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  • Dec 1, 1960
    "Splish Splash" singer Bobby Darin marries actress Sandra Dee
    Dec 2, 1960
    Bass player Rick Savage is born in Sheffield, England. As a member of the hard-rock band Def Leppard, he co-writes "Pour Some Sugar On Me," referenced in Keith Urban's 2019 country hit "We Were"
    Dec 2, 1960
    Lonnie Irving dies of leukemia just months after earning the only hit of his career, with "Pinball Machine." Irving is just 28 years old
    Dec 3, 1960
    Buck Owens records "Foolin' Around" and "Nobody's Fool But Yours" during a midday session at the Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles
    Dec 3, 1960
    Dave Dudley is hit by a car while getting out of his own vehicle on a Minneapolis street. He is taken to Methodist Hospital and diagnosed with a fractured leg, a broken pelvis and facial cuts, among other injuries. Dudley invests the $14,000 he receives from the insurance company to record "Six Days On The Road"
    Dec 4, 1960
    Webb Pierce records "Sweet Lips" and a Mel Tillis song, "Honey (Open That Door)." The latter becomes a hit for Ricky Skaggs 24 years later
    Dec 4, 1960
    Ernest Tubb's evening recording session yields "Thoughts Of A Fool" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
    Dec 4, 1960
    The Los Angeles Herald-Examiner runs a story about a struggling fund-raising program to build a memorial in Hawaii to the victims of the Pearl Harbor bombing in World War II. Colonel Tom Parker offers Elvis Presley to play a benefit for the fund
    Dec 6, 1960
    Stonewall Jackson records "One Look At Heaven"
    Dec 7, 1960
    Webb Pierce records "Alla My Love"

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