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Oct 1, 1961
RCA releases the soundtrack to the Elvis Presley movie "Blue Hawaii"
Oct 2, 1961
Joy Lynn White is born in Turrell, Arkansas. A highly regarded singer with a powerful voice, she signs with Columbia Records in the 1990s and is part of a mass choir of artists that sings "Amazing Grace" on the "Maverick" soundtrack
Oct 3, 1961
CBS debuts "The Dick Van Dyke Show." The cast includes Morey Amsterdam, who wrote Dick Jurgens' 1947 country hit "(Oh Why, Oh Why, Did I Ever Leave) Wyoming," and Mary Tyler Moore, who founds the 1980s country label MTM Records
Oct 4, 1961
Syndicated journalist Dorothy Kilgallen reports Hank Snow has sued Colonel Tom Parker, insisting he was the person who discovered Elvis Presley. Both sides hope to settle the dispute out of court
Oct 4, 1961
Bob Dylan, destined to write a number of country hits, appears at New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall for the first time. His audience numbers just 50 people
Oct 6, 1961
Columbia releases Claude King's "The Comancheros"
Oct 6, 1961
Columbia releases Johnny Cash's "Tennessee Flat-Top Box"
Oct 7, 1961
Wanda Jackson marries Wendell Goodman
Oct 7, 1961
Songwriter Tommy Barnes is born. He creates Tim McGraw's first hit, "Indian Outlaw"
Oct 8, 1961
Glen and Billie Jean Campbell have a daughter, Kelli Glen Campbell
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