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  • Dec 22, 1965
    The movie "Doctor Zhivago" debuts in American theaters. The picture's traveling theme inspires John Hartford to write "Gentle On My Mind"
    Dec 23, 1965
    Porter Wagoner's son, Richard, reports for service in the Army, which eventually leads him to Vietnam
    Dec 24, 1965
    Jimmy Dean opens with "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" during a Christmas Eve installment of ABC-TV's "The Jimmy Dean Show." The guest list includes guitarist Joe Maphis and Jody Miller, who performs "Blue Christmas." Dean and Miller also collaborate on "Winter Wonderland"
    Dec 24, 1965
    Porter Wagoner moves out of his Nashville home, permanently separating from his wife, Ruth, although they don't officially divorce for 20 years
    Dec 25, 1965
    Connie Smith's "Cute 'N' Country" hits #1 on the Billboard country albums chart
    Dec 25, 1965
    Buck Owens' instrumental "Buckaroo" begins a two-week reign atop the Billboard country singles chart
    Dec 25, 1965
    Jimmy Dean visits a hog farm owned by in-law Troy Pritchard in Plainview, Texas. Shortly after, he buys half of the farm, starting down a road in business that will find him the owner of his own sausage company
    Dec 25, 1965
    Songwriter Alex Zanetis, best known for co-writing "Snap Your Fingers," is injured in a car crash on Highway 50 in Flora, Illinois. He's hospitalized at Clay County Hospital with a fractured jaw, broken arms and other minor injuries
    Dec 25, 1965
    Elvis Presley's friends give him a statue of Jesus for his newly completed Meditation Garden at Graceland Mansion in Memphis. Girlfriend Priscilla Beaulieu gives him a slot-car track
    Dec 27, 1965
    Capitol releases songwriter Dallas Frazier's original version of "Elvira," a song eventually associated with The Oak Ridge Boys

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