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    • Dec 7, 1960
    Two gold albums are awarded by the RIAA to Mitch Miller, for "Christmas Sing-Along With Mitch" and "Still More! Sing Along With Mitch." The pop producer is also responsible for several Marty Robbins classics
    Dec 7, 1960
    Gene Autry is approved by the American League as the owner of a new Southern California baseball team, which he names the Angels. Autry pays $2.45 million to establish the franchise
    Dec 8, 1960
    A day after he started the Angels baseball team, singer/actor Gene Autry signs his first player, 38-year-old catcher Del Rice, at St. Louis' Park Plaza Hotel
    Dec 10, 1960
    Sun releases Johnny Cash's remake of Don Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me"
    Dec 10, 1960
    Floyd Cramer records the pop hit "On The Rebound"
    Dec 11, 1960
    Brenda Lee's 16th birthday party draws a star-studded guest list to the Crescendo on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. Attending are Sam Cooke, Duane Eddy, Shelley Fabares, Tony Dow, Dennis Hopper, Jan & Dean and Tuesday Weld
    Dec 12, 1960
    Brenda Lee visits the lot at 20th Century Fox in Los Angeles, where Elvis Presley is working on "Wild In The Country" with Tuesday Weld
    Dec 12, 1960
    Country legend Gene Autry names Bill Rigney the first manager of his new baseball team, the Los Angeles Angels
    Dec 13, 1960
    Solomon Burke records "Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)" at the Atlantic Studios in New York. The performance will be recognized among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 15, 1960
    Hank Thompson records "Oklahoma Hills" and "Hangover Tavern" during the evening hours at the Capitol Tower in Hollywood
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