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Apr 3, 1961
Folk figure Pete Seeger is sentenced in New York to 10 one-year prison terms for contempt of Congress, after a lengthy investigation into Communist activities. The conviction is overturned in 1962. Two years earlier, Seeger's "Gotta Travel On" became a country hit for Billy Grammer
May 19, 1961
Chet Atkins performs for president John F. Kennedy at the annual White House news photographer dinner at a Washington, D.C., hotel. With Atkins are bassist Bob Moore, pianist Bill Purcell and drummer Buddy Harman
Apr 6, 1962
Time magazine prints the lyrics of "P.T. 109" in their entirety, noting the salute to John F. Kennedy was recorded by "cowboy crooner Jimmy Dean"
Nov 7, 1962
After losing the election for California governor, Richard Nixon holds what he says will be his "last press conference," telling the media "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore." The quote spurs Buck Owens to write "You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck To Kick Around No More"
Mar 3, 1963
The Texas state legislature in Austin recognizes George Jones as an honorary admiral in the Texas Navy
Aug 22, 1963
Gene Autry sits to the immediate right of president John F. Kennedy during a formal lunch at the White House
Aug 28, 1963
Martin Luther King delivers his "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March On Washington. On hand are "It Ain't Me, Babe" songwriter Bob Dylan and Peter, Paul & Mary
Nov 4, 1963
The Beatles are among 19 acts playing for Queen Elizabeth at a Royal Command Performance in London, England. Group members John Lennon and Paul McCartney go on to co-write several country hits
Nov 21, 1963
When president John F. Kennedy visits San Antonio, Texas, eight-year-old Steve Earle is taken out of school to watch the motorcade pass by. The following day, JFK is killed in Dallas
Nov 22, 1963
President John F. Kennedy is killed in a Dallas parade. RCA subsequently delays its planned release of George Hamilton IV's "Fort Worth, Dallas Or Houston." Buddy Starcher will draw similarities between Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln in his 1966 single "History Repeats Itself"
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