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Dec 30, 1970
A mine blast in Hyden, Kentucky, kills 38 workers. Loretta Lynn holds a benefit concert for their families in Louisville the following March, selling 15,000 tickets
Feb 28, 1971
Fiddlin' Arthur Smith dies of cancer in Louisville. A fiddler whose style was a major influence on bluegrass music, he was a prominent member of the Grand Ole Opry from 1929-1938
Mar 1, 1971
A Loretta Lynn show in Louisville raises more than $500,000 for 104 children orphaned by a December mine blast in Hyden, Kentucky, that killed 38 people. Also on the bill: Conway Twitty, Roy Acuff, Tom T. Hall, Connie Smith and George Morgan
Mar 18, 1971
Crystal Gayle and Oliver "Mooney" Lynn are named Kentucky Colonels
Apr 18, 1971
Loretta Lynn is named an honorary citizen of Lexington, Kentucky
Aug 25, 1971
Singer/songwriter Brice Long is born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. He co-writes Gary Allan's "Nothing On But The Radio," Jon Pardi's "Heartache On The Dance Floor" and Randy Houser's "Anything Goes"
Oct 3, 1971
Pop singer Kevin Richardson is born in Irvine, Kentucky. He becomes a founding member of The Backstreet Boys, taking part in a country hit when the group joins Florida Georgia Line on the 2017 single "God, Your Mama, And Me"
Oct 23, 1971
Kentucky observes Pee Wee King Day
Oct 30, 1971
Loretta Lynn performs for 15,000 people at a political rally in Somerset, Kentucky, for governor Louie Nunn and president Richard Nixon
Nov 7, 1971
Elvis Presley performs at Louisville's Freedom Hall. In the audience is a 14-year-old Patty Loveless, who takes note of the bass player, Emory Gordy Jr., destined to become her husband and producer
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