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  • Jan 4, 1968
    Jack Greene records "You Are My Treasure"
    Jan 5, 1968
    Jack Greene records "You've Still Got A Place In My Heart." It's another 10 years before it becomes a hit for Con Hunley, and an additional eight before George Jones releases a Top 10 version
    Jan 5, 1968
    Jerry Lee Lewis records "Another Place, Another Time" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
    Jan 6, 1968
    ABC-TV debuts "Happening '68," a daytime weekend music show featuring Paul Revere & The Raiders, including future country star Freddy Weller
    Jan 8, 1968
    Capitol releases Buck Owens' "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone"
    Jan 8, 1968
    Stax Records releases Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," later remade as a country hit by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
    Jan 9, 1968
    Roy Rogers & Dale Evans guest on the CBS variety series "The Red Skelton Show"
    Jan 9, 1968
    RCA releases the original version of Elvis Presley's "Guitar Man," featuring backing musician Jerry Reed. Thirteen years later, a posthumous version becomes a hit, with new instrumental tracks backing The King's original vocals
    Jan 9, 1968
    Loretta Lynn records "Fist City" at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
    Jan 10, 1968
    Bobbie Gentry and Bobby Darin add music to NBC's "The Kraft Music Hall"

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