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  • Nov 21, 1968
    Jean Shepard marries Benny Birchfield
    Nov 21, 1968
    Jan Howard performs on Bill Anderson's show in St. Louis, Missouri, her first concert date since she lost her oldest son in Vietnam. Also on the bill: Kitty Wells, Johnny Wright and Carl Smith
    Nov 22, 1968
    A production of "Hair" opens in Los Angeles, with Jennifer Warnes in the cast. Warnes will score a country hit with 1979's "I Know A Heartache When I See One"
    Nov 23, 1968
    Wide receiver Larry Gatlin scores a touchdown as the University of Houston Cougars swamp the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, 100-6, in the Astrodome
    Nov 23, 1968
    Tammy Wynette sits in the top position on the Billboard country singles chart with "Stand By Your Man"
    Nov 23, 1968
    The animated NBC-TV special "Mouse On The Mayflower" features Tennessee Ernie Ford narrating the story of Thanksgiving
    Nov 24, 1968
    Dusty Springfield sings "Son-Of-A Preacher Man" from New York on CBS' telecast of "The Ed Sullivan Show." The Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" ranks her recording among the 500 greatest country singles of all-time
    Nov 25, 1968
    Stella Parton has a son, Timothy Rauhoff, in Knoxville, Tennessee
    Nov 26, 1968
    Glen Campbell records "Galveston" at Los Angeles' Capitol Recording Studios
    Nov 27, 1968
    The John Wayne movie "Hellfighters" opens in theaters. Featured in a minor role is Cactus Pryor, who earned a 1950 country hit with "Cry Of The Dying Duck In A Thunder-Storm," a satire on Tennessee Ernie Ford's "The Cry Of The Wild Goose"

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