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    • Sep 19, 1966
    "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" songwriter John Lennon flies to Spain to shoot the movie "How I Won The War"
    Dec 1, 1967
    Ringo Starr, a future Grammy nominee in the country field, flies to Rome to begin filming the movie "Candy"
    Dec 10, 1967
    Soul singer Otis Redding dies in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin. Just a month later, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" becomes his biggest recording. The song is later remade as a country hit by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
    Dec 11, 1968
    A plane carrying Tex Ritter is hijacked from Nashville to Cuba. Ritter cancels one show and is returned to Miami
    Feb 26, 1969
    Elvis Presley flies to Las Vegas to stage the signing of his contract to perform at the under-construction International Hotel, a gig that marks his return to live concerts after a seven-year layoff. The actual signing doesn't occur until April
    Jul 6, 1969
    Weeks after The Rolling Stones recorded "Honky Tonk Women," Mick Jagger flies to Australia to begin filming "Ned Kelly." The movie will feature music by Shel Silverstein, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson
    Dec 30, 1969
    Peter, Paul & Mary earn a gold single from the RIAA with a song written by John Denver, "Leaving On A Jet Plane"
    Dec 19, 1970
    Elvis Presley is warned by father Vernon and wife Priscilla that his reckless spending on friends will bankrupt him. Elvis angrily leaves and takes an impromptu overnight flight to Washington, D.C.
    Apr 23, 1971
    A windstorm destroys a parked DC-3 airplane, owned by Jerry Lee Lewis, in Memphis. The Killer reacts by buying a bigger plane
    Nov 24, 1971
    Hijacker D.B. Cooper parachutes from a Northwest airlines flight near Ariel, Washington, with $200,000, and is never found. He inspires the 1981 movie "The Pursuit Of D.B. Cooper," starring Robert Duvall. Waylon Jennings sings "Shine" on the soundtrack, which also features Jessi Colter, Rita Coolidge and Cream



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