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  • Oct 25, 1970
    Chely Wright is born in Kansas City, Missouri. She wins the Academy of Country Music's Top New Female award in 1995 and earns a #1 hit in 1999 with "Single White Female." In 2010, she becomes the genre's first openly gay artist
    May 11, 1989
    Chely Wright moves to Nashville from Missouri
    Sep 16, 1989
    Chely Wright makes her Grand Ole Opry debut
    Aug 9, 1994
    Polydor releases Chely Wright's debut album, "Woman In The Moon"
    May 10, 1995
    Chely Wright is named Top New Female Vocalist during the 30th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, broadcast live on NBC-TV from Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheatre
    Jun 8, 1995
    The Oak Ridge Boys and Chely Wright are among the first-day thrill-seekers when the Opryland theme park in Nashville introduces a new ride, the Hangman
    Jun 10, 1995
    Alabama hosts its annual June Jam in Fort Payne, Alabama. Guests include: Vince Gill, Toby Keith, Ty England, Neal McCoy, Shelby Lynne, Doug Supernaw, Confederate Railroad, Chely Wright and George "Goober" Lindsey
    May 10, 1996
    Chely Wright's tour bus has a head-on collision in Harrison, Arkansas, with a pickup driving on the wrong side of road. The truck driver is killed instantly, although Wright and her band, the Country Gentlemen, escape with minor injuries
    May 11, 1996
    One day after a bus accident in Arkansas, Chely Wright has another in Jackson, Tennessee, when a semi hits an abandoned car, sending it into the side of the bus. No one is hurt
    Sep 4, 1996
    Reba McEntire opens her new Starstruck offices on Music Row, a building that some estimate at $55 million, a figure she says is waaaay off base. Among more than a thousand visitors to her open house: Trace Adkins, Chely Wright and David Lee Murphy

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