It Wasn't A Sugar Tree That Was Shook - Today In Country Music History

December 24th, 1973

Pam Tillis is injured in a car accident. Her face is shattered in more than 30 places, leading to multiple surgeries over the next five years.

Tillis, who was 16 at the time years later told The Music City News, "we were partying, we partied right up a tree." Fortunately, she recovered fully and pursued music aggressively at the University of Tennessee, singing with the High Country Swing Band and in a folk duo with Ashley Cleveland.

She quit school in 1976 and worked at her father's publishing company, placing her composition "I'll Meet You on the Other Side of the Morning" with Barbara Fairchild.

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SINGLES
2011 – Zac Brown Band – “Keep Me In Mind”
2005 – Dierks Bentley – “Come A Little Closer”
1994 – Joe Diffie – “Pick-up Man”
1988 – Keith Whitley – “When You Say Nothing At All”
1983 – Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Bros. – “Houston (Means I’m One Day Closer To You)”
1977 – Dolly Parton – “Here You Come Again”
1966 – Jack Greene – “There Goes My Everything”
1955 – Tennessee Ernie Ford – “Sixteens Tons”
1949 – Tennessee Ernie Ford – “Mule Train”

ALBUMS
2011 – Scotty McCreery – Clear As Day
2005 – Carrie Underwood – Some Hearts
1994 – Tim McGraw – Not A Moment Too Soon
1988 – Ricky Van Shelton – Loving Proof
1983 – Kenny Rogers – Eyes That See In The Dark
1977 – Dolly Parton – Here You Come Again
1966 – Sonny James – The Best Of

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