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Mar 12, 1961
Elvis Presley records "I Feel So Bad" at RCA Studio B in Nashville
Mar 12, 1961
After giving him a two-week tryout, Gene Autry's expansion Los Angeles Angels drop hopeful baseball player Charley Pride during spring training in Palm Springs
Mar 13, 1961
Ricky Nelson records his pop hit "Travelin' Man" with Glen Campbell playing guitar
Mar 13, 1961
Chuck Berry, the author of "Johnny B. Goode," is tried in St. Louis, Missouri, for the third time in 13 months for violating the Mann Act, a federal statute designed to combat prostitution. He is ultimately found guilty and given a three-year sentence
Mar 14, 1961
Hank Locklin records "You're The Reason" and "Happy Birthday To Me" at Nashville's RCA Studio B
Mar 15, 1961
George Hamilton IV records "Three Steps To The Phone (Millions Of Miles)" at Nashville's RCA Studio B
Mar 15, 1961
Ray Charles refuses to play a segregated concert in Augusta, Georgia, costing him $757 for breach of contract. The next year, Charles crosses the seemingly segregated worlds of country and R&B with "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music"
Mar 16, 1961
The 15-minute Walt Disney cartoon "The Saga Of Windwagon Smith" appears in theaters, with Rex Allen narrating
Mar 17, 1961
"Five Star Jubilee" debuts on NBC, with five rotating stars hosting the country music variety show from Springfield, Missouri. The hosts: Rex Allen, Snooky Lanson, Tex Ritter, Carl Smith and Jimmy Wakely
Mar 20, 1961
Ray Charles severs a tendon and an artery in his left hand and requires four pints of blood. The following year he makes an unlikely impact on country music with the release of "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music"
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