Buddy Starcher was an American

United States

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 country

Country music

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 singer. He starred on his own show

Television program

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 on WCHS-TV

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 from 1960 to 1966. However, he is best known for his 1966 spoken word

Spoken word

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 recording

Sound recording and reproduction

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 entitled "History Repeats Itself", written

Songwriter

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 with Minnie Pearl

Minnie Pearl

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 and released on Boone Records. The track recounts uncanny similarities

Conspiracy theory

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 between the assassination

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s of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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 and John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

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.

The single

Single (music)

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 hit #39 on the US Billboard Hot 100

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 chart

Record chart

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 and the album

Album

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 of the same name from which it was drawn peaked at #37 on the U.S.

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  Country Albums chart.

Albums

Year	Album	US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...	Label
1962	Buddy Starcher and His Mountain Guitar	—	Starday
1966	History Repeats Itself	37	Decca
1967	Just Buddy and His Guitar No. 1	—	Bluebonnet
	Country Soul and Inspiration	—	Heartwarming

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions		Album
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...	US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
1949	"I'll Still Write Your Name in the Sand"	8	—	single only
1966	"History Repeats Itself"	2	39	History Repeats Itself