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Jan 1, 1966
Decca Records becomes a division of MCA. The label's roster includes Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, Ernest Tubb and Jack Greene
Jan 20, 1967
Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters purchase the KTLA-TV studio on Hollywood's Sunset Strip for $5 million from Paramount, which had been leasing the property to Golden West
Apr 1, 1967
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opens in a barn-like structure on Music Row in Nashville. It remains at that location for 34 years, before moving downtown
Jul 22, 1967
The Kinney Corporation buys Elektra Records for $7 million, making it a sister to Kinney's Warner Bros. subsidiary. The Elektra roster eventually includes Hank Williams Jr., Eddie Rabbitt, Conway Twitty and Crystal Gayle
Oct 1, 1967
Warner-7 Arts buys Atlantic Records for $17.5 million from Mo Ostin, Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler. The new Warner-Elektra-Atlantic entity eventually yields such country acts as Tracy Lawrence, Faith Hill, Emmylou Harris and Hank Williams Jr.
Dec 6, 1967
Forty songwriters attend the inaugural meeting of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. They include Kris Kristofferson, Marijohn Wilkin, Eddie Miller, Boudleaux and Felice Bryant and Liz and Casey Anderson
Dec 15, 1967
Congressman Richard Fulton signs a recording deal with RCA in Nashville. No hits emerge from the relationship
Oct 9, 1968
King Records is sold to Starday, seven months after the death of King founder Syd Nathan. Among the master tapes changing hands are recordings by Moon Mullican, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and The Delmore Brothers
Oct 18, 1968
Plans are announced for the creation of the Opryland theme park in Nashville. Affiliated with the Grand Ole Opry, the grounds eventually provide a home for Roy Acuff, while the park spawns such acts as Little Texas, Diamond Rio, Chely Wright and Deborah Allen
May 1, 1969
Nashville's Columbia Recording Studios restrict sessions to acts on the Columbia and Epic labels. The company thus has more time for Tammy Wynette, David Houston and Johnny Cash dates, though Sonny James books Capitol sessions in February
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