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Oct 22, 1970
Elvis Presley applies for a gun permit in California
Oct 22, 1970
United Artists releases Bobby Goldsboro's single "Watching Scotty Grow," authored by Mac Davis
Oct 22, 1970
Lon Williams, the father of the late Hank Williams, dies in McWilliams, Alabama
Oct 23, 1970
Davy Jones has an acting role on ABC's "Love, American Style." As a member of The Monkees, he sang on "Last Train To Clarksville," ranked in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 greatest singles
Oct 24, 1970
Tammy Wynette's "Run, Woman, Run" hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
Oct 24, 1970
"Solitary Man" songwriter Neil Diamond performs the first of two sell-out concerts at New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall. The song goes on to become a country hit a half-dozen years later for T.G. Sheppard
Oct 25, 1970
Glen Campbell sings "Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife" with Dionne Warwick on CBS-TV's "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour." Also on the episode are Bill Medley, Jud Strunk and series regular Jerry Reed
Oct 25, 1970
Chely Wright is born in Kansas City, Missouri. She wins the Academy of Country Music's Top New Female award in 1995 and earns a #1 hit in 1999 with "Single White Female." In 2010, she becomes the genre's first openly gay artist
Oct 26, 1970
The Osmonds record the pop hit "One Bad Apple" at the Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The session is guided by future country producer Rick Hall
Oct 26, 1970
Friends of Janis Joplin throw a drug-addled wake for the singer at the Lion's Share in San Anselmo, California, where Janis' fiance tries to sleep with her sister. Joplin had recorded "Me And Bobby McGee" one month prior
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