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    • Jun 18, 1966
    Jim Reeves' "Distant Drums" occupies the #1 position on the Billboard country albums chart for the first of seven straight weeks
    Jun 18, 1966
    Sonny James' "Take Good Care Of Her" ascends to the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart
    Jun 18, 1966
    Billy Walker, Lorne Greene and Boots Randolph headline a country show at the historic Hollywood Bowl. The bill also features Justin Tubb, Stonewall Jackson, Pat Buttram, Joe & Rose Lee Maphis, Warner Mack, Billy Mize, Skeets McDonald, Tex Williams, Marion Worth, Billy Wallace and Bonnie Guitar
    Jun 18, 1966
    Faron Young, Waylon Jennings and Norma Jean provide a pre-game concert at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, where the hometown Cardinals baseball team edges the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-2
    Jun 18, 1966
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs perform for an hour as a pre-speech warm-up when Nashville attorney John Jay Hooker kicks off his Democratic campaign for governor with a rally in Lebanon, Tennessee
    Jun 24, 1966
    A trio featuring Karen and Richard Carpenter wins a battle of the bands at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The Carpenters go on to net a country hit with "Sweet, Sweet Smile"
    Jun 24, 1966
    Warner Mack records "It Takes A Lot Of Money" and "Leave My Dream Alone"
    Jun 25, 1966
    Willie Nelson performs "I Love You Because" and "I'm Still Not Over You" in his final appearance as a member of the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville
    Jun 25, 1966
    Neil Diamond makes his first national TV appearance, performing "Solitary Man" during Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" on ABC. The song becomes a country hit 10 years later for T.G. Sheppard
    Jun 27, 1966
    Capitol releases Jean Shepard's "If Teardrops Were Silver"
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