Nov 21, 1976

John Denver appears for the first time at the Grand Ole Opry House, where he won the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year award the previous year

Nov 22, 1976

Charley Pride records "I'll Be Leaving Alone" and "She's Just An Old Love Turned Memory" in Nashville

Nov 22, 1976

After overturning his $46,000 Rolls-Royce, Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested at a street corner near his Memphis home for reckless driving and driving without a license. Later in the day, he's jailed in Tunica, Mississippi, for driving while intoxicated

Nov 22, 1976

Jimmy Buffett holds a Nashville overdub session at Quadraphonic Sound to add strings to "Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes," recorded in Miami

Nov 23, 1976

A drunk Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested in Memphis after he's spotted outside of Graceland Mansion, waving a pistol and demanding to see Elvis Presley

Nov 24, 1976

Jimmy Buffett holds the final instrumental overdub session for "Margaritaville," with drummer Kenny Buttrey adding parts at Nashville's Quadraphonic Sound during the afternoon

Nov 25, 1976

Jerry Lee Lewis checks in at Doctor's Hospital in Memphis. The media is told he has influenza and an ulcer

Dec 1, 1976

Lea Jane Berinati, Janie Fricke and Ginger Holladay add backing vocals to the late Jim Reeves' "It's Nothin' To Me" during an overdub session at the RCA Studios in Nashville

Dec 1, 1976

Loretta Lynn records "Spring Fever" at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee

Dec 3, 1976

The Statler Brothers' "The Movies" and "I Was There" are dressed up with a string section, courtesy of Cam Mullins, during an overdub session at Nashville's US Recording Studio