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  • Jul 19, 1969
    Joni Mitchell sings "The Long Black Veil" with Johnny Cash during ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show." Cash also performs "Ring Of Fire," "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes," "Frankie's Man, Johnny" and "The Rebel - Johnny Yuma" and welcomes The Monkees and Roy Clark
    Jul 19, 1969
    Jimmy Buffett marries Margie Washichek at the St. Joseph Chapel in Spring Hill, Tennessee
    Jul 20, 1969
    Merle Haggard performs "Today I Started Loving You Again" on CBS-TV's "Hee Haw." The series is hosted by Roy Clark and Buck Owens, who serves up "Act Naturally"
    Jul 20, 1969
    Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon. The historical moment provides a reference point for Diamond Rio's conspiracy-theory theme in the 1996 hit "It's All In Your Head" and for the loss-of-innocence plot in The Bellamy Brothers' "Kids Of The Baby Boom"
    Jul 20, 1969
    R&B singer Roy Hamilton dies in New Rochelle, New York, after a stroke. He recorded an early version of "Unchained Melody," which will become a country hit for LeAnn Rimes and for Elvis Presley. Hamilton also cut "You Can Have Her," covered by Waylon Jennings
    Jul 21, 1969
    Roy Clark appears with Rich Little in "Pioneer Spirit," an NBC comedy about three couples who uproot themselves for a new life in Alaska
    Jul 21, 1969
    Capitol releases Buck Owens' "Tall Dark Stranger"
    Jul 22, 1969
    Columbia releases Barbara Mandrell's first charted single, "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)"
    Jul 22, 1969
    The Band records "Up On Cripple Creek" at the Hit Factory in New York. The song is judged one of country's 500 greatest all-time singles in the 2003 Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jul 22, 1969
    Elvis Presley collects a gold album from the RIAA for the soundtrack to the previous year's "Elvis" TV special

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