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Apr 3, 1961
Spade Cooley beats his wife, Ella Mae, at his home in Kern County, California, and threatens to kill his 14-year-old daughter, Melody, if she tells anyone. Ella Mae is pronounced dead after midnight, and he receives a life sentence for the crime
Nov 22, 1963
President John F. Kennedy is killed in a Dallas parade. RCA subsequently delays its planned release of George Hamilton IV's "Fort Worth, Dallas Or Houston." Buddy Starcher will draw similarities between Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln in his 1966 single "History Repeats Itself"
Dec 10, 1964
Soul singer Sam Cooke is shot and killed at Los Angeles' Hacienda Motel. Two of his songs are later remade as country hits: "Bring It On Home To Me," by Mickey Gilley; and "Good Times," by Dan Seals
Nov 5, 1965
George Jones performs at a nightclub in La Porte, Texas. The next morning, fan club secretary Jacqueline Young is found beaten and strangled to death in a convertible parked in a pasture outside of town
Apr 4, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is killed at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Expected riots force the cancellation that weekend of the Grand Ole Opry for the first time since 1928
Dec 6, 1969
The Rolling Stones' free show at Altamont, California, goes awry as one concert-goer is stabbed to death in a confrontation with Hell's Angels, who are handling security. Also on the bill are The Flying Burrito Brothers, including Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons, performing "Six Days On The Road"
May 4, 1970
Joe Walsh, a future member of The Eagles, watches police gun down four students at Kent State University in Ohio
Nov 10, 1973
David "Stringbean" Akeman and his wife, Estelle, are murdered in their Ridgetop, Tennessee, home when they surprise burglars after his Grand Ole Opry performance. Their bodies are discovered by Grandpa Jones
Nov 27, 1973
Hank Snow's guitar player, Jimmy Widener, is robbed and shot to death in Nashville. Widener also played banjo for Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1945-1950, appearing on "Faded Love," among other recordings
Oct 1, 1975
Drummer Al Jackson Jr. is shot five times and killed by burglars at his Memphis home. A member of Booker T. & The MG's, he played on Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," hailed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
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