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Dec 9, 1955 Elvis Presley performs "Heartbreak Hotel" live for the first time in Swifton, Arkansas

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Dec 9, 2007 Alan Jackson performs "Let It Be Christmas" at the National Building Museum in the District of Columbia as TNT tapes "Christmas In Washington." The special also features Dr. Phil McGraw, Andrea Bocelli and audience member George W. Bush

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Dec 9, 1980 The "Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)" earns a gold single from the RIAA for Waylon Jennings

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Dec 9, 2005 Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood apply for a marriage license at the Rogers County Courthouse in Claremore, Oklahoma

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Dec 9, 2000 Gene Autry becomes a space cowboy: His performance of "Back In The Saddle Again" is used to wake astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour

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