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    • Dec 3, 1961
    Lew Childre dies at his home in Foley, Alabama. The multi-faceted entertainer used numerous vaudevillian skills in a career that spanned comedy, tent shows, radio, recording and a run on the Grand Ole Opry
    Dec 5, 1961
    Jimmy Dean records "P.T. 109" and "Dear Ivan"
    Dec 5, 1961
    June Carter performs on Johnny Cash's live show for the first time at "The Big D Jamboree" in Dallas. Two months later, she becomes a regular member of the Man in Black's road show
    Dec 5, 1961
    Eddy Arnold records "Tears Broke Out On Me" at Nashville's RCA Studio B
    Dec 6, 1961
    Gene Autry is arrested on drunk driving charges in Los Angeles after almost hitting maintenance workers with his station wagon near the corner of Sunshine Terrace and Laurel Canyon. Just two weeks prior, he pleaded guilty to a previous DUI
    Dec 6, 1961
    Buck Owens records "Kickin' Our Hearts Around" in the evening at the Hollywood studios of Capitol Records
    Dec 7, 1961
    Hawkshaw Hawkins and Jean Shepard have a son--Don Robin Hawkins, named for Don Gibson and Marty Robbins--at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville
    Dec 8, 1961
    Roy Rogers & Dale Evans are featured guests during the NBC-TV music series "The Bell Telephone Hour"
    Dec 11, 1961
    Bill Anderson records "Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands"
    Dec 12, 1961
    Roy Acuff begins a one-month tour of Spain and Morocco, sponsored by the USO, to perform for American troops
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