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    • Oct 3, 1980
    "Coast To Coast," starring Robert Blake, debuts in theaters. Johnny Lee sings "I Can Tell By The Way You Dance" and "Pickin' Up Strangers." Also heard are Jimmy Buffett, Rita Coolidge, Johnny Rivers, J.D. Souther, Bonnie Raitt and T.G. Sheppard
    Oct 3, 1980
    The Paul Simon movie "One Trick Pony" debuts in theaters. It becomes the namesake for the country trio Trick Pony
    Nov 19, 1980
    "Heaven's Gate," a western movie starring Kris Kristofferson and Christopher Walken, opens in New York. Production costs for the movie totalled $40 million, staggering at a time when only 12 films had ever earned that much at the box office
    Dec 12, 1980
    The Clint Eastwood movie "Any Which Way You Can" debuts. It includes a role for Jim Stafford, who's featured on the soundtrack alongside Ray Charles, Gene Watson, Johnny Duncan, Fats Domino, Glen Campbell and David Frizzell & Shelly West
    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
    Jan 13, 1981
    Country movie music scores big at the Grammys, as "Urban Cowboy" tracks net four nominations, "Roadie" songs get three, and "Honeysuckle Rose" picks up two. Sissy Spacek gets a nomination for her performance of "Coal Miner's Daughter"
    Mar 31, 1981
    Amy Irving wins the Razzie for Worst Supporting Actress for her role in the Willie Nelson movie "Honeysuckle Rose." "Xanadu" picked up six nominations, with Olivia Newton-John up for Worst Actress and John Farrar on the ballot for Worst Original Song. "Middle Age Crazy" was a double nominee
    Apr 3, 1981
    The Warner Bros. documentary "This Is Elvis" is released
    Apr 3, 1981
    Michael Martin Murphey's movie "Hard Country" opens. Tanya Tucker's "Texas (When I Die)" is in the soundtrack along with music by Joe Ely and Jerry Lee Lewis
    Apr 24, 1981
    "Take This Job And Shove It," a movie based on the country hit, appears in theaters. Starring Robert Hays and Art Carney, it offers on-screen roles for Johnny Paycheck, David Allan Coe, Lacy J. Dalton and Charlie Rich



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