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    • Aug 21, 1978
    Dolly Parton gives a free lunchtime concert at New York's City Hall, where she receives a key to the city from mayor Ed Koch
    Aug 24, 1978
    Mayor Dennis Kucinich presents Dolly Parton a key to the city when she plays the Blossom Center in Cleveland
    Aug 31, 1978
    Hank Snow raises $15,000 with his first annual concert for abused children at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House. Also pitching in: Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Boots Randolph, Skeeter Davis and Ernest Tubb
    Sep 2, 1978
    Willie Nelson opens for The Grateful Dead at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Waylon Jennings cancels his planned appearance
    Sep 13, 1978
    Willie Nelson makes a White House appearance, invited by president Jimmy Carter to a NASCAR reception for 500 people. Carter, involved in Middle East peace talks, is unable to attend, but brother Billy Carter sings "Goodnight Irene" with Nelson
    Sep 16, 1978
    Neil Young kicks off a tour at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. It marks the first time an artist has performed with wireless microphones, which become standard equipment in many rock and country shows in the ensuing decade
    Oct 20, 1978
    British rockers The Police make their first American concert performance, playing at the New York punk club CBGB. Nineteen years later, lead singer Sting appears on the country charts with Toby Keith on "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
    Oct 31, 1978
    Hoyt Axton plays the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, welcoming surprise guest Michael Martin Murphey
    Jan 1, 1979
    The Oak Ridge Boys perform in Monaco for Princess Grace
    Jan 4, 1979
    Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson play the Bottom Line in New York. The date draws guests Willie Nelson, Burt Reynolds and Candice Bergen



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