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    • Jul 18, 1966
    Pop singer Bobby Fuller dies in Los Angeles of asphyxiation, just months after scoring a hit with "I Fought The Law." The song, written by former Buddy Holly cohort Sonny Curtis, is remade in a 1978 country hit by Hank Williams Jr.
    Jul 25, 1966
    The Monkees record "Last Train To Clarksville" at RCA Studio A in Hollywood. More than 35 years later, the Country Music Foundation surprisingly ranks it among country's 500 greatest singles in the book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Aug 1, 1966
    Merle Haggard records "The Fugitive" at the Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood
    Aug 22, 1966
    Johnny Cash fails to appear at the courthouse during the first day of divorce proceedings in Ventura, California
    Aug 29, 1966
    The Beatles perform their final concert at San Francisco's Candlestick Park. The lead singer for the opening act, The Remains, is Barry Tashian, who goes on to sing background vocals with Emmylou Harris
    Aug 30, 1966
    Filming is completed in Los Angeles for Elvis Presley's movie "Double Trouble"
    Sep 7, 1966
    Roy Orbison begins filming "The Fastest Guitar Alive," originally planned for Elvis Presley, in Hollywood
    Oct 2, 1966
    Several hundred hippies protest the criminalization of LSD with a Love Pageant Rally in San Francisco's Panhandle Park. Janis Joplin, who will record "Me And Bobby McGee," drinks cheap wine at the event's periphery
    Oct 3, 1966
    Filming begins in Hollywood for the movie "What Am I Bid?" Leroy Van Dyke performs "Auctioneer" in the picture, which also features Tex Ritter, Faron Young, Darrell McCall, Johnny Sea and Al Hirt
    Oct 3, 1966
    Elvis Presley begins filming "Easy Come, Easy Go" in Los Angeles
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