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    • Sep 20, 1961
    Tex Ritter stars in his first theatrical production in almost three decades, "The Stovepipe Hat," as it opens at the Music Box Theater in Los Angeles. The show closes three nights later
    Sep 20, 1961
    Karl Farr, of the Sons Of The Pioneers, dies of a heart attack on stage at the Eastern Exposition Coliseum in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Known for "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water," the western harmony group later joins the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Sep 20, 1959
    Glen Campbell marries Billie Jean Nunley in Las Vegas. It's his second marriage
    Sep 20, 1957
    Sixteen days after Jerry Lee Lewis filed for divorce, his second wife, Jane, also files, accusing him of cruel and inhuman treatment. Among her accusations: that he once left her to fend for herself and their child on 82 cents and six cans of milk
    Sep 20, 1956
    Glen Campbell and his wife, Diane, welcome a daughter, Debby Campbell
    Sep 20, 1956
    Wanda Jackson records the original version of "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" at the Capitol Studios in Hollywood. It takes nearly two decades for the song to become a hit, when it's remade by Linda Ronstadt
    Sep 20, 1955
    Tennessee Ernie Ford records the Merle Travis-written "Sixteen Tons" at the Capitol Recording Studio on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood
    Sep 20, 1954
    Columbia releases Carl Smith's double-sided single, "Loose Talk" backed with "More Than Anything Else In The World"
    Sep 20, 1953
    Gene Autry performs the Stephen Foster classic "Beautiful Dreamer" in the debut of "Saginaw Trail." The script requires Autry and sidekick Smiley Burnette to keep restless Indians from attacking a settlement
    Sep 20, 1953
    Gene Autry sings "Back In The Saddle Again," "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Your Cheatin' Heart" on CBS-TV's "Toast Of The Town," destined to become "The Ed Sullivan Show"
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