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Apr 7, 1977
Anne Murray sings "O, Canada" before the first American League home game in Canada when the Toronto Blue Jays expansion team hosts the Chicago White Sox at Exhibition Stadium. The Jays win the first game in franchise history, 9-5
Jul 23, 1977
Fiddler David Pichette is born in Montreal, Quebec. He joins Emerson Drive in June 2003, replacing Pat Allingham one month after the band was named the Academy of Country Music's Top New Vocal Group
Sep 27, 1977
Patrick Bourque is born in Terrebonne, Quebec. He replaces Jeff Loberg in Emerson Drive in August 2002, just months after the group picked up its first American hit
Nov 17, 1977
Aaron Lines is born in Fort McMurray, Alberta. The hockey-playing Canadian earns an RCA recording contract following a showcase in May 2001, picking up a hit the following year with "You Can't Hide Beautiful"
Jan 2, 1978
Keyboard player Chris Hartman is born in Grand Prairie, Alberta. He joins Canadian band Emerson Drive, which debuts in the U.S. in 2002. He leaves in March 2003, just two months before the group wins an Academy of Country Music award
Jan 10, 1978
Zeb Turner dies from cancer at the Montreal Chest Hospital. Along with brother Zeke, he was a member of Red Foley's band and recorded on such classics as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and "Honky Tonkin'." He also wrote Eddy Arnold's "It's A Sin" and his own 1949 hit "Tennessee Boogie"
Jul 9, 1978
Fiddler Pat Allingham is born in Beaverlodge, Alberta. He becomes a member of the Canadian sextet Emerson Drive, which makes its American debut in 2002 with the single "I Should Be Sleeping." He leaves the band in 2003
Jul 21, 1978
Vocalist Brad Mates is born in Grand Prairie, Alberta. He becomes the lead singer for Emerson Drive, a big-harmony band that accumulates hits with "I Should Be Sleeping," "Fall Into You" and "Moments"
Aug 13, 1978
Drummer Mike Melancon is born in Ecurces, Quebec. He provides a foundation for the Alberta-based band Emerson Drive, which uses power harmonies to net hits with "I Should Be Sleeping," "Moments" and "Fall Into Me"
Oct 23, 1978
The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards is let off of heroin charges in Toronto on technicalities, pleading guilty only to possession. The group's "Honky Tonk Women" is named in a Country Music Foundation book among country's greatest singles
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