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    • Sep 25, 1961
    Ray Price records "San Antonio Rose," the first tribute album to honor Bob Wills. The band includes Willie Nelson
    Jul 4, 1963
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys are the first country act to perform at Fort Worth's Panther Hall. The venue later becomes the recording site for live albums by Jerry Lee Lewis and Charley Pride
    Apr 17, 1968
    Bob Wills records "Southwestern Waltz" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville. The song is eventually used in the 1983 movie "The Right Stuff"
    Oct 18, 1968
    Bob Wills is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame during the second annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium
    Dec 20, 1968
    Bob Wills is inducted into the National Cowboy Hall Of Fame in Oklahoma City
    May 30, 1969
    The State of Texas honors Bob Wills and Tex Ritter with a special resolution, celebrating them as outstanding Texans. It's Wills' last public appearance before suffering a stroke
    May 31, 1969
    Bob Wills is paralyzed by a stroke at his home in Fort Worth, Texas
    Nov 14, 1969
    Apollo 12 launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Astronaut Pete Conrad brings a tape featuring Charley Pride, Elvis Presley, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Don Gibson, Buck Owens, Faron Young and Bob Wills' "New San Antonio Rose"
    Jan 12, 1970
    Tulsa mayor J.M. Hewgley proclaims Bob Wills Week in the city
    Jan 14, 1970
    The Oklahoma state legislature issues a proclamation honoring Bob Wills' contribution to the state
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