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    • Dec 8, 1966
    Dean Martin performs the Hank Williams classic "Cold, Cold Heart" on an installment of "The Dean Martin Show" on NBC. Martin and guest Robert Goulet team on "Breezin' Along With The Breeze"
    Dec 8, 1966
    Mel Tillis records "Life Turned Her That Way"
    Dec 9, 1966
    Mel Tillis records "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town." The song will come to prominence when it gets remade by Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
    Dec 10, 1966
    Merle Haggard hits #1 on the Billboard country albums chart with "Swinging Doors And The Bottle Let Me Down"
    Dec 12, 1966
    "The Roger Miller Show" features comedian Frank Gorshin in its half-hour on NBC
    Dec 13, 1966
    Singer/songwriter Ray Pennington records his version of "I'm A Ramblin' Man." The song will become a hit for Waylon Jennings eight years later
    Dec 14, 1966
    Guitarist Howard Ragsdale dies. He was a member of the Grand Ole Opry act The Fruit Jar Drinkers
    Dec 14, 1966
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs are part of the plot for CBS-TV's "The Beverly Hillbillies" for the second time during the year. The script finds the duo in Los Angeles to make a commercial for fictitious Foggy Mountain soap
    Dec 15, 1966
    Elvis Presley gives a yellow Cadillac convertible to crony George Klein
    Dec 15, 1966
    Walt Disney dies of lung cancer. The entertainment mogul, responsible for Disneyland and Mickey Mouse, left a conglomerate that will expand to include a country label, Lyric Street, which develops hits for Aaron Tippin, SHeDAISY and Rascal Flatts
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