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Jan 27, 1968
Fifteen years before they write "Islands In The Stream," The Bee Gees play their first U.S. date, taking $50,000 for a show at the Anaheim Convention Center in California
Jan 31, 1968
Merle Haggard records "The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde," inspired by the Warren Beatty movie, at the Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood
Feb 1, 1968
Merle Haggard records "Today I Started Loving You Again" at the Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood
Feb 27, 1968
Guitarist Kurt Allison is born in Los Angeles. Raised in Des Moines, he joins the band Rushlow, which earns a hit in 2002. He makes a more permanent mark in Jason Aldean's band, playing on such hits as "Big Green Tractor" and "She's Country." He also writes Aldean's "They Don't Know" and Dustin Lynch's "Seein' Red"
Mar 4, 1968
Glen Campbell wins three trophies in the third annual Academy of Country & Western Music awards at Los Angeles' Century Plaza Hotel: Top Male Vocalist; Single Record of the Year, for "Gentle On My Mind"; and Album, for the LP of the same name
Mar 5, 1968
Jerry Lee Lewis debuts as Iago in "Catch My Soul," an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Othello," at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles
Mar 11, 1968
Elvis Presley records "A Little Less Conversation" at the MGM Sound Studios in Culver City, California, for the movie "Live A Little, Love A Little"
Mar 12, 1968
Piano player Millard Kelso dies in Santa Clara, California. An important member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, he appeared on such recordings as "Roly-Poly," "Stay A Little Longer" and "Bubbles In My Beer"
Mar 13, 1968
Filming begins in Los Angeles for Elvis Presley's "Live A Little, Love A Little"
Mar 20, 1968
Eric Clapton and most of Buffalo Springfield, including singer/songwriter Neil Young and Jim Messina, are arrested in Topanga Canyon, California, and jailed for narcotics use. Stephen Stills escapes out a window before the entourage is busted
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