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    • Dec 5, 1968
    The movie "Killers Three" opens with Merle Haggard playing a sheriff who is accidentally shot to death by Dick Clark's character. The picture incorporates an instrumental version of "Mama Tried"
    Dec 6, 1968
    The Beatles' Apple Records releases "James Taylor," the debut album by a respected singer/songwriter who authors George Jones' country hit "Bartender's Blues"
    Dec 6, 1968
    President-elect Richard Nixon sends out more than 60,000 letters to potential members of his administration, including Elvis Presley
    Dec 7, 1968
    Doug Sahm is featured on the cover of Rolling Stone with the headline "Dispossessed Men And Mothers Of Texas." His band, The Sir Douglas Quintet, recorded "At The Crossroads," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 8, 1968
    The Association appears on "The Ed Sullivan Show," performing "Never My Love," a song that becomes a country hit for Vern Gosdin 10 years later. The episode also features Ray Charles, Liza Minnelli and comedian Richard Pryor
    Dec 9, 1968
    B.J. Thomas marries Gloria Richardson at the Chapel Of The Bells in Las Vegas, Nevada. She ends up writing one of his country hits, "New Looks From An Old Lover," 14 years into their marriage
    Dec 9, 1968
    Johnny Cash plays a benefit for Native Americans at the St. Francis Indian Mission in South Dakota. The set list includes the appropriate "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
    Dec 9, 1968
    Jimmie Davis marries Nashville singer Anna Gordon in Ringgold, Georgia
    Dec 9, 1968
    Merle Haggard records "Hungry Eyes" and "Silver Wings" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles
    Dec 10, 1968
    Marty Robbins records "It's A Sin"
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