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  • Dec 20, 1969
    "The Best Of Charley Pride" ascends to #1 on the Billboard country albums chart, remaining at the top for 13 straight weeks
    Dec 21, 1969
    Glen Campbell sings "Jingle Bells" with Cher on a Christmas installment of CBS-TV's "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour." He also delivers "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston." The show's guest list includes Andy Griffith
    Dec 21, 1969
    Diana Ross & The Supremes make their final appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," where they perform "Someday We'll Be Together." Bill Anderson & Jan Howard turn the song into a country hit the following summer
    Dec 22, 1969
    Frankie Laine sings the Marty Robbins-penned "You Gave Me A Mountain" on the ABC-TV show "The Music Scene." Also appearing: Monkee Davy Jones, Gordon Lightfoot and Chuck Berry, who turns in "Johnny B. Goode"
    Dec 23, 1969
    Ernest Tubb plays a Christmas show for inmates at the Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville. The concert includes his hit "Thanks A Lot"
    Dec 23, 1969
    Future country star B.J. Thomas receives a gold single for "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head"
    Dec 23, 1969
    Merle Haggard & The Strangers record "The Fightin' Side Of Me" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles
    Dec 23, 1969
    Loretta Lynn records "I Know How" during an evening session in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, at Bradley's Barn
    Dec 24, 1969
    Elvis Presley invites Lowell Hays to the Memphian Theater, where he has the jeweler show him a briefcase of gems in a men's room stall. Presley buys three items as gifts and continues to purchase jewelry from Hays for the remainder of his life
    Dec 24, 1969
    Buck Owens leads the cast of "Hee Haw" in "Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy." The CBS telecast also features Loretta Lynn performing "Blue Kentucky Girl" and "Wings Upon Your Horns"

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