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    • Oct 1, 1961
    RCA releases the soundtrack to the Elvis Presley movie "Blue Hawaii"
    Oct 2, 1961
    Joy Lynn White is born in Turrell, Arkansas. A highly regarded singer with a powerful voice, she signs with Columbia Records in the 1990s and is part of a mass choir of artists that sings "Amazing Grace" on the "Maverick" soundtrack
    Oct 3, 1961
    CBS debuts "The Dick Van Dyke Show." The cast includes Morey Amsterdam, who wrote Dick Jurgens' 1947 country hit "(Oh Why, Oh Why, Did I Ever Leave) Wyoming," and Mary Tyler Moore, who founds the 1980s country label MTM Records
    Oct 4, 1961
    Syndicated journalist Dorothy Kilgallen reports Hank Snow has sued Colonel Tom Parker, insisting he was the person who discovered Elvis Presley. Both sides hope to settle the dispute out of court
    Oct 4, 1961
    Bob Dylan, destined to write a number of country hits, appears at New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall for the first time. His audience numbers just 50 people
    Oct 6, 1961
    Columbia releases Claude King's "The Comancheros"
    Oct 6, 1961
    Columbia releases Johnny Cash's "Tennessee Flat-Top Box"
    Oct 7, 1961
    Wanda Jackson marries Wendell Goodman
    Oct 7, 1961
    Songwriter Tommy Barnes is born. He creates Tim McGraw's first hit, "Indian Outlaw"
    Oct 8, 1961
    Glen and Billie Jean Campbell have a daughter, Kelli Glen Campbell
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