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On This Day in 2011, We Said Goodbye to the Hall of Fame Pedal Steel Player Who Wrote the Song that Changed Country Music Forever

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On This Day in 1965, Buck Owens Was at No. 1 With a Song That Started as a Sarcastic Joke From an Annoyed Co-Writer

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On This Day in 1966, Buck Owens Started His First Multi-Week Run of the Year With a Song That Blended Humor and Desperation

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On This Day in 1964, Buck Owens Wrapped up a Record-Breaking Run on the Country Charts With a Song Later Covered by Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris, and Tanya Tucker

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On This Day in 1964, Buck Owens Was a No. 1 with a Now-Classic Album That Produced One of His Biggest Hits

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On This Day in 1964, Buck Owens Stepped Into a Hollywood Studio and Recorded His Biggest Crossover Hit—Against His Co-Writer’s Advice

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On This Day in 1963, Buck Owens Was at No. 1 With a Song That Outperformed Every Country Single for the Next Five Decades

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On This Day in 1988, Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens Were at No. 1 With a Milestone Song Birthed From a Merle Haggard Scheduling Conflict

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Born on This Day in 1944, the Trailblazing Buck Owens Protege Who Dominated the Country Charts in the 1970s

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