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Jun 25, 1981

The Shelly Kurland Strings and The Jordanaires are added to Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline's "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" during an overdub session at Nashville's Music City Music Hall

Jun 27, 1981

The Whites perform "Send Me The Pillow You Dream On" as they make their Grand Ole Opry debut

Jun 30, 1981

Mary Reeves Davis opens the Jim Reeves Museum in Nashville--not in his former home, but in a house he liked

Jul 4, 1981

Jason Ringenberg moves to Nashville where he becomes the frontman for Jason & The Scorchers, whose "Absolutely Sweet Marie" is ranked among country's greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"

Jul 4, 1981

Janice Higgs is found dead from a gunshot wound to the head outside the Nashville apartment of session bass player Bob Moore, who's played on hits by Elvis Presley, Loretta Lynn and Kenny Rogers. Weeks later, Moore passes a lie detector test, and Higgs' death is ruled a suicide

Jul 8, 1981

Less than a month after the death of Roy Acuff's wife, Lola Oswald, the wife of Smoky Mountain Boy Bashful Brother Oswald, dies in Nashville

Jul 14, 1981

With Major League Baseball on strike, ESPN presents the first national telecast of a AA baseball game. Nashville beats Columbus, 16-1, at Greer Stadium. ESPN airs interviews with Roy Acuff, T.G. Sheppard and Sounds co-owner Conway Twitty

Jul 29, 1981

George Jones performs at Pee Wee's dinner club in Nashville. It marks the first performance by Lorrie Morgan as a back-up singer in his band

Aug 7, 1981

B.J. Thomas joins the Grand Ole Opry, singing "(Hey, Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song," "I Recall A Gypsy Woman" and the Hank Williams classic "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"

Aug 22, 1981

Don Williams makes his final appearance as a member of the Grand Ole Opry, performing "Tulsa Time," "I Believe In You" and "Amanda"

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