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    • Dec 17, 1962
    Kitty Wells records "This White Circle On My Finger" and "Cold And Lonely (Is The Forecast For Tonight)"
    Dec 18, 1962
    Bill Anderson records "Still" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
    Dec 20, 1962
    Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson marries Mickey Riley at the First Baptist Church in Anson, Texas. The union creates what will become her stage name: Jeannie C. Riley
    Dec 20, 1962
    The Osmonds make their first appearance on NBC-TV's "The Andy Williams Show." The group goes on to become a significant pop act in the early-1970s and backs Conway Twitty on a 1983 country remake of The Eagles' "Heartache Tonight"
    Dec 21, 1962
    Christy Forester is born in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. She joins three siblings to form The Forester Sisters, whose blend of country and gospel harmonies yields 15 hits from 1985-1991, including "I Fell In Love Again Last Night," "You Again" and "Men"
    Dec 22, 1962
    Paul Martin is born in Winchester, Kentucky. He replaces J.P. Pennington as the lead singer of Exile in 1989, contributing to the band's subsequent hits "Keep It In The Middle Of The Road," "Nobody's Talking" and "Even Now." Martin eventually joins Marty Stuart's Fabulous Superlatives
    Dec 23, 1962
    Ernest Tubb invites Cal Smith to become the frontman in his band. Smith hits the road in San Jose the same day, and arrives in Nashville on Christmas
    Dec 24, 1962
    Columbia releases Ray Price's two-sided hit, "Walk Me To The Door" and "You Took Her Off My Hands (Now Please Take Her Off My Mind)"
    Dec 25, 1962
    Elvis Presley gives Priscilla Beaulieu a musical cigarette case that plays "Love Me Tender," the first Elvis song she ever heard. The teenager is visiting Presley at Graceland Mansion from Germany with her parents' approval
    Dec 25, 1962
    During her show at the Merri-Mint Theater in Las Vegas, Patsy Cline cries, noting that she ought to be at home. It turns out to be her final Christmas
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