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Nov 4, 1960
Johnny Horton performs in what proves to be his final show at The Skyline Club in Austin, Texas. The club also provided the setting for Hank Williams' final concert
Dec 31, 1960
Spade Cooley appears in concert, a show that proves to be his final public performance as a free man
Feb 25, 1961
Elvis Presley performs his first concert since returning from the Army--a charity event in Memphis. Tennessee governor Buford Ellington proclaims Elvis Presley Day
Mar 25, 1961
Elvis Presley performs at Bloch Arena in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, his last concert for nearly eight years. He donates $5,000 to the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial Fund, joined on the appearance by Minnie Pearl
Apr 11, 1961
Bob Dylan becomes a pro, opening for John Lee Hooker at New York's Gerde's Folk City. A number of Dylan's songs become country successes, including "It Ain't Me, Babe," "You Ain't Going Nowhere" and "To Make You Feel My Love"
May 19, 1961
Chet Atkins performs for president John F. Kennedy at the annual White House news photographer dinner at a Washington, D.C., hotel. With Atkins are bassist Bob Moore, pianist Bill Purcell and drummer Buddy Harman
Jul 4, 1961
A semi-private feud becomes public when Carter Stanley tells a crowd in Luray, Virginia, that Flatt & Scruggs refused to play the All Day Bluegrass Festival because The Stanley Brothers and Bill Monroe were there
Jul 11, 1961
Chet Atkins plays a concert in the rain in Nashville's Centennial Park without telling the audience of 10,000 that every time he touches the guitar, he gets shocked. The closest he comes to letting on is to announce "I'm real brave tonight"
Jul 29, 1961
Patsy Cline returns to the concert trail at the Cimarron Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma, six weeks after a serious car accident. Cline uses crutches to make it on stage and sits on a stool for the entire show
Sep 17, 1961
Charlie Walker organizes a benefit concert in San Antonio for Jimmie Rodgers' ailing widow, Carrie. Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Hawkshaw Hawkins, The Wilburn Brothers, Johnny Cash, Jimmy C. Newman and Bill Anderson help raise $6,000
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