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  • Jun 29, 1979
    Charley Pride sings the national anthem before a baseball game at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota. The Twins beat the Chicago White Sox, 5-2
    Aug 2, 1979
    Charley Pride charges that Dallas' Royal Oaks Country Club denied him membership because he's black. He gets the last laugh: "I can buy my own country club if I want"
    Sep 15, 1979
    Charley Pride hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "You're My Jamaica"
    Nov 13, 1979
    Charley Pride records the Hank Williams song "Honky Tonk Blues" at Music City Music Hall in Nashville in the first of two days of sessions that result in the album "There's A Little Bit Of Hank In Me"
    Nov 14, 1979
    Charley Pride records the Hank Williams classic "You Win Again" at Music City Music Hall in Nashville as he wraps two days of sessions that yield the album "There's A Little Bit Of Hank In Me"
    Jan 25, 1980
    RCA releases Charley Pride's cover of Hank Williams' "Honky Tonk Blues"
    Feb 12, 1980
    RCA releases Charley Pride's album "There's A Little Bit Of Hank In Me"
    Apr 12, 1980
    Charley Pride's remake of Hank Williams' "Honky Tonk Blues" goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Apr 22, 1980
    Senate Democratic leader Robert Byrd plays fiddle at a Country Music Association event in Washington, D.C., sharing the stage with Charley Pride, Barbara Mandrell and Mac Wiseman in the same room in which the Watergate hearings were held
    Apr 25, 1980
    RCA releases Charley Pride's version of the Hank Williams ballad "You Win Again"

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