Apr 9, 1980

Pop singer/songwriter Albert Hammond has a son, Albert Hammond Jr., in Los Angeles. The younger Hammond joins the rock band The Strokes; the older Hammond nets a country hit as a songwriter with "To All The Girls I've Loved Before"

Apr 12, 1980

Pure Prairie League singer Vince Gill marries future Sweethearts of the Rodeo member Janis Oliver on his 23rd birthday

Jun 5, 1980

Hockey player Mike Fisher is born in Peterborough, Ontario. He is destined to become the husband of country singer Carrie Underwood

Jun 25, 1980

Lorrie Morgan marries her first husband, Ron Gaddis

Jun 25, 1980

Leroy and Gladys Van Dyke are married

Jun 30, 1980

Dottie West files for divorce from drummer Byron Metcalf, citing irreconcilable differences. West charges him with a drinking problem that caused her embarrassment. Metcalf later files a counter-claim alleging adultery

Jul 2, 1980

Bee Gee Maurice Gibb welcomes a daughter, Samantha Gibb. Three years later, he co-writes three Kenny Rogers country hits, including the double-platinum Dolly Parton duet, "Islands In The Stream"

Jul 8, 1980

Debby Boone and husband Gabriel Ferrer have their first baby, Jordan Alexander Ferrer, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles

Jul 16, 1980

Donna Summer marries Bruce Sudano at the Church On The Way in Van Nuys, California. The pair co-wrote "Starting Over Again," which had become a hit for Dolly Parton just months earlier

Jul 18, 1980

William Lee Golden buys the 200-acre Golden Era plantation north of Hendersonville, Tennessee. He puts two 23-foot teepees on the property outside of his house