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Oct 6, 1980
The Bee Gees sue manager Robert Stigwood and PolyGram Records for $200 million, claiming misrepresentation. The action comes three months after Conway Twitty recorded Bee Gee Barry Gibb's song "Rest Your Love On Me"
Nov 21, 1980
The Eagles' Don Henley is arrested at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, when police find a teen-aged girl who admits to using cocaine and Quaaludes with the singer. He's fined $2,000 and sent to drug counseling
Dec 9, 1980
The Board of Commissioners in Hendersonville, Tennessee, passes an ordinance allowing Conway Twitty to begin building Twitty City. Mayor Pat Patterson opposes the decision, saying the commercial zone will open the door for "tacky car washes"
Jan 12, 1981
Dr. George Nichopolous fires his four lawyers, who want him to plead guilty to overprescribing drugs for Elvis Presley
Jan 27, 1981
The city commission in Hendersonville, Tennessee, approves a zoning change that allows Conway Twitty to begin construction on a six-acre tract of land, set to become Music Village--a.k.a. Twitty City
Feb 23, 1981
A four-year lawsuit comes to a close when Nashville judge Thomas Wiseman rules Conway Twitty did not base his song "Linda On My Mind" on another song called "Too Much Of You On My Mind," written by Gene Hood
Mar 11, 1981
A Nashville court dismisses a 10-year-old suit filed against Loretta Lynn by her former managers, The Wilburn Brothers. With the $5-million claim out of the way, Lynn begins writing songs for the first time in a decade
Mar 18, 1981
Songwriter/producer Gary Paxton identifies two men who tried to kill him in December. Paxton produced seven of Vern Gosdin's early hits. He also wrote Don Gibson's "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" and Roy Clark's "Honeymoon Feelin'"
Apr 5, 1981
Dottie West's seven-year marriage to drummer Byron Metcalf ends in divorce. West pays $55,000 cash and $10,000 in attorney's fees
May 20, 1981
An obsessive fan begins stalking Bob Dylan, trespassing on his property 19 times in the next month and issuing death threats to his entourage. Dylan is destined for a place in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
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