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  • Jan 27, 1968
    Lynn Anderson sings "I've Been Everywhere" on ABC's "The Lawrence Welk Show"
    Jan 27, 1968
    The spaghetti western "Viva! Django" debuts in Italy. The theme song inspires the Gnarls Barkley pop hit "Crazy," which in turn inspires a Brett Eldredge country hit, thus earning songwriting credits for Italian film composers Gian Franco Reverberi and Gian Piero Reverberi on "Lose My Mind"
    Jan 27, 1968
    Tex Ritter guests on the syndicated half-hour TV offering "The Porter Wagoner Show"
    Jan 27, 1968
    Fifteen years before they write "Islands In The Stream," The Bee Gees play their first U.S. date, taking $50,000 for a show at the Anaheim Convention Center in California
    Jan 27, 1968
    Tracy Lawrence is born in Atlanta, Texas. The deep-voiced singer notches a string of 1990s hits that features "Sticks And Stones," "Time Marches On" and "Alibis." He earns additional hits, including "Find Out Who Your Friends Are," the next decade
    Jan 29, 1968
    It's sock it to me time! Kenny Rogers & The First Edition guest on the NBC series "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," performing the Mickey Newbury-written "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"
    Jan 30, 1968
    Merle Haggard tries recording "Today I Started Loving You Again" and also cuts "You've Still Got A Place In My Heart," a future hit for George Jones
    Jan 30, 1968
    Bobby Goldsboro records "Honey" at Nashville's RCA Studio B
    Jan 31, 1968
    Merle Haggard records "The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde," inspired by the Warren Beatty movie, at the Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood
    Jan 31, 1968
    Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton record "Holding On To Nothin'"

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