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  • Dec 13, 1986
    T. Graham Brown rises to the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart with "Hell And High Water"
    Dec 13, 1986
    Reba McEntire guests on "Hee Haw" with Loretta Lynn, Keith Stegall and Pat Boone
    Dec 14, 1986
    Elton John records a live version of "Candle In The Wind" in Sydney, Australia, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. It becomes the hit version of the song in the U.S. "Candle" gets mentioned in the lyrics of the 2016 Old Dominion country hit "Song For Another Time"
    Dec 14, 1986
    Dolly Parton stars with Lee Majors and John Ritter in the ABC-TV holiday special "A Smoky Mountain Christmas"
    Dec 15, 1986
    Mel Tillis makes the first of five appearances on "The New Hollywood Squares" with fellow guests Nell Carter, Louie Anderson, Rose Marie and Jm J. Bullock
    Dec 16, 1986
    Tanya Tucker, Paul Overstreet and Paul Davis record "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" at the Music Mill in Nashville
    Dec 16, 1986
    Willie Nelson collects a gold album from the RIAA for "The Troublemaker"
    Dec 17, 1986
    Songwriter Oakley Haldeman dies in Mesa, Arizona. He co-wrote the Gene Autry hits "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" and "I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine." As a music publisher, he represented "Deep In The Heart Of Texas"
    Dec 18, 1986
    Dwight Yoakam tells Rolling Stone much of what's called country exceeds the genre's limits, "which is perfectly acceptable. Just don't call it country, because we confuse the issue for that kid who's never heard real country music. That pisses me off"
    Dec 19, 1986
    The Vietnam War picture "Platoon" debuts in theaters. Starring Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger, its soundtrack album features Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee," The Miracles' "Tracks Of My Tears" and Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay"

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