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Dec 25, 1967
Brent Rowan receives his first electric guitar for Christmas. He becomes one of Nashville's most in-demand players 13 years later, appearing on hits by Brooks & Dunn, Conway Twitty, George Strait, Mark Chesnutt and Shania Twain, among others
Feb 14, 1968
Having forgotten to buy her a Valentine's Day present, Don Schlitz gives his girlfriend a song. The resulting hugs and kisses--better, he decides, than if he'd bought her chocolates--convince Schlitz to pursue songwriting seriously
Oct 1, 1968
Steel guitarist Little Roy Wiggins, best known for his work on numerous Eddy Arnold hits, presents a guitar to vice president Hubert Humphrey when the Democrat visits Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame
Dec 25, 1968
John Jorgenson receives his first guitar for Christmas. Within two decades, he earns high marks for his work on the instrument in The Desert Rose Band
Dec 24, 1969
Elvis Presley invites Lowell Hays to the Memphian Theater, where he has the jeweler show him a briefcase of gems in a men's room stall. Presley buys three items as gifts and continues to purchase jewelry from Hays for the remainder of his life
Jan 28, 1970
Future "Hee Haw" star Barbi Benton receives a red Maserati for her 20th birthday from boyfriend Hugh Hefner
Oct 19, 1970
Elvis Presley picks up 12 14-karat gold pendants with the letters TCB--representing "Taking Care of Business"--to give to friends
Dec 3, 1970
Elvis Presley starts Christmas shopping in Memphis. He buys $20,000 worth of guns in three days
Dec 24, 1970
Elvis Presley gives three Mercedes to friends, including Dr. George Nichopolous, and rents out the Memphian Theater to see Robert Redford's "Little Fauss And Big Halsy"
Dec 25, 1972
Trace Adkins receives a guitar from his father for Christmas in Louisiana
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