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  • Oct 8, 1964
    Jimmy Dean, Homer & Jethro and Molly Bee team on "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" during ABC's "The Jimmy Dean Show." Bobby Vinton sings "Roses Are Red" on the episode, which Dean closes with "(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)"
    Oct 9, 1964
    Larry Gatlin scores the lone touchdown for the Odessa Bronchos on a quarterback sneak as the Big Spring Steers defeat Gatlin's team, 20-6, in a Texas high school football game
    Oct 9, 1964
    The Beach Boys record the definitive version of "Dance, Dance, Dance" at the RCA Studio in Hollywood with a crew of musicians that includes guitarist Glen Campbell
    Oct 9, 1964
    Guitarist Gary Bennett is born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He becomes one of two lead singers in BR549, a traditionally-grounded band that grows out of Nashville's lower Broadway in the mid-1990s to become critical favorites and Grammy nominees
    Oct 11, 1964
    Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The episode's entertainment also includes Connie Francis and the Harlem Globetrotters
    Oct 12, 1964
    Decca releases Bill Anderson's "Three A.M."
    Oct 14, 1964
    The Everly Brothers sing "Let It Be Me" and Roy Orbison adds "Oh, Pretty Woman" on the ABC show "Shindig!"
    Oct 14, 1964
    Charlie Watts, the drummer for The Rolling Stones, marries Shirley Ann Arnold. The band goes on to record "Honky Tonk Women," cited as one of country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 14, 1964
    Loretta Lynn records "Blue Kentucky Girl" and "Happy Birthday" at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville during an evening session
    Oct 15, 1964
    Ernest Tubb, Roy Clark, Molly Bee and comedian Don Adams hit the small screen on ABC's "The Jimmy Dean Show"

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