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    • Jul 1, 1968
    Capitol releases Buck Owens' album "Sweet Rosie Jones"
    Jul 1, 1968
    Capitol releases Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried"
    Jul 1, 1968
    Marty Robbins records "Camelia" and "I Walk Alone"
    Jul 1, 1968
    The Beatles' John Lennon and girlfriend Yoko Ono are injured in a car accident in Scotland, requiring hospitalization. Several Lennon-McCartney compositions go on to become country hits, including "I Feel Fine" and "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
    Jul 3, 1968
    Cal Maddox dies from a heart attack. He was a member of The Maddox Brothers & Rose, whose energetic live shows and rhinestone-studded outfits brought them recognition as the Most Colorful Hillbilly Band In America during the 1940s and '50s
    Jul 4, 1968
    The John Wayne movie "The Green Berets" premieres in Atlanta. The Vietnam War film's theme song is Barry Sadler's "The Ballad Of The Green Berets," performed by a male chorus. The cast includes former hitmaker Cactus Pryor
    Jul 7, 1968
    The Byrds perform at London's Royal Albert Hall. The concert attracts The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, who strikes up a friendship with the band's Gram Parsons
    Jul 7, 1968
    "To Sir With Love" singer Lulu and The Geezinslaw Brothers appear on CBS-TV's "The Summer Brothers Smothers Show," hosted by Glen Campbell
    Jul 7, 1968
    Cal Smith ends a five-year run as a member of Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours
    Jul 8, 1968
    Decca releases Jack Greene's "Love Takes Care Of Me"
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