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Dec 1, 1987
George Strait picks up a platinum album from the RIAA, for "Ocean Front Property"
Dec 3, 1987
Several hundred fans walk out on a George Jones concert at the Charleston Civic Center in West Virginia. His band admits after the show that Jones is again having problems with alcohol
Dec 4, 1987
Brenda Lee joins Nashville's mayor, Bill Boner, during the lighting of the city's official Christmas tree at Riverfront Park
Dec 5, 1987
Ricky Van Shelton makes his first appearance at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Somebody Lied"
Dec 5, 1987
Michael Johnson and Judy Rodman are musical guests on "Hee Haw" with Mel Tillis, who co-hosts with Roy Clark
Dec 5, 1987
Molly O'Day dies from cancer in Huntington, West Virginia. A hard-country singer who peaked in the 1940s, she was best known for her single "Tramp On The Street," ranked among country's all-time greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Dec 5, 1987
Harry "Pappy" Daily dies in Houston. Daily founded Starday Records and produced The Big Bopper, Gene Pitney and George Jones
Dec 6, 1987
Crystal Gayle is grand marshal at the 35th annual Nashville Christmas Parade
Dec 7, 1987
Columbia releases Ricky Van Shelton's "Life Turned Her That Way"
Dec 8, 1987
Trisha Yearwood scores a perfect 100 on a music business test at Nashville's Belmont University. Her instructor, David Skepner, subsequently gives her an internship, which leads to a job as the receptionist for MTM Records
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