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    • Oct 14, 1973
    Tug McGraw wins a World Series game for the New York Mets, 10-7, pitching 6 innings against the A's at the Oakland Coliseum. McGraw is the father of country music's Tim McGraw
    Oct 14, 1973
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame adds Jack Clement ("Ballad Of A Teenage Queen"), Don Gibson ("I Can't Stop Loving You"), Harlan Howard ("Busted"), Roger Miller, Ed Nelson Jr., Steve Nelson ("Bouquet Of Roses") and Willie Nelson
    Oct 15, 1973
    Guitarist Perry Botkin dies at his home in Van Nuys, California. He recorded with pop and jazz artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Fred Astaire and Jack Teagarden, but also took part in country hits by Bing Crosby, Jimmie Davis and The Sons Of The Pioneers
    Oct 15, 1973
    Charlie Rich wins three times in the seventh annual CMA awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Rich takes Male Vocalist of the Year, while "Behind Closed Doors" claims Single of the Year and provides the title for the Album of the Year
    Oct 15, 1973
    Chet Atkins and the late Patsy Cline are named to the Country Music Hall Of Fame during the seventh annual Country Music Association awards at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville
    Oct 15, 1973
    Elvis Presley begins a two-week stay at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis with breathing problems. He is publicly said to have pneumonia, though he is actually addicted to Demerol
    Oct 16, 1973
    Guitarist Bryan Sutton is born in Asheville, North Carolina. He plays on such hits as Taylor Swift's "Ours," Florida Georgia Line's "Dirt," Dierks Bentley's "Home," Eric Church's "Springsteen" and Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats"
    Oct 17, 1973
    In a ruling in Nice, France, Keith Richards is banned from entering the country for two years in connection with a 1971 drug bust. He played on The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women," ranked in a CMF book among country's greatest singles
    Oct 17, 1973
    Jerry Lee Lewis is stopped in Memphis for driving while intoxicated
    Oct 18, 1973
    Gladys Knight & The Pips collect a gold single from the RIAA for "Midnight Train To Georgia." It's named among country music's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
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