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May 28, 1985
Pop singer/songwriter Colbie Caillat is born in Malibu, California. The daughter of Fleetwood Mac producer Ken Caillat, she earns a gold single with her Taylor Swift collaboration "Breathe," contained on Swift's album "Fearless." She later becomes a member of the country quartet Gone West
Jun 3, 1985
Southern Pacific gives its first public performance at a club in Malibu, California
Jun 5, 1985
"Sunflower" songwriter Neil Diamond is spotted in the crowd when the Los Angeles Lakers host an NBA finals game against Boston. The Celtics win, 107-105
Jun 30, 1985
The USFL's Tampa Bay Bandits suffer a 30-27 playoff loss to the Invaders at the Oakland Coliseum. It's the last game ever played by the Bandits, owned in part by Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed
Jul 28, 1985
Johnny Cash & June Carter perform for 85,000 people during a Billy Graham Crusade at Anaheim Stadium in California
Aug 14, 1985
Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters buys Los Angeles radio station KUTE-FM for an undisclosed price
Aug 16, 1985
French singer Charles Aznavour performs at the historic Hollywood Bowl for the first of two nights. The show concludes with a performance of a country hit that Aznavour wrote, "Yesterday, When I Was Young"
Sep 13, 1985
Singer/songwriter Sting performs in San Diego as he begins his first solo tour since leaving the rock band The Police. A dozen years later, he appears on a country hit with Toby Keith, "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
Oct 8, 1985
"Slippin' And Slidin'" songwriter Little Richard is hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after fracturing his right leg in a car wreck
Oct 11, 1985
Tex Williams dies of pancreatic cancer at Newhall Community Hospital in California. His talking novelty "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" provided Capitol Records its first million-selling country single in 1947
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