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    • Dec 6, 1976
    "The Johnny Cash Christmas Special" features Cash, Roy Clark and Tony Orlando singing "Tie A Yellow Ribbon." Also on the CBS special: June Carter, Barbara Mandrell, Merle Travis, The Carter Family, Tommy Cash and Jan Howard
    Mar 26, 1977
    Tennessee Ernie Ford, Roy Clark and Merle Travis perform "Sixteen Tons" in the season finale of the syndicated TV show "Hee Haw." Connie Smith sings "I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore"
    Oct 10, 1977
    Guitarist and songwriter Merle Travis joins the Country Music Hall Of Fame during the 11th annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House. The CBS show is hosted by future Hall of Famer Johnny Cash
    Jan 23, 1982
    Ray Charles sings "You Don't Know Me" on the NBC variety series "Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters." Also on the show are Merle Travis and new country artist Sylvia, who delivers "Sweet Yesterday" and "You Light Up My Life"
    Feb 27, 1982
    Ernest Tubb performs "Half A Mind" on the week's edition of "Hee Haw." Other musical guests include B.J. Thomas and Merle Travis
    Mar 1, 1982
    NBC-TV's "Roy Acuff--50 Years The King Of Country Music" features a raft of stars, including Merle Travis, Minnie Pearl, Grandpa Jones, Chet Atkins, Barbara Mandrell, Eddy Arnold, Kitty Wells, Tom T. Hall, Pee Wee King and Bill Anderson, among others
    Dec 2, 1982
    The movie "Honkytonk Man" premieres in Nashville, with appearances by Ray Price, David Frizzell & Shelly West, Porter Wagoner, Gordon Terry, Tommy Allsup, Merle Travis and fiddler Johnny Gimble, who portrays his former Texas Playboy boss, Bob Wills
    Dec 18, 1982
    Earl Thomas Conley sings "Heavenly Bodies" on "Hee Haw." Also on the episode: Merle Travis, Jim Stafford and The Million Dollar Band, featuring Chet Atkins, Charlie McCoy, Boots Randolph and Floyd Cramer
    Oct 20, 1983
    Merle Travis dies following a massive coronary in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Peaking as an artist during the 1940s, he also wrote Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons," was recognized as a stellar guitarist, and joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977
    Nov 6, 1997
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band snares its first RIAA-certified platinum album, for "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," featuring Mother Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Merle Travis, Earl Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Doc Watson
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