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    • Sep 28, 1968
    Dewey Phillips, the disc jockey who first put Elvis Presley on the radio, dies in his sleep at his mother's house in Memphis
    Oct 1, 1968
    Elvis Presley attends the funeral for Dewey Phillips, the Memphis disc jockey who first interviewed the singer on the air. Pallbearers include record producer Sam Phillips and Dickey Lee
    Oct 1, 1968
    Steel guitarist Little Roy Wiggins, best known for his work on numerous Eddy Arnold hits, presents a guitar to vice president Hubert Humphrey when the Democrat visits Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame
    Oct 4, 1968
    Jan Howard records "My Son"--a song dedicated to son Jimmy Howard, who is serving in Vietnam--at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
    Oct 6, 1968
    The Tennessean reports the Little Jimmy Dickens Smoke House will open on Richard Jones Road in Nashville within the next 60 days
    Oct 8, 1968
    Former Grand Ole Opry general manager Harry Stone dies at Millers Hospital-Clinic in Nashville following a stroke
    Oct 11, 1968
    Roni Stoneman, of The Stoneman Family, marries George Hemrick--her second husband--in Nashville
    Oct 15, 1968
    Tex Ritter and Ray Stevens perform when Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon makes a campaign stop in Knoxville, Tennessee
    Oct 18, 1968
    Glen Campbell wins two honors, Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year, during the second annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. NBC tapes the show for the first time for a November telecast
    Oct 18, 1968
    Bob Wills is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame during the second annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium
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