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Nov 8, 1966
Ray Price records "I'm Still Not Over You" and "Danny Boy" in the evening at the Columbia Studios in Nashville
Nov 8, 1966
Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California. In the position, he pardons Merle Haggard in 1972 for an attempted robbery conviction from the late 1950s
Nov 8, 1966
Buck Owens records "Your Tender Loving Care" in a midday session at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood
Nov 9, 1966
Par-Lo releases Aaron Neville's pop hit "Tell It Like It Is." The song will become a country hit when a Billy Joe Royal version is released in 1989
Nov 9, 1966
George Hamilton IV records "Break My Mind" and "Urge For Going" at RCA Studio A on Music Row in Nashville
Nov 9, 1966
Jim Ed Brown records "Pop A Top" at Nashville's RCA Studio B, using Dr. Pepper cans supplied by Jimmy Dean to create the sound of a beer can opening
Nov 11, 1966
Porter Wagoner records "The Cold Hard Facts Of Life"
Nov 11, 1966
Texas Jim Robertson dies of asphyxiation from exhaust fumes in his garage in Newton, New Jersey. "It is the best way," he wrote in a suicide note. Three of his four 1940s hits came when he remade Ernest Tubb singles, and he was a familiar presence on the radio shows "Death Valley Days" and "Dick Tracy"
Nov 12, 1966
Loretta Lynn's "You Ain't Woman Enough" tops the Billboard country albums chart
Nov 14, 1966
George Morgan performs for inmates at the Metro Workhouse in Nashville
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