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    • Dec 24, 1966
    "The Best Of Sonny James" begins a four-week reign at the top of the Billboard country albums chart
    Dec 24, 1966
    Jack Greene's "There Goes My Everything" begins a seven-week run at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Dec 24, 1966
    Elvis Presley proposes to Priscilla Beaulieu at Graceland Mansion in Memphis
    Dec 26, 1966
    Capitol releases Buck Owens' "Where Does The Good Times Go"
    Dec 26, 1966
    "Last Train To Clarksville" is featured in an episode of NBC's "The Monkees." The song is ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 26, 1966
    "The Roger Miller Show" ends its four-month prime-time run
    Dec 27, 1966
    Capitol releases Buck Owens' album "Open Up Your Heart"
    Dec 29, 1966
    The Beatles hold the first of nine recording sessions for "Penny Lane" at Abbey Road in London. The song will be referenced in Kenny Chesney's 2015 collaboration with Grace Potter, "Wild Child"
    Dec 29, 1966
    "Second Fiddle To A Steel Guitar" debuts in movie theaters with Minnie Pearl, Sonny James, Lefty Frizzell, Kitty Wells, Johnny Wright, Connie Smith, Billy Walker, Curly Fox, Dottie West, Webb Pierce, Faron Young, Bill Monroe and Little Jimmy Dickens
    Dec 30, 1966
    NBC airs "Swingin' Country" for the last time, ending a six-month run. The half-hour daytime program featured regulars Roy Clark, Rusty Draper and Molly Bee
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