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    • Mar 26, 1976
    Barbara Mandrell performs "Rocky Top" on "The Midnight Special," which also features Eric Carmen, Donna Summer, Little Richard and Gordon Lightfoot
    Nov 19, 1976
    Future Country Music Association awards nominee Little Richard and former "National Barn Dance" star George Gobel appear on ABC's "Donny And Marie"
    Jun 24, 1977
    Gregg Allman performs "Midnight Rider" and hosts a tribute to Little Richard on NBC's "The Midnight Special." Guests include Jerry Lee Lewis and Jennifer Warnes, who sings "Right Time Of The Night"
    Mar 17, 1978
    "American Hot Wax," based on the life of disc jockey Alan Freed, debuts in theaters. Jerry Lee Lewis performs "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" and "Great Balls Of Fire." Elsewhere in the soundtrack are Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin, The Everly Brothers and Little Richard
    Jul 22, 1979
    Little Richard, who wrote Billy "Crash" Craddock's "Slippin' And Slidin'," preaches to a North Richmond, California, congregation: "If God can save an old homosexual like me, he can save anybody"
    Aug 26, 1982
    "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)" songwriter Little Richard preaches in the first of two days of revivals at Nashville's Hillcrest Seventh Day Adventist Church. He announced, leading into the event, that he is no longer a homosexual
    Dec 31, 1982
    Steve Van Zandt, of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, marries Maureen Santora in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The Boss is best man at the service, officiated by Little Richard, whose song "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)" becomes a 1983 country hit for Waylon Jennings
    Jan 17, 1983
    Waylon Jennings records "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)," written by Little Richard, at Nashville's Cartee 3 Studios
    Jun 4, 1983
    Waylon Jennings goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with a remake of Little Richard's "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)"
    Oct 21, 1983
    The astronaut movie "The Right Stuff" debuts in theaters. Featured music includes Patti Page's "The Tennessee Waltz," Bob Wills' "Southwestern Waltz" and The Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie," plus Margaret Whiting, Kay Starr and Little Richard
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