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Jun 1, 1971
RCA releases the Charley Pride single "I'm Just Me"
Jun 1, 1971
Elvis Presley's birthplace, a two-room shack in Tupelo, opens to the public
Jun 3, 1971
Brenda Webb marries high-school sweetheart Vassalios "Bill" Gatzimos. She comes to prominence with the stage name Crystal Gayle. Gatzimos will be her manager
Jun 4, 1971
New York's Madison Square Garden draws 11,000 fans in its first all-Nashville package show, featuring Sonny James, Dolly Parton, Conway Twitty, Porter Wagoner, Del Reeves, Jim Ed Brown, Faron Young and Loretta Lynn
Jun 5, 1971
Lynn Anderson tops the Billboard country singles chart with "You're My Man"
Jun 6, 1971
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton perform at the Sevierville High School gymnasium on Dolly Parton Day, with Dolly receiving her first gold record, for sales of "Just Because I'm A Woman" in South Africa
Jun 6, 1971
The final episode of "The Ed Sullivan Show" airs on CBS. Gladys Knight & The Pips are among his guests. The show had featured such country stars as Sonny James, Buck Owens, Chet Atkins, Jimmy Dean, The Everly Brothers and Elvis Presley
Jun 9, 1971
Priscilla Presley takes her first karate lesson from Elvis Presley's instructor, Master Rhee, in Memphis
Jun 10, 1971
Elvis Presley records "My Way" during a session at RCA Studio B in Nashville. His live version of the song later becomes a posthumous hit
Jun 12, 1971
Fiddler Joseph Emmett Mainer dies in Concord, North Carolina. Better known as J.E. Mainer, his Mountaineers were recognized as one of the top Appalachian string bands during the 1930s
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