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Sep 22, 1967

While shooting "The Bill Anderson Show" at the WSIX-TV studios in Nashville, Jan Howard's briefcase falls off the trunk of her car. A man in an Oldsmobile picks it up and drives off, taking her tax records, personal documents and tranquilizers

Sep 28, 1967

There stands the glass: Nashville voters bring the city out of the dark ages, approving the sale of alcohol by the ounce in hotels, restaurants and private clubs. Booze is, of course, one of the hallowed topics of country music

Sep 29, 1967

Governor Buford Ellington declares Elvis Presley Day in Tennessee. Presley celebrates by shooting off fireworks at Graceland Mansion

Oct 2, 1967

Johnny Cash records "Rosanna's Going Wild" at the Columbia Recording Studios on Music Row in Nashville

Oct 3, 1967

Chuck Wagon Gang guitarist Howard Gordon, the husband of the group's Anna Carter, dies of a heart attack after taping "The Wilburn Brothers Show" in Nashville. A former member of the Light Crust Doughboys, he'd played with the Chuck Wagon Gang since 1951

Oct 7, 1967

Sevier County holds the first Dolly Parton Day as 7,000 people gather at the courthouse for a show that also features Porter Wagoner and Mel Tillis

Oct 14, 1967

The Grand Ole Opry welcomes three surprise guests: Perry Como, folk singer Phil Harris and baseball player Dizzy Dean

Oct 16, 1967

Conway Twitty records "The Image Of Me," his first country hit, in the afternoon at the Columbia Studios in Nashville

Oct 17, 1967

Bob Dylan begins recording the album "John Wesley Harding," the second of three he records in Nashville, at the Columbia Recording Studios, with local musicians Kenny Buttrey, Charlie McCoy and Pete Drake

Oct 20, 1967

Red Foley, Jim Reeves, artist manager J.L. Frank and record producer Steve Sholes join the Country Music Hall of Fame during the first Country Music Association awards ceremony in Nashville

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