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Nov 25, 1977
Future Desert Rose Band member Chris Hillman appears on "The Midnight Special." The installment also features Pat Boone and Frankie Valli
Nov 26, 1977
Tom T. Hall performs "It's All In The Game" and "Your Man Loves You, Honey" on the week's installment of "Hee Haw." The Sons Of The Pioneers do "Cool Water," and the Hagers cover "Daydreams About Night Things"
Nov 26, 1977
Opryland Hotel opens on Briley Parkway, with 600 rooms. In its first decade, the hotel will use more than 17,000,000 eggs and spend $10,000-a-year on light bulbs
Nov 27, 1977
Roy Rogers, B.J. Thomas and Rex Allen appear in the Santa Claus Lane parade, destined to be rechristened the Hollywood Christmas Parade in 1978. Also appearing: Jim Stafford and Herb Alpert
Nov 27, 1977
Country comes to prestigious Carnegie Hall with a concert featuring Mel Tillis, Donna Fargo and The Oak Ridge Boys, who a New York Times reviewer praises for their "casual, unpretentious charm." After taking in the performance, The Osmonds offer Fargo a chance to do her own TV variety show
Nov 27, 1977
Graceland's Meditation Gardens, the Memphis location where Elvis Presley is buried, are opened to the public
Nov 28, 1977
Guitarist Ilya Toshinskiy is born in Obninsk, Russia. He joins the all-Russian country band Bering Strait before becoming a session musician. He plays on hits by Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift
Nov 29, 1977
Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius record "I'll Never Be Free" in a midday session at Nashville's RCA Studio A
Nov 30, 1977
Seven months after he first attempted it, Vern Gosdin records "Break My Mind" in the afternoon at Sound Stage in Nashville
Nov 30, 1977
CBS airs "The Johnny Cash Christmas Special" with Cash and The Statler Brothers performing "Blue Christmas." Also aboard: June Carter, Roy Clark, Roy Orbison, The Carter Family, Jan Howard, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis, who does "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" and "White Christmas"
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