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Sep 17, 1984

Dwight Yoakam opens for rocker Nick Lowe at the Palace in Los Angeles, across the street from Capitol Records. The show launches Yoakam to a new level on the city's club scene, propelling him further toward his eventual recording deal

Sep 26, 1984

Paul Anka receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He treats the crowd of more than 500 to a rendition of "My Way," an Anka song that became a country hit for Elvis Presley seven years prior

Oct 14, 1984

Donny and Marie Osmond perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" before an NFL game at San Francisco's Candlestick Park. The 49ers suffer their only defeat of the season, 20-17, to the Pittsburgh Steelers

Oct 18, 1984

Mickey Gilley is honored with a star at 6922 Hollywood Boulevard on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Oct 25, 1984

Pop singer/songwriter Katy Perry is born in Santa Barbara, California. Among her hits is "Teenage Dream," mentioned in the lyrics of Old Dominion's 2016 country single "Song For Another Time"

Oct 28, 1984

June Nelson dies of lung cancer at home in Somis, California, with husband Ken Nelson at her side. A former Capitol executive, he's destined to join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001 after producing Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Hank Thompson and Sonny James

Nov 3, 1984

Willie Nelson sings "City Of New Orleans" as Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash, John Prine, Jackson Browne and Kris Kristofferson lead more than two dozen artists paying tribute to the late Steve Goodman in a show at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California

Nov 8, 1984

George Burns receives his third star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Burns earned a minor country hit in 1980 with "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again"

Nov 13, 1984

Singer/songwriter Don Addrisi dies of pancreatic cancer in California. One-half of the pop duo The Addrisi Brothers, he joined younger sibling Dick Addrisi to write The Association's 1967 pop hit "Never My Love," re-cast as a country single by Vern Gosdin in 1978

Nov 19, 1984

Singer/songwriter Camaron Ochs is born in Long Beach Hospital in southern California. Operating with the stage name Cam, she comes to national prominence with the Grammy-nominated 2015 ballad "Burning House"

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