Sep 22, 1980

Electric guitarist Jimmy Bryant dies of lung cancer in Moultrie, Georgia. Teamed with steel player Speedy West, they were jointly known as the Flaming Guitars for their lightning-quick facility. Bryant also wrote the Waylon Jennings hit "Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line"

Sep 22, 1979

"Just Good Ol' Boys" hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart for duet partners Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley

Sep 22, 1979

Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley sing "Just Good Ol' Boys" on TV's "Hee Haw," where Bandy also does "Barstool Mountain" solo and Stampley performs "Do You Ever Fool Around." The Hagers cover "Down On The Rio Grande," and Buck Owens, Roy Clark and Kenny Price team on "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes"

Sep 22, 1979

The Eagles' Joe Walsh announces he's running for president in 1980

Sep 22, 1978

Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass appear on TV's syndicated "Hee Haw Honeys"

Sep 22, 1978

Olivia Newton-John, Bob Hope and John Wayne are all guest stars on the ABC variety show "Donny And Marie"

Sep 22, 1978

Linda Ronstadt's album "Living In The U.S.A." is certified gold and platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America

Sep 22, 1977

Columbia releases Billy Joel's pop album "The Stranger." Among its tracks is "Only The Good Die Young," referenced two dozen years later in the lyrics of Kenny Chesney's country hit "I Go Back"

Sep 22, 1977

A month after his death, Elvis Presley occupies the cover of Rolling Stone magazine

Sep 22, 1976

Mary Kay Place--who portrays Loretta Haggers on TV's "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman"--makes her nightclub debut, singing "Baby Blue" and "Settin' The Woods On Fire" at the Palomino in North Hollywood, California