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Dec 13, 1961
Songwriter James Dean Hicks is born in Bardstown, Kentucky. Among his credits are Blake Shelton's "Goodbye Time," Sammy Kershaw's "National Working Woman's Holiday" and The Oak Ridge Boys' "It Takes A Little Rain (To Make Love Grow)"
Dec 14, 1961
Rick Nelson performs "Everlovin'" on ABC-TV's "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet"
Dec 14, 1961
Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" becomes the first country-based record awarded a gold single by the Recording Industry Association of America
Dec 14, 1961
Henderson, Texas, declares Jim Reeves Day
Dec 15, 1961
Gospel songwriter James B. Coats dies. His 1942 title "The Sweetest Gift" is destined to become a 1977 country hit for Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
Dec 15, 1961
Columbia releases Jimmy Dean's Cold War recitation "Dear Ivan"
Dec 17, 1961
Patsy Cline records "She's Got You" during an evening session at Nashville's Bradley Film & Recording Studio
Dec 18, 1961
Patsy Cline is diagnosed with a nervous breakdown, forcing her to spend the next two weeks in bed at home
Dec 20, 1961
Elvis Presley finishes work on the movie "Kid Galahad"
Dec 21, 1961
Elvis Presley nets a gold album from the RIAA for the soundtrack to "Blue Hawaii"
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