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    • Sep 4, 1980
    The Tennessee Department of Tourism launches the first of 30 tractor-trailer rigs featuring the likeness of Dolly Parton's album "Dolly, Dolly, Dolly" and the slogan "Follow me to Tennessee"
    Oct 2, 1980
    Helen Cornelius discovers $15,000 worth of clothing has been stolen from the bus in which she tours with Jim Ed Brown
    Oct 5, 1980
    Marty Robbins finishes 32nd at the National 500 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina
    Mar 4, 1981
    Songwriters Hall of Fame member E.Y. "Yip" Harburg dies in an auto accident in Los Angeles. Blacklisted during the McCarthy era, he co-wrote the "Wizard Of Oz" classic "Over The Rainbow," which became a country hit for Jerry Lee Lewis just months before the accident
    Apr 22, 1981
    "Lay Down Sally" singer Eric Clapton is hospitalized in Seattle with bruised ribs and a lacerated leg after a car accident
    Jun 22, 1981
    Debby Boone is hospitalized in Ohio after an automobile accident on Interstate 71, caused when her vehicle, driven by husband Gabriel Ferrer, collided with the wheels of a semi while passing
    Jul 19, 1981
    Gene Autry marries his banker, Jackie Ellam, at Burbank's First United Methodist Church, 14 months after the death of his first wife
    Aug 2, 1981
    Marty Robbins finishes 35th driving a 1978 Dodge Magnum at the ARCA 200 stock car race at the Alabama International Speedway in Talladega
    Dec 18, 1981
    Buck Owens has a fictitious speeding ticket rescinded by singing "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail" in an episode of the CBS series "The Dukes Of Hazzard," starring John Schneider and Tom Wopat
    Jan 28, 1982
    Barbi Benton receives two cars, a tan-and-maroon Rolls-Royce and a brown Mercedes coupe, from husband George Gradow for her birthday



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