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    • Oct 21, 1965
    Former Elvis Presley bass player Bill Black dies at Memphis' Baptist Memorial Hospital during surgery for a brain tumor at age 39. He played on Presley's "Don't Be Cruel," "Hound Dog" and "Heartbreak Hotel," eventually forming his own combo
    Oct 22, 1965
    Larry Gatlin scores the Odessa Bronchos' lone touchdown on an 80-yard interception return when the Midland Bulldogs defeat his Texas high school football team, 21-7
    Oct 22, 1965
    "The Jimmy Dean Show" features a Billboard awards presentation from Nashville. Dean covers "Things Have Gone To Pieces" on the episode, which also features music from Merle Haggard and the duo Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell, who perform "Yes, Mr. Peters"
    Oct 22, 1965
    The $500,000 Columbia Recording Studio A is dedicated in Nashville. Little Jimmy Dickens sings "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" at the event, attended by Cliffie Stone and Columbia execs Don Law and Goddard Lieberson
    Oct 22, 1965
    Fire breaks out in Tex Ritter's room at the Andrew Jackson Hotel in downtown Nashville. Ritter loses his guitar, several hunting rifles and new cowboy outfits made in England and Hong Kong
    Oct 22, 1965
    Ernest Tubb is named to the Country Music Hall Of Fame during a ceremony at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium
    Oct 23, 1965
    Johnny Wright's "Hello Vietnam" begins a three-week occupation of the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart
    Oct 23, 1965
    ABC's "Shindig!" welcomes The Byrds, including Chris Hillman, who will go on to found The Desert Rose Band. The music show's lineup also features Dobie Gray, Delaney Bramlett and Glen Campbell
    Oct 23, 1965
    Elvis Presley receives a speeding ticket in Memphis
    Oct 23, 1965
    Roy Acuff Jr. makes his Grand Ole Opry debut, introduced by his legendary father. On an encore, Junior reprises his daddy's classic "Wabash Cannonball"
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