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Mar 15, 1964
"Lonely Teardrops" songwriter Berry Gordy Jr. has a son, Kennedy William Gordy, in Detroit. The boy earns a pop hit in 1984 under the stage name Rockwell with "Somebody's Watching Me"
May 23, 1964
Six months after releasing "Saginaw, Michigan," Lefty Frizzell plays Saginaw, where the mayor surprises him on stage with a silver hammer. Fearful of a stranger with a potential weapon, Frizzell gets him in a headlock and wrestles him to the ground
Jan 20, 1965
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles record "The Tracks Of My Tears" at the Hitsville Studio in Detroit, Michigan. More than a decade later, the song is rejiggered as a country hit for Linda Ronstadt
Feb 6, 1967
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Anita Cochran is born in Pontiac, Michigan. She attains a hit in 1997 when Steve Wariner joins her for "What If I Said"
Oct 5, 1968
"Slipping Around" singer Margaret Whiting performs "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, where the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Tigers, 7-3, in a World Series game
Nov 10, 1968
Neil Young records "Sugar Mountain" during a performance at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number" ranks it among country's 500 greatest singles of all-time
May 4, 1969
Johnny Cash and Hank Williams Jr. gross $93,000, drawing 23,000 ticket-buyers for two shows at Detroit's Cobo Arena. It is recognized as the highest gross in history for a country show in one day at the time
Jun 29, 1969
R&B artist Frederick "Shorty" Long dies in a boating accident in the Detroit River. A co-writer of "Devil With The Blue Dress On," he played piano on several Elvis Presley sessions, including the date in which Presley cut "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel"
Oct 14, 1969
A story in the University of Michigan's newspaper reports on the underground myth that Paul McCartney is dead, propelling the rumor to greater prominence. The story's author will become a founding member of Riders In The Sky: Fred "Too Slim" LaBour
Nov 14, 1970
Indie rocker Brendan Benson is born in Royal Oak, Michigan. In 2005, he forms The Raconteurs with Jack White, receiving a Country Music Association award nomination for "Old Enough," a collaboration with Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe
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