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Nov 14, 1966
Bobby Darin and The Doodletown Pipers fill out the guest card for NBC's variety series "The Roger Miller Show"
Nov 15, 1966
Los Angeles youth and police clash on Sunset Strip, leading to a temporary ban on live rock music after dark. The Troubadour, on Santa Monica, reacts by ending a ban on electric instruments, luring fans and becoming a country-rock breeding ground
Nov 16, 1966
Merle Haggard makes his third attempt at recording "I Threw Away The Rose" at the Capitol Studios in Hollywood
Nov 17, 1966
Johnny Duncan holds his first Columbia recording session
Nov 19, 1966
Sgt. Barry Sadler performs "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" during halftime at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, where the Michigan Wolverines defeat the Ohio State Buckeyes, 17-3, in NCAA football
Nov 19, 1966
Bill Anderson's "I Get The Fever" rises to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
Nov 19, 1966
Francis Craig dies following a heart attack in Sewanee, Tennessee. The Nashville orchestra leader wrote "Near You," the first million-seller recorded in Music City. The song is remade as a country hit by George Jones & Tammy Wynette in 1977
Nov 21, 1966
The Kingston Trio and comedian George Carlin guest on the NBC variety series "The Roger Miller Show"
Nov 21, 1966
Tex Ritter records "Just Beyond The Moon" in Nashville
Nov 21, 1966
Lisa & Teresa McCarter are born in Sevierville, Tennessee. The twins join older sister Jennifer to create The McCarters, whose thick harmonies yield a trio of late-1980s hits: "Timeless And True Love," "The Gift" and "Up And Gone"
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