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Sep 15, 1974
The Cincinnati Bengals open what proves to be Mike Reid's final season with the team, blasting the Cleveland Browns, 33-7, at Riverfront Stadium. Reid leaves the NFL for a music career, writing hits for Ronnie Milsap, Willie Nelson and The Judds
Sep 24, 1977
Barely a month after his death, the first Elvis Presley convention opens in Cincinnati. Some singles sell for as much as $300
Aug 24, 1978
Mayor Dennis Kucinich presents Dolly Parton a key to the city when she plays the Blossom Center in Cleveland
Dec 28, 1978
R&B artist John Legend is born in Springfield, Ohio. One of only a handful of people to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award, he becomes a coach on NBC's "The Voice" and appears on a Top 15 country hit as a duet partner for Carrie Underwood on the 2020 Christmas track "Hallelujah"
May 14, 1979
Rock musician Dan Auerbach is born in Akron, Ohio. A member of The Black Keys, he produces and plays on Connie Britton's "Bitter Memory," a track from "The Music Of Nashville: Original Soundtrack Season 1 Volume 2"
Jul 7, 1979
Charlie Daniels visits 18-year-old burn victim Patrick O'Keefe in a Dayton, Ohio, hospital. Daniels gives him a one-on-one performance of "Long Haired Country Boy"
Jul 30, 1979
The morning after a show in Cleveland, Ohio, Jan Howard is fired from Johnny Cash's tour. Within weeks, Nashville is abuzz with rumors that the two had had an affair
Nov 4, 1979
Kenny Rogers visits the Country Palace Bar, the "bar in Toledo" in which a real-life conversation by an anonymous couple inspired Hal Bynum to write "Lucille"
Apr 10, 1981
Laura Bell Bundy is born in Euclid, Ohio. Raised in Kentucky, she gains a foothold on Broadway before netting her first Top 10 country album, the 2010 Mercury release "Achin' And Shakin'"
May 24, 1981
George Jones fails to show for a concert in Logan, Ohio. Fighting breaks out among disgruntled fans, and one sheriff is hit with a bottle. Spokesmen say Jones is suffering from exhaustion. He's later sued for $10.1 million
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