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Mar 1, 1966

Construction begins on the original Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Music Row in Nashville. Among the artists who will be enshrined there: Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, George Jones, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Ernest Tubb, Johnny Cash and The Carter Family

Mar 7, 1966

Hank Williams Jr. records "Standing In The Shadows," a song recognizing the daunting influence of his late father, in Nashville

Mar 8, 1966

Robert Lunn dies in Nashville. His "talking blues" style made him one of the early stars of the Grand Ole Opry

Mar 8, 1966

Bob Dylan records "Just Like A Woman" and "Absolutely Sweet Marie" at the Columbia Studios in Nashville during sessions for the album "Blonde On Blonde," using country session men Charlie McCoy, Kenny Buttrey, Wayne Moss, Henry Strzelecki and Hargus "Pig" Robbins

Mar 9, 1966

Jan Howard records "Evil On Your Mind" in Nashville

Mar 10, 1966

Everybody must get stoned: Bob Dylan records "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" at the Columbia Studios in Nashville, with country musicians Charlie McCoy, Wayne Moss, Kenny Buttrey, Hargus "Pig" Robbins and Henry Strzelecki

Mar 11, 1966

"Walk On By" singer Leroy Van Dyke attends a Nashville dinner that marks the start of a fundraising campaign to support construction of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Mar 15, 1966

Sandy Posey records the pop hit "Born A Woman" in Nashville

Mar 24, 1966

Wilma Burgess records "Misty Blue" and Don't Touch Me" in Nashville

Apr 1, 1966

Johnny Paycheck holds his first recording session for Aubrey Mayhew's Little Darlin' label at RCA Studio B in Nashville

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