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    • Jul 1, 1966
    Slim Willet dies of a heart attack at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene, Texas. He wrote the classic "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes," a Top 10 hit in 1952 and '53 for Willet, Skeets McDonald, Ray Price and Red Foley
    Jul 2, 1966
    Buck Owens begins a nine-week stay at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Think Of Me"
    Jul 4, 1966
    Johnny Sea sings his Vietnam-connected "Day For Decision" on Independence Day during a Liberace concert at Las Vegas' Sahara Hotel
    Jul 4, 1966
    "Swingin' Country," a daytime country showcase, debuts on NBC. The weekday program features Rusty Draper, Roy Clark and Molly Bee
    Jul 4, 1966
    George Jones opens his first amusement park--the George Jones Rhythm Ranch, in Vidor, Texas--and begins a friendship with guest performer Merle Haggard
    Jul 5, 1966
    Columbia releases Stonewall Jackson's "Blues Plus Booze (Means I Lose)"
    Jul 5, 1966
    Ray Stevens performs "Ahab, The Arab" on Dick Clark's ABC daytime music show, "Where The Action Is"
    Jul 5, 1966
    Waylon Jennings records "Green River" and the theme song to the movie "Nashville Rebel" during an evening session at RCA Studio B in Nashville
    Jul 6, 1966
    Richie Shelton is born in Oklahoma. His accidental 1990 death inspires younger brother Blake Shelton to co-write "Over You" with Miranda Lambert
    Jul 6, 1966
    Paramount releases Elvis Presley's "Paradise, Hawaiian Style"
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