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Mar 12, 1963
"G.I. Blues" becomes the second Elvis Presley soundtrack album certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
Mar 12, 1963
Production begins in South Africa on the Jim Reeves movie "Kimberley Jim"
Mar 13, 1963
Traditional country singer/songwriter Billy Yates is born in Doniphan, Missouri. He pens the George Jones singles "Choices" and "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair"
Mar 15, 1963
Hank Locklin records "Followed Closely By My Teardrops" during an afternoon session at RCA Studio B in Nashville
Mar 17, 1963
A Grand Ole Opry road show pays homage to Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins at the Memorial Building in Kansas City, Kansas, where they gave their final concert 12 days prior. The tribute comes at the end of a concert, with Tex Ritter performing "I Dreamed Of A Hill-billy Heaven"
Mar 19, 1963
Buck Owens and Rose Maddox record "We're The Talk Of The Town" in the afternoon at the Capitol Studios in Hollywood
Mar 20, 1963
Jan & Dean record "Surf City" in Los Angeles, with Glen Campbell playing guitar
Mar 20, 1963
George Hamilton IV records "Abilene" at RCA Studio B in Nashville
Mar 21, 1963
Songwriter Arthur Q. Smith is found dead in the Knoxville hotel room he rents. His legacy includes Ernest Tubb's "Missing In Action" and the future Ricky Skaggs hit "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could"
Mar 22, 1963
Columbia releases Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "Pearl Pearl Pearl," introduced weeks earlier on "The Beverly Hillbillies"
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