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    • Jul 27, 1976
    John Lennon is granted a permanent visa from the U.S. Immigration Service. Lennon is credited as a writer on The Beatles' "I Feel Fine" and "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party," which become country hits for Sweethearts Of The Rodeo and Rosanne Cash
    Aug 20, 1976
    Willie Nelson is served with a subpoena to testify in the narcotics trial of reputed drug ring leader Joe Hicks. Authorities refuse to comment on Nelson's role in the trial
    Aug 26, 1976
    Dolly Parton signs a contract with Porter Wagoner, agreeing to pay him 15% of her gross recording royalties during the duration of an agreement he negotiated for her with RCA Records
    Sep 7, 1976
    Ex-Beatle George Harrison loses a copyright infringement suit that charges his "My Sweet Lord" borrows from Lonnie Mack's "He's So Fine." Harrison's "Something" had become a country hit two years prior for Johnny Rodriguez
    Oct 12, 1976
    Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested for disorderly conduct after yelling at the neighbors of his ex-wife, Jaren, in Memphis
    Nov 22, 1976
    After overturning his $46,000 Rolls-Royce, Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested at a street corner near his Memphis home for reckless driving and driving without a license. Later in the day, he's jailed in Tunica, Mississippi, for driving while intoxicated
    Nov 23, 1976
    A drunk Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested in Memphis after he's spotted outside of Graceland Mansion, waving a pistol and demanding to see Elvis Presley
    Dec 17, 1976
    Two women file suit for $102,000 against George Jones, claiming he forced them to drink liquor, then hit one in the face and threw a briefcase at the other
    Dec 22, 1976
    R&B artist Isaac Hayes files for bankruptcy in a federal court in Memphis, just months after Sonny James built a country hit by covering the Hayes-written "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby"
    Mar 3, 1977
    Elvis Presley signs a new will, naming his father, Vernon Presley, as his executor. The document names neither fiancee Ginger Alden nor ex-wife Priscilla Presley, granting his entire estate to daughter Lisa Marie Presley on her 25th birthday



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