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Apr 12, 1966
Loretta Lynn signs a 20-year concert booking agreement with The Wilburn Brothers' Wil-Helm Agency, giving the firm exclusivity "throughout the world and outer space"
Aug 12, 1966
Tree Publishing cuts the first big songwriting paycheck of Roger Miller's career. The document gives him more than $166,000
Dec 22, 1966
Roy Drusky loses $4,500 worth of equipment and stage clothes when thieves break into his trailer
Jan 20, 1967
Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters purchase the KTLA-TV studio on Hollywood's Sunset Strip for $5 million from Paramount, which had been leasing the property to Golden West
Feb 8, 1967
Elvis Presley puts down $5,000 toward the purchase of a $437,000 cattle ranch outside of Walls, Mississippi
Feb 18, 1967
Billboard reports Roy Acuff has sold Dunbar Cave, a music resort in Montgomery County, Tennessee, for more than $200,000
Jul 14, 1967
Burglars steal $5,000 worth of goods from Hank Snow's office while he plays the Grand Ole Opry. Taken are watches, cufflinks, diamond earrings, belt buckles and insurance papers, but no money
Jul 22, 1967
The Kinney Corporation buys Elektra Records for $7 million, making it a sister to Kinney's Warner Bros. subsidiary. The Elektra roster eventually includes Hank Williams Jr., Eddie Rabbitt, Conway Twitty and Crystal Gayle
Oct 1, 1967
Warner-7 Arts buys Atlantic Records for $17.5 million from Mo Ostin, Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler. The new Warner-Elektra-Atlantic entity eventually yields such country acts as Tracy Lawrence, Faith Hill, Emmylou Harris and Hank Williams Jr.
Nov 4, 1967
Elvis Presley auctions off vehicles and farm equipment at his Circle G ranch near Walls, Mississippi, bringing in $108,000
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