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    • Oct 12, 1970
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts its first 20 members. The inaugural list includes Ted Daffan, Johnny Bond, Floyd Tillman, Stuart Hamblen, Cindy Walker, Merle Travis, Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, Bob Wills, Fred Rose, Hank Williams, A.P. Carter and Jimmie Rodgers
    Oct 13, 1970
    Marty Robbins performs "Don't Worry" as the musical guest on CBS-TV's "Hee Haw"
    Oct 13, 1970
    Janis Joplin's ashes are scattered into the Pacific Ocean in a ceremony on the coast of California. The next year, her version of "Me And Bobby McGee" is released, eventually honored among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 14, 1970
    Merle Haggard wins four trophies during the fourth annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Hag takes Entertainer and Male Vocalist of the Year, while "Okie From Muskogee" wins both Single and Album of the Year
    Oct 14, 1970
    Bobby Bare performs "Detroit City" on ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show," also featuring Jose Feliciano, Linda Ronstadt, Mac Davis and June Carter Cash. Carl Perkins covers "I'll Fly Away," and the Man In Black does "Five Feet High And Rising," "Proud Mary" and "These Hands"
    Oct 14, 1970
    The Original Carter Family and Bill Monroe enter the Country Music Hall Of Fame during the fourth annual Country Music Association awards, hosted by Tennessee Ernie Ford from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on NBC-TV's "The Kraft Music Hall"
    Oct 14, 1970
    Vocalist/bass player Doug Virden is born in Denver, Colorado. He joins Sons Of The Desert in Texas, and the band fashions a 1997 debut album that yields hits with "Whatever Comes First" and "Leaving October." The group provides backing vocals for Lee Ann Womack on "I Hope You Dance"
    Oct 16, 1970
    The RIAA awards a gold album to "10 Years Together/The Best Of Peter, Paul & Mary." Its contents include the John Denver-penned pop hit "Leaving On A Jet Plane"
    Oct 16, 1970
    Roger Miller and Pat Buttram guest on ABC's "Love, American Style"
    Oct 17, 1970
    The Country Music Association's executive director, Jo Walker, receives the Metronome Award from Nashville's mayor during the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium
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