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Feb 9, 1969
When their pickup goes out of control on the icy Kickapoo Creek bridge in Illinois, Waylon Jennings band member Chuck Conway is thrown into the creek. Two hours later, he's pronounced dead
Oct 16, 1969
Record producer and Chess label executive Leonard Chess dies when he has a heart attack and crashes his car in Chicago. He produced Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," ranked among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
Jun 30, 1970
Singer/songwriter Lance Miller is born in Mount Vernon, Illinois. He earns attention as a contestant on "Nashville Star" in 2004. He subsequently nabs hits as a co-writer of Thomas Rhett's "Beer With Jesus" and Tim McGraw's "I Called Mama"
Oct 9, 1970
John Prine is hailed as a "Singing Mailman Who Delivers A Powerful Message In A Few Words" in The Chicago Sun-Times. Roger Ebert's review is the first piece written about the "I Just Want To Dance With You" songwriter
Oct 17, 1970
Singer/songwriter Kendell Marvel is born in Illinois. He pens Chris Stapleton's "Either Way," Jake Owen's "Don't Think I Can't Love You," George Strait's "Twang" and Gary Allan's "Right Where I Need To Be"
Mar 20, 1971
When Steve Goodman attends an Arlo Guthrie show at the Quiet Knight in Chicago, the club's owner, Richard Harding, encourages Goodman to play "City Of New Orleans" backstage. Guthrie ends up recording the song and earning a pop hit with it
Jul 23, 1971
Alison Krauss is born in Decatur, Illinois. The fiddler/vocalist leads the bluegrass group Union Station, joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1993 and winning more Grammy awards than any other woman in history
Aug 27, 1971
Piano player Lillian Hardin Armstrong dies in Chicago, Illinois. She appeared on one country single during her lifetime, playing alongside her husband, trumpet legend Louis Armstrong, on Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner)"
Nov 18, 1971
Bluesman Junior Parker dies during surgery for a brain tumor in Chicago. A cousin of soul singer Al Green, he wrote and first recorded "Mystery Train," taken to wider acclaim by Elvis Presley
Jan 12, 1972
The western movie "Blindman" opens in Chicago. It co-stars Ringo Starr, destined to earn a Grammy nomination in the country field in 1990
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