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    • Jun 3, 1968
    Decca releases Loretta Lynn's "You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out On Me)"
    Jun 3, 1968
    Jamie O'Neal is born in Sydney, Australia. Her 2000 debut album nets several hits, including "There Is No Arizona" and "When I Think About Angels," helping her pick up the Academy of Country Music's Top New Female award
    Jun 3, 1968
    Waylon Jennings' father, William Jennings, dies
    Jun 4, 1968
    The Rolling Stones begin a week of recording sessions at London's Olympic Sound Studios. Among the songs they cut is "Sympathy For The Devil," referenced 19 years later in The Bellamy Brothers' country hit "Kids Of The Baby Boom"
    Jun 5, 1968
    Eddy Arnold concludes a seven-week stint as the host of NBC-TV's "The Kraft Music Hall" with The New Christy Minstrels appearing as musical guests. During his shift, the program was subtitled "Country Fair"
    Jun 5, 1968
    Songwriter Brett James is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His credits include Martina McBride's "Blessed," Dierks Bentley's "I Hold On," Jason Aldean's "Gonna Know We Were Here" and Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take The Wheel"
    Jun 5, 1968
    Abe Zimmerman, the father of Bob Dylan, dies of a heart attack in Minnesota. Dylan's output already includes the country songs "It Ain't Me, Babe," "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" and "You Ain't Going Nowhere"
    Jun 8, 1968
    Glen Campbell's "Hey, Little One" hits #1 on the Billboard country albums chart
    Jun 9, 1968
    Georgetown University holds its commencement exercises, graduating future president Bill Clinton and "Take Me Home, Country Roads" songwriter Bill Danoff
    Jun 11, 1968
    Ernest "Pop" Stoneman has surgery for the third time in two months at Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center. He dies three days later
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