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    • Nov 10, 1961
    Jim Reeves records "When Two Worlds Collide," "I Won't Forget You" and "Blue Side Of Lonesome" during the evening at RCA's Nashville studio
    Nov 11, 1961
    Doyle Wilburn marries Margie Bowes at Calvary Baptist Church in Nashville
    Nov 12, 1961
    Brenda Lee sings "Fool #1" on CBS' variety series "The Ed Sullivan Show." Also on the broadcast from New York: The Ames Brothers and Pearl Bailey
    Nov 13, 1961
    Decca releases Burl Ives' "A Little Bitty Tear"
    Nov 14, 1961
    Johnny Cash is jailed in Nashville for public intoxication after trying to kick in the door of a nightclub that was closed near Printers Alley
    Nov 14, 1961
    Wynn Stewart and businessman Don Spafford open a Las Vegas club, Nashville Nevada. They call attention to the club's hours--it's open 24-hours-a-day--by dropping the key to the front door from an airplane into the desert
    Nov 14, 1961
    The Everly Brothers record "Crying In The Rain" at RCA Studio B in Nashville. Tammy Wynette has a minor country hit with it in 1981
    Nov 14, 1961
    Ray Charles is arrested in Indianapolis on drug charges, after buying marijuana and heroin two days earlier. Within months, Charles will record the album "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music"
    Nov 15, 1961
    Patti Page records "Go On Home"
    Nov 20, 1961
    At the top of this list stands a big, big man: "Big Bad John" takes Jimmy Dean to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
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