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Nov 13, 1969
Dean Martin runs through the Robert Mitchum country hit "Little Ole Wine Drinker Me" on his weekly NBC variety series "The Dean Martin Show"
Nov 14, 1969
Apollo 12 launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Astronaut Pete Conrad brings a tape featuring Charley Pride, Elvis Presley, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Don Gibson, Buck Owens, Faron Young and Bob Wills' "New San Antonio Rose"
Nov 14, 1969
Sonny James and George Burns are guests on ABC's "Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters Hour"
Nov 15, 1969
"We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street": Merle Haggard hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Okie From Muskogee"
Nov 15, 1969
Pete Seeger and 500,000 demonstrators sing "Give Peace A Chance" in a Vietnam War protest at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The Earl Scruggs Revue--with Gary Scruggs, Randy Scruggs and Charlie Daniels--plays "Foggy Mountain Breakdown." Also appearing: John Denver, Arlo Guthrie and Peter, Paul & Mary
Nov 15, 1969
Jimmy Buffett is credited for the first time as a member of the Nashville journalism team in the masthead for Billboard magazine, a music industry trade publication
Nov 16, 1969
Janis Joplin is arrested in Tampa for using vulgar language on stage. Within a year, she records "Me And Bobby McGee," hailed in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among the greatest country singles in history
Nov 16, 1969
Jerry Lee Lewis performs "She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye" on "The Ed Sullivan Show," along with "Great Balls Of Fire" and "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On." Also guesting: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Nov 17, 1969
Paul Anka performs the future Elvis Presley hit "My Way" during ABC's "The Music Scene." Also aboard: The Cowsills, with "Silver Threads And Golden Needles"; R.B. Greaves, with "Take A Letter Maria"; and B.B. King
Nov 18, 1969
Jimmy Dean appears in the ABC-TV movie "The Ballad Of Andy Crocker." Starring Lee Majors and Joey Heatherton, the Vietnam War-themed picture, produced by Aaron Spelling, also features pop musicians Bobby Hatfield and Marvin Gaye
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