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    • Oct 27, 1965
    Native American songwriter Peter La Farge commits suicide by slashing his wrists in a Greenwich Village bathtub. At the time, Johnny Cash has a country hit with the La Farge-penned "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
    Nov 6, 1965
    Jazz and vaudevillian songwriter Clarence Williams dies in Queens, New York. Associated with Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller, his output included "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It," a country hit for Hank Williams, T. Texas Tyler and Ricky Nelson
    Nov 21, 1965
    Jimmy Dean performs at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York. The show represents the final appearance of fiddler Cecil Brower, who dies at a post-show party at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
    Nov 21, 1965
    Fiddler Cecil Brower dies during a party at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City of a perforated ulcer. One of the pioneers of western swing, he established the fiddle's role in the genre during his tenure with Milton Brown's Musical Brownies
    Nov 22, 1965
    "It Ain't Me, Babe" songwriter Bob Dylan marries Sara Lowndes on Long Island
    Nov 28, 1965
    Petula Clark performs "My Love" from New York on CBS' "The Ed Sullivan Show." Five years later, the song emerges in country music in the hands of Sonny James
    Dec 2, 1965
    Sgt. Barry Sadler signs a recording deal with RCA in New York
    Dec 10, 1965
    "The Yearling" debuts on Broadway in New York with 13-year-old Steve Sanders in the cast. The production closes a day later after three performances. Sanders is destined to become a member of The Oak Ridge Boys
    Dec 12, 1965
    The Byrds perform "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!" during CBS' telecast of "The Ed Sullivan Show." The group includes Chris Hillman, a future member of country music's Desert Rose Band
    Dec 18, 1965
    Sgt. Barry Sadler records "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" in New York
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