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  • Dec 1, 1996
    Pop songwriter Irving Gordon dies at his home in Los Angeles. The author of the Nat "King" Cole standard "Unforgettable," he also wrote Eddy Arnold's 1955 country hit "The Kentuckian Song"
    Dec 1, 1996
    Clint Black's album "The Greatest Hits" is certified gold and platinum by the RIAA
    Dec 1, 1996
    Lee Greenwood serves as grand marshal for the Nashville Christmas Parade
    Dec 2, 1996
    Songwriter Charlie Craig undergoes an angioplasty in Nashville to alleviate a 95% blockage in an artery. His credits include: Alan Jackson's "Wanted," Janie Fricke's "She's Single Again" and Shenandoah's "Leavin's Been A Long Time Comin'"
    Dec 3, 1996
    The Columbia Space Shuttle gets a rockin' wakeup call from Houston: Elvis Presley's "Return To Sender"
    Dec 3, 1996
    Owing much to Whitney Houston's cover of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You," the soundtrack to "The Bodyguard" is recognized by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of 16 million copies
    Dec 3, 1996
    Con Hunley is convicted in Sevierville, Tennessee, of DUI. He was charged in March, after running a red light in Pigeon Forge
    Dec 3, 1996
    Little Jimmy Dickens checks into Baptist Hospital with a respiratory ailment after arriving in Nashville on a flight from Las Vegas
    Dec 4, 1996
    Doug Stone marries Beth Snyder in Nashville
    Dec 4, 1996
    Reba McEntire has a serious knee injury while snow-skiing in Utah, forcing her to cancel shows in Tucson, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Anaheim

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