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    • Oct 14, 1968
    Decca releases Loretta Lynn's "Your Squaw Is On The Warpath"
    Oct 15, 1968
    Tex Ritter and Ray Stevens perform when Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon makes a campaign stop in Knoxville, Tennessee
    Oct 16, 1968
    Eddy Arnold welcomes Jimmie Rodgers and jazz trumpeter Al Hirt to "The Kraft Music Hall" on NBC-TV. Arnold performs "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" and teams with Rodgers for "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," "It's Over" and "Honeycomb"
    Oct 17, 1968
    Guy Drake buys a used 1968 Buick from Boyd Motors in Benton, Kentucky, for $750. The check bounces, and he will be arrested 18 months later, ironically as he's marketing his single "Welfare Cadilac"
    Oct 17, 1968
    Dean Martin performs the Porter Wagoner hit "Green, Green Grass Of Home" while hosting his NBC variety series, "The Dean Martin Show"
    Oct 17, 1968
    Glen Campbell nets his first two gold albums from the RIAA, for "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" and "Gentle On My Mind"
    Oct 18, 1968
    Glen Campbell wins two honors, Entertainer of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year, during the second annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. NBC tapes the show for the first time for a November telecast
    Oct 18, 1968
    John Lennon and girlfriend Yoko Ono are arrested at their London apartment for possession of marijuana. Lennon is a co-writer on two future country hits: "I Feel Fine" and the ironically titled "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
    Oct 18, 1968
    Plans are announced for the creation of the Opryland theme park in Nashville. Affiliated with the Grand Ole Opry, the grounds eventually provide a home for Roy Acuff, while the park spawns such acts as Little Texas, Diamond Rio, Chely Wright and Deborah Allen
    Oct 18, 1968
    Bob Wills is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame during the second annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium
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