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    • Oct 17, 1982
    Alcyone Bate Beasley dies from a stroke at Nashville Memorial Hospital. The daughter of Dr. Humphrey Bate, she sang with his band The Possum Hunters in the early days of the Grand Ole Opry. She also provided harmony vocals on Ernest Tubb's version of "Blue Christmas"
    Oct 17, 1981
    Ronnie Milsap reaches #1 on the Billboard country albums chart with "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"
    Oct 17, 1981
    Eddie Rabbitt's "Step By Step" climbs to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Oct 17, 1981
    Hank Williams Jr. sings "Texas Women" and "A Country Boy Can Survive," and Janie Fricke performs "I'll Need Someone To Hold Me (When I Cry)" and "Down To My Last Broken Heart" during "Hee Haw." Hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark join Kenny Price on "Honky-Tonk Man"
    Oct 17, 1981
    ABC's "Fantasy Island" welcomes Barbi Benton, along with Jack Elam, Arte Johnson and Roddy McDowall
    Oct 17, 1981
    Tanya Tucker appears in an episode of ABC's "The Love Boat." Her fellow cast members include Betty White, Robert Guillaume and Carol Channing
    Oct 17, 1981
    David Wendell Guion dies in a Dallas hospital. He wrote the western classic "Home On The Range"
    Oct 17, 1980
    Asylum releases Johnny Lee's album "Lookin' For Love"
    Oct 17, 1980
    Mac Davis performs "Texas In My Rear View Mirror" while hosting NBC's "The Midnight Special." Also appearing: Cher, Cliff Richard and Olivia Newton-John
    Oct 17, 1980
    Asylum releases Linda Ronstadt's "Greatest Hits, Volume Two"
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