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    • Jan 30, 1960
    Elton Britt is one of two presidential candidates removed from New Hampshire's primary ballot for including the signatures of deceased people on his petition to run
    May 6, 1965
    Elton Britt, Boots Randolph and Pearl Bailey are showcased in the ABC series "The Jimmy Dean Show"
    Feb 25, 1966
    The Browns sing a piece of "The Three Bells" on ABC's "The Jimmy Dean Show." The host does a verse and chorus of "I Take The Chance" with Maxine Brown and Bonnie Brown. The episode also features Elton Britt and Warner Mack, who does "The Bridge Washed Out," "Sittin' On A Rock (Crying In A Creek)" and "Shame On You"
    Jun 23, 1972
    Elton Britt dies from a heart attack in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. A long-shot candidate for president in 1960, he earned acclaim for his World War II hit "There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere"
    Jun 6, 1979
    T.G. Sheppard, Margo Smith, Johnny Paycheck, Jim & Jesse and Mary K. Miller are inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame's Walkway Of Stars. Also honored are Moon Mullican, Lefty Frizzell, Bob Luman, Elton Britt, Roy Acuff Jr. and members of the Smoky Mountain Boys
    Jan 15, 1983
    Celebrating the 50th anniversary of "Jamboree U.S.A.," Wheeling's Capitol Music Hall installs 50 artists in its new Walkway of Stars. Among them: Mac Wiseman, Dick Curless, Elton Britt, Doc & Chickie Williams, Dusty Owens and Billy "Crash" Craddock
    Sep 2, 1992
    Elton Britt's "There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere" ranks #76 as Country America magazine lists the Top 100 Country Songs Of All-Time
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Wiley Walker & Gene Sullivan's "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" and Elton Britt's "Detour" are among the 1940s recordings on the list
    Dec 2, 2007
    Carrie Underwood performs the theme from "The Sound Of Music" at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood while shooting the CBS-TV special "Movies Rock." Also appearing: Fergie, Mary J. Blige and Elton John
    Sep 16, 2019
    Episode two of PBS' "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns" features a bundle of 1940s recordings, including Grandpa Jones' "Mountain Dew," Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine" and Elton Britt's "There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere"
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