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  • Mar 18, 1971
    Buck Owens records "I'll Still Be Waiting For You" at his Bakersfield studio
    Mar 19, 1971
    After a three-day stay, Elvis Presley is discharged from Nashville's Baptist Hospital, where he was treated for glaucoma
    Mar 19, 1971
    Brenda Lee's longtime manager, Dub Albritton, dies of lung cancer, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. Albritton was a co-writer of her signature hit, "I'm Sorry"
    Mar 20, 1971
    When Steve Goodman attends an Arlo Guthrie show at the Quiet Knight in Chicago, the club's owner, Richard Harding, encourages Goodman to play "City Of New Orleans" backstage. Guthrie ends up recording the song and earning a pop hit with it
    Mar 21, 1971
    Roy Blackwood, a co-founder of The Blackwood Brothers, dies of a heart attack at his Memphis church. The gospel quartet's "His Hand In Mine" ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Mar 22, 1971
    Capitol releases the Merle Haggard album "Hag"
    Mar 22, 1971
    Merle Haggard wins a trio of honors in the sixth Academy Of Country & Western Music awards at the Hollywood Palladium. He claims Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year, and his Strangers take Top Touring Band
    Mar 23, 1971
    Country song parodists Homer & Jethro hold their final recording session in Nashville. The three-hour effort includes a send-up of "For The Good Times" and "We Didn't Make It Through The Night"
    Mar 23, 1971
    Marty Robbins records "The Chair" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
    Mar 24, 1971
    Charley Pride sings "I'd Rather Love You" as a guest on ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show," which also features Bob Luman, Maybelle Carter, Red Lane and The Carpenters. Cash, The Carter Family and The Statler Brothers bid adieu with "May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You"

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