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    • Mar 4, 1971
    Jason Sellers is born in Gilmer, Texas. Signed for a short time to RCA Records, he writes Reba McEntire's "Strange," Joe Nichols' "Sunny And 75" and Jason Aldean's duet with Kelly Clarkson, "Don't You Wanna Stay." Sellers also sings background vocals on several hits by his ex-wife, Lee Ann Womack
    Mar 6, 1971
    Charley Pride tops the Billboard country singles chart with "I'd Rather Love You"
    Mar 7, 1971
    Roy Clark plays "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" on banjo in an installment of CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show." Also featured is Jeannie C. Riley, performing "Oh, Singer"
    Mar 7, 1971
    Gilley's nightclub opens in Pasadena, Texas. Named for part-owner Mickey Gilley, the home of the mechanical bull provides the inspiration for the 1980 movie "Urban Cowboy," which results in a short-term country trend
    Mar 8, 1971
    Capitol Records founder Johnny Mercer is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the New York Hilton. Other additions include Harry Warren, Rudolf Friml and Ira Gershwin
    Mar 8, 1971
    Elvis Presley sees the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier heavyweight fight in New York via closed-circuit TV at Memphis' Ellis Auditorium. Frazier wins the bout by a unanimous decision, while Presley is pretty much ignored on his home turf
    Mar 10, 1971
    Tommy Cash and Liz Anderson perform for president Richard Nixon during a National Prayer Day Breakfast at the White House in Washington, D.C.
    Mar 10, 1971
    Jeannie C. Riley records "Roses And Thorns"  at Singleton Sound Studio in Nashville
    Mar 10, 1971
    Billy "Crash" Craddock records Bobby Darin's "Dream Lover" in a lunchtime session at Nashville's Woodland Sound
    Mar 10, 1971
    Johnny Cash & June Carter serve up "It Ain't Me, Babe" and "Jackson" on ABC's "The Johnny Cash Show." Cash enlists Carl Perkins, The Carter Family and The Statler Brothers for "I'll Fly Away." Ray Price sings "For The Good Times," Conway Twitty performs "Hello Darlin'" and Hank Williams Jr. does a medley of Hank Williams songs
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