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Nov 7, 1968
Dottie West & Don Gibson record "Rings Of Gold" at RCA Studio B in Nashville
Nov 8, 1968
Atlantic releases Dusty Springfield's single "Son-Of-A Preacher Man." It will be ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the 2003 Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Nov 8, 1968
Blues singer and songwriter James "Kokomo" Arnold dies in Chicago. He wrote "Milk Cow Blues," a 1941 hit for Johnnie Lee Wills
Nov 8, 1968
The Beatles' John Lennon divorces Cynthia Lennon. Several of his songs find new life as hits for country artists including Sweethearts Of The Rodeo's "I Feel Fine" and Rosanne Cash's "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
Nov 9, 1968
Marty Robbins reaches #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "I Walk Alone"
Nov 9, 1968
Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant marries Maureen Wilson. He is destined to join Alison Krauss in recording a Top 5 country album, "Raising Sand," in 2007
Nov 10, 1968
Neil Young records "Sugar Mountain" during a performance at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number" ranks it among country's 500 greatest singles of all-time
Nov 10, 1968
Chris Cagle is born in DeRidder, Louisiana. Following his national arrival in 2000, he fashions a number of hits around a tumultuous personal life, earning a Top New Artist nomination from the Academy of Country Music
Nov 11, 1968
Roy Drusky records "Where The Blue And Lonely Go" in Nashville
Nov 12, 1968
Jerry Lee Lewis records "To Make Love Sweeter For You" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
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