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Oct 11, 1980

Ray Stevens and Sylvia are guests on the week's edition of "Hee Haw." Co-host Buck Owens performs "Brown Eyed Handsome Man." A ventriloquist covers "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"

Oct 11, 1980

"Happy Days" actor Anson Williams sings "Blue Suede Shoes" with host Tom T. Hall and fellow guest Sheila Andrews on "Pop! Goes The Country." Williams also covers the 1957 hit "Honeycomb," and Hall does a version of "You Win Again"

Oct 17, 1980

Mac Davis performs "Texas In My Rear View Mirror" while hosting NBC's "The Midnight Special." Also appearing: Cher, Cliff Richard and Olivia Newton-John

Oct 18, 1980

Don Williams sings "I Believe In You" on TV's "Solid Gold." Dionne Warwick co-hosts the episode with soul-jazz figure George Benson

Oct 18, 1980

The Bellamy Brothers perform "Sugar Daddy" and "Dancin' Cowboys" on an episode of "Hee Haw" that also welcomes Ed McMahon. Gunilla Hutton covers "Tulsa Time," and Buck Owens, Kenny Price and Roy Clark team on "Columbus Stockade Blues." A bearded Marty Stuart joins banjo player Jimmy Henley on "Rawhide"

Oct 18, 1980

Sonny James and host Tom T. Hall cover "Bright Lights, Big City" on the syndicated TV show "Pop! Goes The Country." Hall kicks off the episode with "Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet)," and James adds "A World Of Our Own"

Oct 21, 1980

Taping begins for "A Johnny Cash Christmas" at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House. Guests for the CBS shoot include Roy Clark, Mac Davis, Larry Gatlin and June Carter Cash

Oct 23, 1980

ABC-TV's "Waylon, Starring Waylon Jennings" is the singer's first network special. Guests include Jessi Colter and actor James Garner

Oct 24, 1980

The Oak Ridge Boys host NBC's "The Midnight Special," singing "Trying to Love Two Women," "Leaving Louisiana in Broad Daylight," "Beautiful You" and "Dream On." Debby Boone also offers "Are You On The Road To Lovin' Me Again"

Oct 25, 1980

T.G. Sheppard guests on "Solid Gold," performing "Do You Wanna Go To Heaven" on the TV music countdown. The installment also features The Commodores, John Stewart, Johnny Rivers and host Dionne Warwick

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