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Oct 19, 1980
Bass player Kelby Ray is born in Nashville. He becomes a founding member of The Cadillac Three, mixing blues/rock with country. The trio nabs a 2015 Academy of Country Music nomination for Vocal Event of the Year with "The South"
Oct 20, 1980
Bradley's Barn burns in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Built by record producer Owen Bradley in 1965, the recording studio had provided the setting for influential recordings by Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Bill Anderson and Jack Greene, among others
Oct 21, 1980
Taping begins for "A Johnny Cash Christmas" at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House. Guests for the CBS shoot include Roy Clark, Mac Davis, Larry Gatlin and June Carter Cash
Oct 27, 1980
Conway Twitty records "Tight Fittin' Jeans" in an overnight session at Nashville's Woodland Sound Studio
Oct 28, 1980
Conway Twitty records "Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night" in a late-night session in Nashville at the Woodland Sound Studios
Oct 30, 1980
Glen Campbell, in Tennessee to visit his fiancee Tanya Tucker, ends up at Goodlark Hospital in Dickson with a broken rib, allegedly sustained in a fall two weeks earlier
Nov 2, 1980
Glen Campbell leaves Goodlark Hospital in Dickson, Tennessee, after a three-day stay with a broken rib
Dec 3, 1980
Ronnie Milsap records "Am I Losing You" for his Jim Reeves tribute album, "Out Where The Bright Lights Are Glowing," at Nashville's Woodland Sound Studio
Dec 9, 1980
The Board of Commissioners in Hendersonville, Tennessee, passes an ordinance allowing Conway Twitty to begin building Twitty City. Mayor Pat Patterson opposes the decision, saying the commercial zone will open the door for "tacky car washes"
Dec 20, 1980
Jack Stapp dies in Nashville. A longtime program director for WSM Radio, where he worked with the Grand Ole Opry, he also co-wrote "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" and co-founded Tree Music Publishing, one of Music City's first publishers. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989
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