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May 3, 1957
For the third straight year, Patsy Cline rides in the annual Apple Blossom Festival parade in Winchester, Virginia
May 17, 1958
Ferriday, Louisiana, celebrates Jerry Lee Lewis Day and gives the singer the key to the city, following a parade
Nov 26, 1958
A dozen years after he joined Red Foley on the country charts, Lawrence Welk is grand marshal of the Santa Claus Lane parade in Hollywood, featuring 20 floats, 16 marching bands and some guy named Santa
Nov 23, 1960
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans are grand marshals of the Santa Claus Lane parade in Hollywood, attended by 100,000 fans
Nov 22, 1961
With 250,000 people watching from the sidewalk, Gene Autry serves as grand marshal of the Santa Claus Lane parade in Hollywood. Others taking part include Shelley Fabares, Robert Stack and Kris Kringle
May 4, 1963
Ernest Tubb appears in the Apple Blossom Festival parade in Winchester, Virginia. Tubb had been an early supporter of Winchester native Patsy Cline, who died less than two months prior
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"
Apr 30, 1964
Dottie West is the marshal of the firefighters' parade at the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia. Also appearing at the festival: Ray Price, The Carter Family, Mac Wiseman and president Lyndon B. Johnson
May 1, 1965
Ernest Tubb makes a return appearance in the annual Apple Blossom Festival parade in Winchester, Virginia
Jan 1, 1967
Buck Owens rides the Monterey Park float in the Parade of Roses in Pasadena, California, replacing Sonny & Cher, who were bounced after taking part in a public demonstration. The pop duo appears instead on a Farmers Insurance Group float
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