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May 28, 1961

Ernest Tubb records "Through That Door" during an evening session at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville

Jun 4, 1961

Jim Reeves records "What Would You Do?" and "Stand At The Window" in the afternoon at Nashville's RCA Studio B

Jun 12, 1961

Ray Price records "Soft Rain" at the Bradley Studios in Nashville. It's set aside, and the single version is recorded one month later

Jun 14, 1961

Patsy Cline is seriously injured in a head-on collision in Nashville. Two passengers in the other car die, while Cline receives a dislocated hip and a cut across her forehead

Jun 15, 1961

20th Century-Fox offers a sneak preview of Elvis Presley's "Wild In The Country" in Memphis. Viewers can choose between two endings, deciding whether Hope Lange dies in the end. The viewers choose for her to live

Jun 17, 1961

With Patsy Cline in the hospital from a car accident, Loretta Lynn dedicates "I Fall To Pieces" to Cline on Ernest Tubb's "Midnite Jamboree" radio show. Cline's husband, Charlie Dick, asks Lynn to come meet Cline in the hospital the next day

Jun 21, 1961

Faron Young takes his first swipe at recording Willie Nelson's "Three Days." He cuts in the final version more than six months later

Jun 26, 1961

Elvis Presley records "Little Sister" and "(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame" at Nashville's RCA Studio B

Jul 1, 1961

Elvis Presley's friend Red West marries Pat Boyd in Memphis. Presley is late to the wedding, and Joe Esposito has to fill in as best man

Jul 11, 1961

Chet Atkins plays a concert in the rain in Nashville's Centennial Park without telling the audience of 10,000 that every time he touches the guitar, he gets shocked. The closest he comes to letting on is to announce "I'm real brave tonight"

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