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    • Sep 1, 1968
    Tom T. Hall records "Ballad Of Forty Dollars" at the Columbia Studios in Nashville
    Sep 11, 1968
    Tom T. Hall records "That's How I Got To Memphis" in Nashville at the Columbia Recording Studios. Bobby Bare gets a hit two years later with the same song
    Sep 13, 1968
    Jeannie C. Riley wins a $390,000 breach of contract lawsuit filed against her and Plantation Records owner Shelby Singleton in Nashville by Little Darlin' Records founder Aubrey Mayhew, who claimed she was signed to his label
    Sep 14, 1968
    Two of Roy Orbison's three sons--Tony and Roy Jr.--die when the family's house catches fire in Nashville
    Sep 17, 1968
    Funeral services are held in Nashville for Roy Orbison's two sons, Dewayne and Tony Orbison, who died in a fire three days earlier. In attendance are Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter, Leroy Van Dyke and manager Wesley Rose
    Sep 22, 1968
    The Jordanaires sing "(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)" during Red Foley's funeral at the Madison Church of Christ in Tennessee. Others in attendance include Minnie Pearl, Porter Wagoner, Roy Acuff, Brenda Lee, Grandpa Jones, Webb Pierce and Pat Boone
    Sep 27, 1968
    Carl Perkins records "Restless" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville. A 1991 version of the song wins a Grammy award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration for Mark O'Connor, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs and Steve Wariner
    Oct 1, 1968
    Steel guitarist Little Roy Wiggins, best known for his work on numerous Eddy Arnold hits, presents a guitar to vice president Hubert Humphrey when the Democrat visits Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame
    Oct 6, 1968
    The Tennessean reports the Little Jimmy Dickens Smoke House will open on Richard Jones Road in Nashville within the next 60 days
    Oct 8, 1968
    Former Grand Ole Opry general manager Harry Stone dies at Millers Hospital-Clinic in Nashville following a stroke
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