The group's "Sweet Home Alabama" is ranked among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Apr 30, 1976
    Buck Owens buys a radio station in Bakersfield, to get a new frequency for KUZZ
    Apr 30, 1975
    Seven weeks after their 30th anniversary, Alice Frizzell files for divorce from Lefty Frizzell, citing "cruel and inhuman treatment"
    Apr 30, 1974
    "The Best Of The Best Of Merle Haggard" is certified gold by the RIAA
    Apr 30, 1974
    Merle Haggard records "Old Man From The Mountain" in Dallas
    Apr 30, 1972
    Bass player Jack Drake dies of emphysema at General Hospital in Nashville. As a member of the Texas Troubadours, he played on more than 50 Ernest Tubb hits, including "Thanks A Lot," "Rainbow At Midnight," "Blue Christmas," "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" and "Filipino Baby"
    Apr 30, 1971
    Willie and Connie Nelson are married in Las Vegas, Nevada
    Apr 30, 1971
    Singer/songwriter Carolyn Dawn Johnson is born in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Her 2001 debut yields a hit with "Complicated." She also writes Chely Wright's "Single White Female" and Jo Dee Messina's "Downtime." Additionally, Johnson sings background on hits by Martina McBride, Jamie O'Neal and Miranda Lambert
    Apr 30, 1970
    "Solitary Man" songwriter Neil Diamond and his wife, Marcia, have a son, Jesse
    Apr 30, 1970
    Bobby Bare records "How I Got To Memphis" and "Come Sundown" during an afternoon session at the Jack Clement Recording Studio in Nashville
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