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Apr 28, 1969
Glen Campbell wins three times in the fourth Academy of Country & Western Music awards at the Palladium in Hollywood. He takes Top Male Vocalist and Television Personality; and shares Album of the Year, for "Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell"
Apr 30, 1969
Producer and arranger Al De Lory overdubs the string parts for Glen Campbell's "True Grit" and "Try A Little Kindness" at Hollywood's United Recording Studio
May 1, 1969
Strings are added in a final session for Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry's "All I Have To Do Is Dream" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood
May 14, 1969
Songwriter/producer Greg Kurstin is born in Los Angeles. After crafting such pop hits as Adele's "Hello," Sia's "Chandelier" and Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger," he works with Maren Morris on the 2019 singles "Girl" and "The Bones"
May 16, 1969
Merle Haggard records "Workin' Man Blues" at the Capitol tower in Hollywood
May 22, 1969
Pop songwriter Jimmy McHugh dies in Beverly Hills. He earned country hits as a writer of Ella Fitzgerald's "When My Sugar Walks Down The Street" and Jimmy Wakely's duet with Margaret Whiting, "When You And I Were Young Maggie Blues"
Jun 14, 1969
Blues singer Wynonie Harris dies from throat cancer in Los Angeles. One of the colorful figures of early R&B, he was the lead singer for Lucky Millinder's 1944 single "Hurry, Hurry," a hit on an early version of Billboard's country chart
Jun 21, 1969
Susan Anton is named Miss California during a pageant in Santa Cruz. She will earn a country hit in 1981 as a duet partner with Fred Knobloch on "Killin' Time"
Jun 26, 1969
The California legislature passes a resolution honoring Miss California pageant winner Susan Anton. A dozen years later, she earns a country hit through a duet with Fred Knobloch on "Killin' Time"
Jul 16, 1969
Merle Haggard records the original version of "The Seashores Of Old Mexico" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood
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