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    • Jun 22, 1964
    "Don't Fence Me In" songwriter Cole Porter leaves New York's Columbia Presbyterian Hospital following 10 days of treatment for a hip fracture and a bladder infection
    Aug 9, 1964
    Peter, Paul & Mary perform in New York at the funeral for Andrew Goodman, one of three civil rights workers brutally murdered the previous month in Mississippi. Peter Yarrow will earn a country hit as the writer of "Torn Between Two Lovers"
    Aug 28, 1964
    One day after Johnny Cash recorded his song "It Ain't Me, Babe," Bob Dylan meets The Beatles for the first time in New York. He introduces them to marijuana
    Oct 11, 1964
    Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The episode's entertainment also includes Connie Francis and the Harlem Globetrotters
    Oct 18, 1964
    British rock band The Animals appears on "The Ed Sullivan Show," singing "The House Of The Rising Sun." In 1981, Dolly Parton revives the song as a country hit
    Nov 15, 1964
    The British pop duo Peter And Gordon makes its American TV debut on CBS' "The Ed Sullivan Show." Asher goes on to produce country hits such as "Blue Bayou" and "Love Is A Rose" for Linda Ronstadt
    Dec 22, 1964
    The James Bond movie "Goldfinger" opens in New York City. The film is referenced in Sammy Kershaw's 1991 country hit "Cadillac Style." A scene from the picture, in which 007 sees the reflection of a villain in the eye of a woman, also inspires a line in David Houston's "Almost Persuaded": "The reflection of my wedding band"
    Dec 25, 1964
    Future Diamond Rio drummer Brian Prout receives his first drum set for Christmas from older sister Flora Prout in Troy, New York
    Jan 15, 1965
    Bob Dylan records "Subterranean Homesick Blues" in New York. The song will inspire Eddie Rabbitt, David Malloy and Even Stevens to write the million-selling "Drivin' My Life Away" some 15 years later
    Jan 25, 1965
    Guitarist Al Nevins dies in New York City. He was a member of the instrumental pop trio The Three Suns, who earned a country hit in 1950 by teaming with Rosalie Allen and Elton Britt on "Beyond The Sunset"
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