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    • Jul 7, 1970
    Pop songwriter Charles Tobias dies in Manhasset, New York. Along with "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone But Me)," he wrote "The Old Lamplighter," a 1960 pop-country crossover hit for The Browns
    Oct 18, 1970
    The movie "I Never Sang For My Father," starring Gene Hackman, debuts in New York. The film includes a cameo role for Roy Clark, who plays a singer
    Oct 24, 1970
    "Solitary Man" songwriter Neil Diamond performs the first of two sell-out concerts at New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall. The song goes on to become a country hit a half-dozen years later for T.G. Sheppard
    Nov 1, 1970
    Roy Clark performs his current hit, "Thank God And Greyhound," on CBS' "The Ed Sullivan Show." The evening also features Bobbie Gentry, R&B singer Melba Moore and comedian Richard Pryor
    Nov 2, 1970
    MGM president Mike Curb announces in New York that he's dropping 18 acts that promote hard drugs, including Connie Francis and The Cowsills. It later becomes evident the acts were all losing money. Curb goes on to activate Curb Records
    Nov 8, 1970
    Hank Williams Jr. sings "All For The Love Of Sunshine" on the prime-time CBS offering "The Ed Sullivan Show." Among the other guests: The Carpenters and The Four Tops, who offer "It's All In The Game"
    Nov 15, 1970
    Joe South, Tommy Roe and Billy Joe Royal join forces to sing "Games People Play" on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The song was a 1969 country hit for Freddy Weller
    Nov 18, 1970
    The Gregory Peck/Tuesday Weld movie "I Walk The Line" debuts in New York, featuring music by Johnny Cash. Among the Cash contributions: "Flesh And Blood" and the title track
    Nov 20, 1970
    Elton John shares the bill with Leon Russell, a future duet partner for Willie Nelson, when he plays New York's Fillmore East. The audience includes "It Ain't Me, Babe" songwriter Bob Dylan
    Nov 22, 1970
    Minnie Pearl and Jeannie C. Riley appear in New York on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show." Merle Haggard, who had been scheduled, refused to perform when producers asked him to do a dance number celebrating "Oklahoma"
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