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ill-fated campaign to conquer Russia, French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte begin their retreat from Moscow. This military action will be immortalised in the Appalachian fiddle tune Bonaparte's Retreat whose structure illustrates the marching men and the sounds of war. Pee Wee King will add a lyric to the tune in 1950 and it will become a popular addition to the repertoire of many country music performers including Glen Campbell and Michael Nesmith.
At the end of their

Ray Price records the Hank Williams' composition I Lost The Only Love I Knew, for Columbia Records in the USA.
Carl Smith records This Orchid Means Goodbye, Do I Liked It? Trademark and Just You Wait 'Til I Get You Alone in Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Flatt and Scruggs and George Hamilton IV play a live show in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.


Porter Wagoner records Misery Loves Company at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, during an afternoon session.
Kitty Wells, Johnnie And Jack, Marvin Rainwater, Jimmy Newman, Bill Phillips and The Tennessee Mountain Boys play a show in O'Neill, Nebraska, USA.
Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours, Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, Martha Carson, Kathy Perry, Johnny Johnson, Tommy Duncan, Autry Inman and Dick Flood are playing in Sioux City, Iowa, USA.
Jimmie Davis records It's All Coming Home To You, I Wonder If She's Blue, Alimony Blues, When It's Round Up Time In Heaven and other tracks in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Faron Young records You Had A Call, My Dreams and Welcome To My World, with producer Jerry Kennedy, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Bill Anderson records Golden Guitar and Cocktails, for his Decca Records album Bright Lights And Country Music at Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Sonny Wright records Pain Remover and Hung To Another Man in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.


Tony Bennett, Beverly Sills and Charley Pride perform live at the Annual Record Industry Association Of America (R.I.A.A.) Cultural Award Dinner in the Ballroom Center of the Hilton Hotel, Washington DC, USA.

Beneath Still Waters by Emmylou Harris reaches No1 in the Billboard Hot Country Singles Chart in the USA.


Johnny Cash plays at The Wayne Newton Theatre, Branson, Missouri, USA, during a lengthy series of concerts at the venue.

Elton John and Ryan Adams appear together on CMT Crossroads. Their collaborations include versions of Jim Reeves' He'll Have To Go and Jerry Lee Lewis' Great Balls Of Fire.

Oncologist Dr. Albert Malcolm, writes a letter to successful country music singer and songwriter Wayne Perry advising him that his throat cancer is terminal.

Carrie Underwood sings the American National Anthem at the Super Bowl, (New Orleans Saints vs Indianapolis Colts) at The Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida, USA. Watching from the stands are Heidi Newfield, Kenny Chesney, Jimmy Buffett and Joe Don Rooney.

Taylor Swift and Shania Twain recreate scenes from the movie Thelma And Louise to be used in the upcoming CMT Music Awards.
In Thompson's Station, Tennessee, USA,


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