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    • Dec 25, 1972
    Elvis Presley gives girlfriend Linda Thompson a fur coat and a diamond ring for Christmas at Graceland Mansion in Memphis
    Jan 7, 1975
    "Fairytale" singers The Pointer Sisters are included on Mr. Blackwell's annual list of the worst-dressed women, alongside Cher, Charo and Helen Reddy
    Dec 31, 1975
    Elvis Presley grosses $816,000 with a performance at the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan. The King rips the seat of his pants in front of 62,500 people. On hand is his buddy T.G. Sheppard
    Jan 7, 1976
    Donna Fargo and Tammy Wynette are both included on Mr. Blackwell's annual list of the 10 worst-dressed women, which also features Caroline Kennedy, Jackie Onassis, Bette Midler and Tatum O'Neal
    Jan 24, 1976
    Cal Smith, wearing a pink leisure suit, performs "She Talked A Lot About Texas" and "Country Bumpkin" on "Hee Haw." The Statler Brothers deliver "The Class Of '57," and weekly co-host Buck Owens covers "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)"
    Jan 4, 1977
    Loretta Lynn ranks #8 on Mr. Blackwell's annual list of the 10 worst-dressed women. "The right dress," he says, "in the wrong century"
    Jul 7, 1977
    The Eagles' Don Henley buys a pair of Red Wing work boots. Even after he drops paint on them, he wears the boots in concert for the next 30 years
    Jul 18, 1977
    Billy "Crash" Craddock donates a rhinestone suit to the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Jan 10, 1978
    Mr. Blackwell lists Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Marie Osmond among the 10 worst dressed women in America. Ronstadt, he says, "bought her entire wardrobe during a five-minute bus stop"
    Oct 9, 1978
    Dolly Parton's dress splits as she walks off with the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year award during the 12th annual ceremony at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House



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