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    • Dec 19, 1970
    President Richard Nixon commends MGM head Mike Curb for dropping more than 15 acts from the label roster under the premise that they advocated drug use. The artists, in fact, were selling poorly
    Dec 19, 1970
    Elvis Presley is warned by father Vernon and wife Priscilla that his reckless spending on friends will bankrupt him. Elvis angrily leaves and takes an impromptu overnight flight to Washington, D.C.
    Dec 20, 1970
    Mel Tillis sings "Detroit City" on "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour." The CBS-TV episode also features Anne Murray, George Gobel and Shecky Greene
    Dec 20, 1970
    In the final regular season game of Mike Reid's NFL rookie season, his Cincinnati Bengals swamp the Boston Patriots, 45-7, at Riverfront Stadium. A solid 20 years later, he can be heard on country radio, singing "Walk On Faith"
    Dec 21, 1970
    Rhean Boyer is born. He becomes the lead singer of Carolina Rain, a 2008 Academy of Country Music nominee for Top New Duo or Vocal Group
    Dec 21, 1970
    Bobby Wright records the only bona fide hit of his career, "Here I Go Again," at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
    Dec 21, 1970
    Elvis Presley receives a narcotics agent badge from Richard Nixon while giving the president a World War II Colt .45 during a meeting in the Oval Office
    Dec 22, 1970
    Willie Nelson and Hank Cochran write "What Can You Do To Me Now." As if in answer to the question, Nelson's house burns to the ground the next day
    Dec 23, 1970
    Brenda Lee, Charley Pride and Eddy Arnold appear on a Christmas edition of NBC's "The Kraft Music Hall"
    Dec 23, 1970
    Willie Nelson's home in Ridgetop, Tennessee, burns while he's in Nashville at a Christmas party. When Nelson sees the house in flames, he runs in to rescue his guitar, Trigger, and a bag of marijuana stashed inside the case
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