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    • Mar 17, 1932
    Dick Curless is born in Fort Fairfield, Maine. Nicknamed the Baron of Country Music, he drives into the Top 10 in 1965 with his trucker classic "A Tombstone Every Mile"
    Jul 3, 1952
    Dick Curless marries Pauline Green
    Jul 13, 1953
    Dick Curless has a son, Rick Curless, in Maine
    Jul 1, 1956
    Dick Curless has a daughter, Terry Curless, in Maine
    Mar 25, 1966
    Buck Owens records a live album at New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall, kicking off the concert with "Act Naturally." Opening the show: Dick Curless
    Aug 5, 1966
    Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York, hosts a country concert, featuring Roy Acuff, Kay Adams, Dick Curless, Pete Drake, Roy Drusky, Flatt & Scruggs, The Geezinslaw Brothers, Stonewall Jackson, Warner Mack, Webb Pierce, Ray Price, Dottie West and Hank Williams Jr.
    Dec 31, 1966
    Where does the good times go? Buck Owens & His Buckaroos wave bye-bye to 1966 with a show at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles. Also on the bill: Dick Curless, Dorsey Burnette and Tom Tall
    May 3, 1974
    Dick Curless is the marshal of the firefighters parade during the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia
    Aug 3, 1976
    Dick Curless, the Baron of Country Music, has a born-again experience
    Jan 15, 1983
    Celebrating the 50th anniversary of "Jamboree U.S.A.," Wheeling's Capitol Music Hall installs 50 artists in its new Walkway of Stars. Among them: Mac Wiseman, Dick Curless, Glenn Reeves, Stoney Cooper & Wilma Lee, Pete Cassell and Billy "Crash" Craddock
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