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  • Apr 24, 1980
    HBO shoots "Linda Ronstadt In Concert" in Los Angeles. She performs "Blue Bayou," "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me," "Faithless Love" and "Desperado"
    Apr 24, 1980
    Danny Gokey is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After earning national attention as a contestant on FOX-TV's "American Idol" in 2009, he signs a recording deal with RCA, netting a Top 10 country album in 2010 with his debut, "My Best Days"
    Apr 25, 1980
    RCA releases Charley Pride's version of the Hank Williams ballad "You Win Again"
    Apr 25, 1980
    Asylum releases the "Urban Cowboy" soundtrack. The two-disc album features Kenny Rogers, Mickey Gilley, Johnny Lee, Anne Murray, Jimmy Buffett, The Eagles, The Charlie Daniels Band, Bob Seger, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, Dan Fogelberg and J.D. Souther
    Apr 26, 1980
    Dottie West's "A Lesson In Leavin'" goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Apr 27, 1980
    Paul "Hezzie" Trietsch dies in Westlake Village, California. Playing drums and washboard, among other instruments, he was a member of The Hoosier Hot Shots, who earned a trio of mid-1940s hits and appeared in numerous westerns
    Apr 28, 1980
    Elektra/Curb releases Hank Williams Jr.'s remake of his father's "Kaw-Liga"
    Apr 28, 1980
    Bass player Tommy Caldwell dies in a car crash in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was a member of the Southern rock group The Marshall Tucker Band, playing on "Can't You See," covered for the country charts by Waylon Jennings in 1976
    Apr 28, 1980
    Twenty years after his first hit record, Bill Anderson finally makes his debut on NBC's "The Tonight Show"
    Apr 29, 1980
    June Carter Cash receives the Community Service Award during the National Women Executives dinner at the Hillwood Country Club in Nashville

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