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    • Jun 6, 1964
    When president Lyndon B. Johnson addresses a garment workers union in Los Angeles, he's greeted with a female chorus performing the Ernest Tubb hit and LBJ signature song "The Yellow Rose Of Texas"
    Nov 3, 1964
    One year after John Kennedy's death vaulted him to the nation's highest office, Lyndon B. Johnson is re-elected president. His years in the position are referred to two dozen years later in The Bellamy Brothers' country hit "Rebels Without A Clue"
    Mar 21, 1965
    In its third attempt, a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery begins in Alabama. Led by Martin Luther King, participants include Leonard Bernstein and Peter, Paul & Mary, whose Peter Yarrow earns a country hit later as the writer and producer of Mary MacGregor's "Torn Between Two Lovers"
    Mar 21, 1968
    Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy speaks at Nashville's Vanderbilt University. George Hamilton IV provides music at the event
    Jun 27, 1968
    Del Reeves and Carl & Pearl Butler appear at a campaign rally for George Wallace at the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio
    Aug 28, 1968
    Police combat Vietnam War protesters at Chicago's Grant Park with tear gas during the Democratic National Convention. Among the demonstrators is Peter, Paul & Mary's Peter Yarrow, writer of the country hit "Torn Between Two Lovers"
    Sep 7, 1968
    Ray Stevens performs during a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon in Oklahoma City
    Sep 9, 1968
    Buck Owens performs for president Lyndon Johnson at the White House. His set list includes "Act Naturally," "Together Again," "Gentle On My Mind," "Orange Blossom Special" and "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail"
    Sep 16, 1968
    Roy Acuff is named the head of the Tennessee Citizens For Nixon-Agnew Committee, as Richard Nixon runs for president
    Oct 1, 1968
    Steel guitarist Little Roy Wiggins, best known for his work on numerous Eddy Arnold hits, presents a guitar to vice president Hubert Humphrey when the Democrat visits Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame



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