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Jun 15, 1978

The Broadway cast album of "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" is recorded. Among the songs is "Hard Candy Christmas," which becomes a hit for Dolly Parton after the movie version is released four years later

Jun 16, 1978

Kenny Rogers records "The Gambler" in a morning session at Nashville's Jack Clement Studios. Rogers returns in the late-afternoon to cut "All I Ever Need Is You" with Dottie West

Jun 17, 1978

Kenny Rogers records "She Believes In Me" in a late-night session at the Jack Clement Studios in Nashville

Jun 17, 1978

Kenny Rogers records "Sleep Tight, Good Night Man" during an afternoon session at the Jack Clement Studios in Nashville. Another version of the song becomes a hit later in the year for Bobby Bare

Jun 19, 1978

Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass hold the final overdub session in Nashville for "Cookin' Country," an album that earns a Grammy nomination the following January

Jun 21, 1978

Johnny Rodriguez records "Alibis" at the Sound Stage in Nashville

Jun 26, 1978

Don McLean remakes the Roy Orbison classic "Crying" in a 6 p.m. session at Nashville's Jack Clement Recording Studios

Jun 27, 1978

Bobby Bare records "Sleep Tight, Good Night Man" in an afternoon session at Nashville's Creative Workshop

Jun 28, 1978

Gene Watson records "Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)" and "Nothing Sure Looked Good On You" at the Jack Clement Studios in Nashville

Jul 6, 1978

Johnny Cash records two songs destined to become hits for other artists: "The Gambler," which succeeds for Kenny Rogers; and the Rodney Crowell-penned "A Song For The Life," a future hit for Alan Jackson. Jo-El Sonnier sits in on the session at the House of Cash in Hendersonville, Tennessee

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