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    • Nov 21, 1968
    Sonny James records the Roy Orbison song "Only The Lonely" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
    Mar 8, 1969
    Sonny James begins a three-week run at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with his cover of Roy Orbison's "Only The Lonely"
    Mar 25, 1969
    Roy Orbison marries Barbara Wellhonen in Nashville
    Sep 27, 1969
    "The Johnny Cash Show" features Creedence Clearwater Revival and Cash's Tennessee neighbor Roy Orbison, who sings "Crying" and duets with Cash on "Oh, Pretty Woman." Cash also performs "Folsom Prison Blues," "This Land Is Your Land" and "Flesh And Blood," and joins his wife, June Carter, on "Jackson"
    Apr 1, 1970
    Johnny Cash performs "The Long Black Veil" and teams with Shel Silverstein on "A Boy Named Sue" during ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show." The episode also features Kenny Rogers & The First Edition doing "But You Know I Love You" and Roy Orbison singing "Only The Lonely" and "Oh, Pretty Woman"
    Aug 2, 1970
    Roy Orbison serves as honorary chairman for the Music City 250 Speed Classic on Old Hickory Lake in Nashville. The boat race raises money for the Boy Scouts
    Dec 23, 1970
    Seven-month-old John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny Cash and June Carter, has his network TV debut on a Christmas edition of "The Johnny Cash Show" with The Everly Brothers, George Gobel, Minnie Pearl, Tommy Cash and Roy Orbison, who sings "Pretty Paper." The Man In Black covers "I Never Picked Cotton"
    Feb 15, 1974
    Roy Orbison sings "Only The Lonely" while hosting a rock & roll oldies edition of "The Midnight Special." Others on the show include Bobby Vee, Lloyd Price, Duane Eddy, Del Shannon, Jackie Wilson and The Drifters, who do "Save The Last Dance For Me"
    Feb 28, 1974
    "Music Country USA" has a passel of guests on NBC: Host Mac Davis welcomes Dionne Warwick, Jerry Reed, Brenda Lee, Tom T. Hall, George Burns, Lynn Anderson and Roy Orbison
    Dec 4, 1976
    Sonny James and Roy Orbison join guest host Vikki Carr on the syndicated television show "Music Hall America"
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