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    • Mar 3, 1980
    Waylon Jennings collects a gold album from the Recording Industry Association of America for "What Goes Around Comes Around"
    Mar 6, 1980
    "Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson" is certified gold by the RIAA, while "Willie & Family Live" hits the platinum mark
    Mar 6, 1980
    Rock music's Toto, featuring bass player David Hungate, grabs its second gold album from the RIAA, for "Hydra." By the end of the decade, Hungate plays on country hits by Dan Seals, Conway Twitty, Glen Campbell and Hank Williams Jr., among others
    Mar 7, 1980
    The Kenny Rogers single "Coward Of The County" is certified gold by the RIAA
    Mar 7, 1980
    Crystal Gayle accrues a gold album from the RIAA for "Classic Crystal"
    Mar 25, 1980
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's album "Gold & Platinum" earns a gold award from the RIAA. It features "Sweet Home Alabama," listed among country music's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    May 18, 1980
    The Lynyrd Skynyrd album "Gold & Platinum" is certified platinum by the RIAA. Among its contents: "Sweet Home Alabama," hailed in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among country music's 500 greatest singles of all-time
    May 29, 1980
    The Pablo Cruise album "A Place In The Sun" is certified gold by the RIAA. The band's lineup includes David Jenkins, who goes on to become a founding member of the country group Southern Pacific
    May 7, 1980
    Pop singer Andy Gibb earns a gold album from the RIAA for "After Dark." It contains "Rest Your Love On Me," penned by Gibb's brother, Bee Gee Barry Gibb. Within two months, Conway Twitty records the song
    May 12, 1980
    Queen's rockabilly-based "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is certified gold by the RIAA. Dwight Yoakam earns a country hit with the song in 1999



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