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Dec 7, 1962
Bass player Bill Wyman auditions for The Rolling Stones at London's World's End Pub. He gets the gig and plays seven years later on "Honky Tonk Women," judged one of country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
Dec 8, 1962
Disc jockey Alan Freed pleads guilty in New York to taking $2,000 in 1958 in exchange for airplay. He receives a $300 fine and six months probation for violating payola laws. His name is among the credits on The Forester Sisters' hit "Sincerely"
Dec 8, 1962
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs play New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall with Merle Travis. They lace their set with "Wildwood Flower," "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" and "Gotta Travel On," among other titles. The show is released as an album, "Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall"
Dec 9, 1962
Record producer George Martin visits the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where he first sees The Beatles, the clients who bring him to fame. Martin goes on to produce 1980s country hits for Kenny Rogers
Dec 10, 1962
Waylon Jennings marries Lynne Gladys Jones, his second wife, in Las Vegas
Dec 11, 1962
Brenda Lee's 18th birthday party, in Brentwood, Tennessee, features Mexican food cooked by Grand Ole Opry member Marty Robbins
Dec 12, 1962
Roy Acuff concludes a seven-week USO tour in which he performed for American troops in more than 10 nations, including Ethiopia, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Greece, Lebanon and Libya
Dec 15, 1962
Bass player Bill Wyman makes his first live appearance with The Rolling Stones at Putney's Church Hall in London. He plays on their hit "Honky Tonk Women," hailed among the 500 greatest country records in a Country Music Foundation publication
Dec 17, 1962
Bobby and Dolly Vinton are married. The pop singer writes "Adios Amigo," a 1977 country hit for Marty Robbins
Dec 17, 1962
Drummer Tim Chewning is born. He joins Ricochet in 1999 after original drummer Jeff Bryant leaves the band with carpal tunnel syndrome. Keith Mellington takes over the kit from Chewning in January 2001
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