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Dec 19, 1968
Glen Campbell breaks into song while playing a CIA agent in a Havana, Cuba, jail cell during a skit on "The Bob Hope Special" on NBC. The one-hour telecast, which has Hope attempting to rescue Santa Claus from kidnappers in a "Mission: Impossible" spoof, also features Carol Lawrence and Janet Leigh
Dec 19, 1968
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, featuring future country songwriter Kerry Chater, rack up an RIAA-certified gold single with "Over You." Chater's writing credits will include "I Know A Heartache When I See One," "If I Had You" and "You Look So Good In Love"
Dec 20, 1968
Jeannie C. Riley earns her only gold album from the RIAA for "Harper Valley P.T.A."
Dec 20, 1968
Claude King records the late Johnny Horton's "All For The Love Of A Girl" in an evening session at Columbia Studio B in Nashville
Dec 20, 1968
Bob Wills is inducted into the National Cowboy Hall Of Fame in Oklahoma City
Dec 20, 1968
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton record "Yours Love"
Dec 21, 1968
Glen Campbell gets hot-wired to the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart with "Wichita Lineman"
Dec 21, 1968
Glen Campbell performs "Wichita Lineman" on a holiday edition of "The Hollywood Palace" on ABC-TV. Host Bing Crosby naturally sings "White Christmas"
Dec 21, 1968
Brad Warren is born in Tampa, Florida. He joins sibling Brett Warren to form The Warren Brothers, who pick up a nomination from the Academy of Country Music in 2001. They co-write Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup," Jason Aldean's "We Back" and Tim McGraw & Taylor Swift's "Highway Don't Care"
Dec 22, 1968
Singer/songwriter Lori McKenna is born in Stoughton, Massachusetts. She writes Hunter Hayes' single "I Want Crazy," Carrie Underwood's "Cry Pretty," Little Big Town's "Girl Crush" and Tim McGraw's "Humble And Kind"
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