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    • Dec 3, 1970
    Elvis Presley starts Christmas shopping in Memphis. He buys $20,000 worth of guns in three days
    Dec 3, 1969
    Glen Campbell and Tony Bennett sing a medley of Hank Williams hits on "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour": "Cold, Cold Heart," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)," "Hey, Good Lookin'" and "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)"
    Dec 3, 1968
    Columbia releases Carl Perkins' "Restless." A recording of the song by Mark O'Connor, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs and Steve Wariner wins a Grammy award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration in 1992
    Dec 3, 1968
    Elvis Presley's comeback special airs on NBC-TV. From the show, he scores minor pop hits with "If I Can Dream" and "Memories"
    Dec 3, 1968
    Waylon Jennings records Chuck Berry's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" and "Cedartown, Georgia" at Nashville's RCA Studio B during an evening session
    Dec 3, 1967
    Singer/songwriter Wayne Kemp, the author of "The Image Of Me" and "Love Bug," is involved in an accident while touring in Moline, Illinois. Two of his band members are killed, and Kemp suffers serious burns
    Dec 3, 1966
    Connie Smith's "Born To Sing" hits #1 on the Billboard country albums chart
    Dec 3, 1966
    A Boston court convicts Ray Charles of heroin and marijuana possession. He receives a five-year suspended sentence and a $10,000 fine. Charles had a pop hit earlier in the year with Buck Owens' "Crying Time"
    Dec 3, 1965
    Don Gibson performs "Sea Of Heartbreak" on an episode of ABC-TV's "The Jimmy Dean Show" shot at New York's Carnegie Hall. Floyd Cramer plays "Last Date" and joins Chet Atkins and Boots Randolph on a version of "Yakety Axe." Dean covers "Nine Pound Hammer"
    Dec 3, 1965
    The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards is electrocuted on stage in Sacramento when his guitar touches the microphone. It takes seven minutes to revive him. The Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" will be listed among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book, "Heartaches By The Number"
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