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    • Jul 31, 1980
    Following a show at the Long Beach Arena in California, The Eagles break up. The band takes 14 years to reunite
    Dec 19, 1980
    Dolly Parton's first movie, "9 To 5," debuts. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin co-star in the picture, buoyed by a title song written and performed by Parton
    Dec 26, 1980
    Jim McBride quits his job at the post office in Huntsville, Alabama, to become a Nashville songwriter. He amasses such credits as Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee," Tammy Cochran's "Angels In Waiting" and Waylon Jennings' "Rose In Paradise"
    Jan 1, 1981
    Former Alabama postal worker Jim McBride begins writing songs in Nashville after moving over the holidays. Among his credits: Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee," Tammy Cochran's "Angels In Waiting" and Waylon Jennings' "Rose In Paradise"
    Feb 20, 1981
    Dolly Parton makes her Las Vegas debut at the Riviera Hotel a day later than scheduled, thanks to a bout with laryngitis. Supported by a 35-piece orchestra, she offers more than 20 songs, including "Two Doors Down," "But You Know I Love You," "Here You Come Again" and her closing number, "9 To 5"
    Jul 4, 1981
    The Statler Brothers perform their 12th annual "Happy Birthday U.S.A." hometown concert without a special guest for the first time since the opening year. It proves to be Lew DeWitt's last Fourth of July appearance with the group
    Sep 4, 1981
    MCA releases George Strait's debut album, "Strait Country"
    Nov 13, 1981
    Carl Gorodetzky creates The Nashville String Machine, an ensemble of session players that lasts more than 25 years. The group provides strings for hits by George Strait, Lee Ann Womack, Martina McBride and Garth Brooks, among others
    Jan 28, 1982
    Jimmy Fortune, filling in for ailing Lew DeWitt, performs with The Statler Brothers for the first time in Savannah, Georgia
    Apr 1, 1982
    After working as a backing band for singer/songwriter Don King, Sawyer Brown makes its debut as a group--under the name Savannah--at Knight's Corral on Nolensville Road in Nashville



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