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    • 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
    Nov 15, 1970
    Danny Davis plays a benefit for the Christ The King School in Nashville
    Nov 18, 1970
    Glen Campbell performs "The Impossible Dream" for queen Elizabeth II in London in a benefit for the World Wildlife Fund. The concert is shot for an NBC special, "Royal Gala," that also features Bob Hope, Petula Clark, Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck, who sings "Release Me"
    Mar 1, 1971
    A Loretta Lynn show in Louisville raises more than $500,000 for 104 children orphaned by a December mine blast in Hyden, Kentucky, that killed 38 people. Also on the bill: Conway Twitty, Roy Acuff, Tom T. Hall, Connie Smith and George Morgan
    May 1, 1971
    The Everly Brothers play a benefit for the Free Clinic of Southern California at the Hollywood Bowl, joined in the lineup by Joan Baez, The Association, Country Joe McDonald and Earth, Wind & Fire
    Aug 1, 1971
    Ex-Beatle George Harrison holds the Concert For Bangladesh at New York's Madison Square Garden, joined by Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan and Ravi Shankar. Harrison performs "Something," which goes on to become a country hit for Johnny Rodriguez
    Oct 17, 1971
    Loretta Lynn plays a benefit for the Judge Frank Fisher Wheelchair Club at Zorah Temple in Terre Haute, Indiana
    Dec 16, 1971
    Jerry Lee Lewis, Conway Twitty and Tom T. Hall play a benefit for the Kidney Transplant Fund of Memphis at the Mid-South Coliseum. Also on the bill are Connie Smith, Charlie Rich, Tommy Overstreet, John Wesley Ryles and The Stonemans
    Mar 25, 1972
    Connie Smith and Leroy Van Dyke take part in a telethon in Springfield, Missouri, that raises $226,000 for cerebral palsy
    Jun 10, 1972
    Johnny Cash performs during the Swan Ball, a Nashville fundraiser for the Cheekwood Botanical Gardens



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