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  • Jan 19, 1963
    Black gold, Texas tea and Flatt & Scruggs: "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Jan 21, 1963
    Decca releases Kitty Wells' "Cold And Lonely (Is The Forecast For Tonight)"
    Jan 22, 1963
    Elvis Presley records "Bossa Nova Baby" at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, for the movie "Fun In Acapulco"
    Jan 23, 1963
    Gene Vincent marries Margie Russell at the Dartford Registry Office in England
    Jan 23, 1963
    Janis Joplin hitchhikes to San Francisco, her first visit to the place where she rises to fame. Her version of "Me And Bobby McGee" is named one of country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book, "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jan 24, 1963
    Pop songwriter Otto Harbach dies in New York City. Best known for co-writing "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," he experienced country hits in the 1950s when Slim Whitman revived "Indian Love Call" and "Rose-Marie"
    Jan 24, 1963
    Drummer Keech Rainwater is born in Plano, Texas. He joins Lonestar, the Academy of Country Music's Top New Vocal Group in 1996. The band scores such hits as "No News," "Amazed" and "I'm Already There"
    Jan 25, 1963
    Kansas City disc jockey "Cactus" Jack Call dies in a car accident. To raise money for his family, several country artists perform a benefit concert in March, including Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Dottie West and George Jones
    Jan 28, 1963
    Decca releases Bill Anderson's "Still"
    Jan 28, 1963
    Elvis Presley begins filming "Fun In Acapulco" in Los Angeles

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