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    • Oct 10, 1979
    Singer/songwriter Sonny Throckmorton records "Friday Night Blues." Exactly two weeks later, John Conlee cuts the hit version of the song
    Oct 17, 1979
    Columbia releases "Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson"
    Nov 11, 1979
    Film composer Dimitri Tiomkin dies in London after breaking his hip in a fall. Among the more than 100 movies to feature his music was "High Noon," for which he composed the Tex Ritter-performed theme song
    Nov 28, 1979
    Kris Kristofferson files for divorce from Rita Coolidge in Los Angeles, ending the couple's six-year marriage
    Dec 4, 1979
    Piano player and songwriter Alan Chang is born in San Jose, California. He co-writes the Michael Buble song "Home," which becomes a 2008 country hit for Blake Shelton
    Dec 10, 1979
    Mercury releases "Richard Fagan," the self-titled pop debut by a songwriter destined to net country hits when John Michael Montgomery records "Be My Baby Tonight" and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)"
    Dec 20, 1979
    Songwriter Benny Davis dies in Miami, Florida. He created two pop hits that had recently been remade in country music: "Don't Break The Heart That Loves You," by Margo Smith; and "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight," by Jim Reeves & Deborah Allen
    Dec 27, 1979
    Singer/songwriter Walker Hayes is born in Mobile, Alabama. He employs clever word play and hip-hop influences in his first country hit, 2017's "You Broke Up With Me." He has one of 2021's biggest hits with "Fancy Like," which becomes the theme to a ubiquitous Applebee's commercial
    Dec 30, 1979
    Broadway songwriter Richard Rodgers dies at his New York City home. Associated with such musicals as "South Pacific," "The Sound Of Music" and "The King And I," his song "Blue Moon" is covered by The Mavericks for the 1995 movie "Apollo 13"
    Jan 19, 1980
    Songwriter Vic McAlpin dies in Nashville. His credits include Jack Greene's "What Locks The Door," Eddy Arnold's "What Is Life Without Love," George Morgan's "Almost" and Roy Drusky's "Another"



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