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    • Nov 5, 1960
    Drummer Ken Coomer is born in Nashville. He joins the alt-country band Uncle Tupelo, later following Jeff Tweedy into the offshoot Wilco
    Nov 5, 1960
    Johnny Horton dies in an auto accident in Austin after performing at the Skyline. Also injured: manager Tillman Franks and guitarist Tommy Tomlinson. Horton's last words before the accident: "You know, Tillman, the Lord's been real good to me this year"
    Nov 7, 1960
    A.P. Carter dies in Kingsport, Tennessee. With his wife Sara and her cousin, Maybelle Carter, The Original Carter Family became one of the genre's pioneering groups with A.P. credited as a writer of such titles as "Keep On The Sunny Side" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." They join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
    Nov 8, 1960
    Johnny Horton is buried in Bossier City, Louisiana. Johnny Cash reads John 20 at Rose-Neath Chapel during the funeral, also attended by record producer Don Law, singer/songwriter Merle Kilgore, Tillman Franks and Jimmie Davis
    Nov 9, 1960
    Don Winters records his lone country hit, "Too Many Times"
    Nov 9, 1960
    Shooting begins on Elvis Presley's "Wild In The Country" in Napa, California
    Nov 11, 1960
    George Hamilton IV has a son, George Hamilton V, in Nashville
    Nov 12, 1960
    Hank Locklin joins the Grand Ole Opry
    Nov 14, 1960
    Ferlin Husky's "Wings Of A Dove" soars to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart for the first of 10 weeks total
    Nov 14, 1960
    Billboard reports Johnny Cash has purchased a stable of racehorses, including one named I Walk The Line
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