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    • May 4, 1970
    The "Midnight Cowboy" soundtrack earns a gold album from the RIAA. It includes Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'," heralded among country's all-time greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jun 26, 1970
    Ray Stevens picks up a gold single from the RIAA, for "Everything Is Beautiful"
    Jul 8, 1970
    "Hitchin' A Ride," by English pop group Vanity Fare, earns a gold single from the RIAA. Jack Reno records a country version in 1971
    Aug 14, 1970
    "The Wonder Of You" earns Elvis Presley a gold single from the RIAA
    Oct 2, 1970
    Merle Haggard receives his first gold award from the Recording Industry Association of America, for the album "Okie From Muskogee"
    Oct 16, 1970
    The RIAA awards a gold album to "10 Years Together/The Best Of Peter, Paul & Mary." Its contents include the John Denver-penned pop hit "Leaving On A Jet Plane"
    Nov 16, 1970
    Anne Murray clutches a gold single with "Snowbird," making her the first Canadian artist to snag RIAA gold with a country hit
    Dec 16, 1970
    Creedence Clearwater Revival's album "Cosmo's Factory" and single "Lookin' Out My Back Door" are certified gold by the RIAA. "Back Door" is ranked by the Country Music Foundation among country's 500 greatest singles in the 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 16, 1970
    The Tony Orlando & Dawn pop single "Knock Three Times" is certified gold by the RIAA. Billy "Crash" Craddock finds country success with the song the following year
    Jan 4, 1971
    King Floyd's R&B hit "Groove Me" receives a gold single from the RIAA. The record features future country producer James Stroud on drums



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