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    • Aug 11, 1964
    The Music City News, established by Faron Young, celebrates its first anniversary with a pair of figure eight races at the Nashville Speedway. The winning drivers: Willie Nelson and Roy Drusky
    Oct 1, 1964
    Roy Drusky sings "Anymore" and "Peel Me A Nanner" on ABC-TV's "The Jimmy Dean Show" and joins the show's host on "Second Hand Rose." Pop singer Vikki Carr delivers "Cuando Calienta El Sol" and "Your Cheatin' Heart." Also on the episode is steel guitarist Pete Drake
    Jan 4, 1965
    Mercury Records releases Roy Drusky's version of "(From Now On All My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers"
    Aug 21, 1965
    Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell sneak into the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart with a cheatin' song, "Yes, Mr. Peters"
    Sep 8, 1965
    The movie "Forty-Acre Feud" opens in Nashville. The cast includes: Bill Anderson, Loretta Lynn, Skeeter Davis, Roy Drusky, Ferlin Husky, George Jones, Minnie Pearl, Ray Price, Del Reeves, Hugh X. Lewis and guitarist Eddie Hill
    Oct 22, 1965
    "The Jimmy Dean Show" features a Billboard awards presentation from Nashville. Dean covers "Things Have Gone To Pieces" on the episode, which also features music from Merle Haggard and the duo Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell, who perform "Yes, Mr. Peters"
    May 11, 1966
    "The Las Vegas Hillbillys" makes its debut in theaters. The movie features Ferlin Husky, Jayne Mansfield, Don Bowman, Wilma Burgess, Del Reeves, Connie Smith, Roy Drusky, Sonny James, the Duke of Paducah and Bill Anderson, who performs "Bright Lights And Country Music"
    Aug 5, 1966
    Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York, hosts a country concert, featuring Roy Acuff, Kay Adams, Dick Curless, Pete Drake, Roy Drusky, Flatt & Scruggs, The Geezinslaw Brothers, Stonewall Jackson, Warner Mack, Webb Pierce, Ray Price, Dottie West and Hank Williams Jr.
    Aug 10, 1966
    The movie "The Gold Guitar" opens in Atlanta. The picture features a bevy of country stars, including Bill Anderson, Bill Carlisle, Skeeter Davis, Roy Drusky, Margie Bowes, Del Reeves, Hugh X. Lewis, Charlie Louvin, Eddie Hill and Don Barber
    Dec 22, 1966
    Roy Drusky loses $4,500 worth of equipment and stage clothes when thieves break into his trailer
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