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    • Jan 18, 1970
    Comedian Minnie Pearl, a regular on CBS' "Hee Haw," delivers one-liners on another of the network's programs, "The Ed Sullivan Show." She's joined by singer Buddy Greco and boxer Muhammad Ali
    Jan 19, 1970
    "The Best Of Charley Pride" becomes the first country album certified gold by the RIAA during the 1970s
    Jan 20, 1970
    Pop singer/songwriter Edwin McCain is born in Greenville, South Carolina. He earns a minor hit with "I Could Not Ask For More," which becomes a major country hit after being re-recorded by Sara Evans
    Jan 20, 1970
    Marty Robbins enters Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital for tests and ends up having heart surgery one week later
    Jan 20, 1970
    Kirk Douglas visits Nashville to convince Johnny Cash to appear with him in the western movie "A Gunfight"
    Jan 21, 1970
    Sonny James sings "Since I Met You Baby" and "A World Of Our Own" on an episode of CBS-TV's "Hee Haw." Tammy Wynette also guests on the show, co-hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark
    Jan 21, 1970
    Elvis Presley receives a gold single from the RIAA for "Don't Cry Daddy" on the 28th birthday of Mac Davis, who wrote it
    Jan 21, 1970
    "The Johnny Cash Show" welcomes Bobbie Gentry, Arlo Guthrie and Jose Feliciano, who duets with Cash on "I Guess Things Happen That Way." Carl Perkins teams with Cash for "Worried Man Blues"; June Carter joins him for "If I Were A Carpenter"
    Jan 21, 1970
    Bass player Howard Watts dies of a heart attack in Nashville. As Cedric Rainwater, he played with Ray Price, Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs, and was a member of The Drifting Cowboys band during the final three years of Hank Williams' life
    Jan 22, 1970
    Lou Rawls performs the former Eddy Arnold hit "Make The World Go Away" on the NBC variety series "The Dean Martin Show"
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