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Sep 20, 1970
Mel Tillis is added to the cast of "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" as the show begins its second season on CBS-TV. Campbell teams with Jerry Reed during the episode on Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)"
Sep 21, 1970
Elvis Presley is named an honorary deputy sheriff in Shelby County, Tennessee. The King received a similar honor exactly six years earlier
Sep 22, 1970
Charley Pride sings "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" on the week's installment of "Hee Haw." Jeannie C. Riley also guests on the CBS-TV show, hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark
Sep 22, 1970
Piano player Floyd Cramer records an instrumental version of "For The Good Times" at RCA Studio B with 25 musicians packed in the room. The performance will be nominated for a Grammy award
Sep 23, 1970
Arlo Guthrie and Ray Charles appear on ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show." Cash's duets on the episode include: "Oklahoma Hills" with Guthrie, "I Walk The Line" with Charles, and "Help Me Make It Through The Night" with June Carter Cash
Sep 24, 1970
Merle Haggard collects nine nominations for the Country Music Association awards. His closest competition comes from Johnny Cash, Conway Twitty and Charley Pride, who earn four apiece
Sep 24, 1970
Billy Walker records "I'm Gonna Keep On Lovin' You" at Nashville's Monument Studio
Sep 24, 1970
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition appear on the NBC variety series "The Dean Martin Show." The episode--which also features Joe Namath and Paul Lynde--finds Martin crooning "Gentle On My Mind," "Everything Is Beautiful" and "Little Green Apples"
Sep 24, 1970
Roy Clark sings "Thank God And Greyhound" on NBC-TV's "The Flip Wilson Show," with Bobby Darin also among the guests. Clark and Wilson team on a medley of country songs including "Cool Water," "Cold, Cold Heart" and "Tennessee Border"
Sep 25, 1970
Tom Jones performs the Curly Putman-written "Green, Green Grass Of Home" on his ABC-TV show "This Is Tom Jones." Guests on the episode include Burt Bacharach and the Ace Trucking Company
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