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    • Dec 11, 1965
    Decca presents Brenda Lee a red Mustang convertible during a 21st birthday party at Nashville's Hermitage Hotel. In attendance: future Country Music Hall of Famers Red Foley, Owen Bradley and Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
    Dec 12, 1965
    Glen Campbell and his wife, Billie Jean, have a son, William Travis Campbell
    Dec 12, 1965
    The Byrds perform "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!" during CBS' telecast of "The Ed Sullivan Show." The group includes Chris Hillman, a future member of country music's Desert Rose Band
    Dec 14, 1965
    Jean Shepard records "If Teardrops Were Silver"
    Dec 14, 1965
    Roy Acuff concludes a one-week USO tour of South Vietnam, where he gave two performances daily for American troops. The tour moves on to other Pacific ports until after New Years
    Dec 16, 1965
    Ella Fitzgerald and Gordon MacRae sing a medley of "You Are My Sunshine," "Red River Valley" and "Bury Me Not On The Lonesome Prairie" with the host on "The Dean Martin Show." Also appearing: comedian George Gobel
    Dec 17, 1965
    Jimmy Dean opens with "Don't Fence Me In" as ABC-TV airs "The Jimmy Dean Show." Dean also covers "Crazy Arms," while guitarist Joe Maphis plays "Turkey In The Straw." Other guests include pop singers Kay Starr and Bobby Rydell, who performs "Cold, Cold Heart"
    Dec 17, 1965
    Vernon Oxford has his first recording session in Nashville, cutting "Watermelon Time In Georgia," cited in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among the 500 greatest singles in country music history
    Dec 18, 1965
    Sgt. Barry Sadler records "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" in New York
    Dec 22, 1965
    Sean Connery portrays James Bond as "Thunderball" debuts in theaters. The picture gets referenced in The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
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