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    • Oct 14, 1969
    A story in the  University of Michigan's newspaper reports on the underground myth that Paul McCartney is dead, propelling the rumor to greater prominence. The story's author will become a founding member of Riders In The Sky: Fred "Too Slim" LaBour
    Oct 15, 1969
    Johnny Cash wins a record-setting five times during the third annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. He takes home Entertainer and Male Vocalist; Album, for "Johnny Cash At San Quentin"; Single, for "A Boy Named Sue"; and Vocal Group, with June Carter
    Oct 15, 1969
    Glen Campbell and songwriter Casey Anderson perform The Lovin' Spoonful's "Nashville Cats" on "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour." The CBS telecast also features Cher and Larry McNeeley
    Oct 15, 1969
    Kimberly Schlapman is born in Toccoa, Georgia. She is destined for membership in Little Big Town, a harmony-based group known for "Boondocks," "Better Man," "Pontoon" and "Girl Crush"
    Oct 15, 1969
    Gene Autry joins the Country Music Hall Of Fame during the NBC telecast of the Country Music Association's third annual awards from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on "The Kraft Music Hall"
    Oct 15, 1969
    "Paint Your Wagon," starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood, opens at movie theaters. On the soundtrack: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
    Oct 16, 1969
    Future country singer George Burns guests on "The Dean Martin Show." The host of the NBC variety series turns in a version of the Marty Robbins hit "Singing The Blues"
    Oct 16, 1969
    Record producer and Chess label executive Leonard Chess dies when he has a heart attack and crashes his car in Chicago. He produced Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," ranked among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Oct 17, 1969
    Columbia releases Johnny Cash's single "Blistered" backed with "See Ruby Fall"
    Oct 17, 1969
    Bobby Goldsboro guests with Buddy Ebsen and Martha Raye on ABC's "Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters Hour"
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