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    • Jun 12, 1968
    MGM releases Elvis Presley's "Speedway"
    Jun 14, 1968
    Patti Page Day is observed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the "Tennessee Waltz" singer receives a key to the state
    Jun 14, 1968
    Ernest "Pop" Stoneman dies in Nashville. A country recording pioneer, he organized his children into a group, The Stoneman Family, earning a CMA award a year before his death. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008
    Jun 15, 1968
    Loretta Lynn's "Fist City" hooks the #1 position on the Billboard country albums chart
    Jun 15, 1968
    Charley Pride records a live album, "Charley Pride In Person," at Panther Hall in Fort Worth. It yields a hit with "Kaw-Liga"
    Jun 17, 1968
    Doctors insert a steel plate into the head of Jimmie Rodgers, who suffered a fractured skull in a mysterious encounter with Los Angeles police six months prior
    Jun 17, 1968
    Decca releases Loretta Lynn's "Greatest Hits"
    Jun 20, 1968
    Jan Howard takes her oldest son, Jimmy Howard, to the Nashville airport as he leaves for deployment in Vietnam. It's the last time she sees him alive
    Jun 22, 1968
    The Stoneman Family performs in West Jefferson, North Carolina, the act's first concert since the death of Ernest "Pop" Stoneman. The show marks the debut of Patsy Stoneman with the group
    Jun 22, 1968
    Conway Twitty records "Next In Line" at the Columbia Studios in Nashville
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