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Dec 29, 1980
Two men try to kill songwriter Gary S. Paxton, who produced hits for Vern Gosdin. One of the men tells police a country figure recruited them to do the job. Paxton believes Gosdin was responsible
Dec 31, 1980
Tom T. Hall and his wife, Dixie Hall, host a New Year's Eve party at their Fox Hollow home in middle Tennessee. The guest list includes Billy Carter and songwriters Bob McDill and Harlan Howard
Jan 1, 1981
Former Alabama postal worker Jim McBride begins writing songs in Nashville after moving over the holidays. Among his credits: Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee," Tammy Cochran's "Angels In Waiting" and Waylon Jennings' "Rose In Paradise"
Jan 3, 1981
Elvis Presley's former producer, Felton Jarvis, dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital two weeks after suffering a stroke. Jarvis had just completed the album "Guitar Man," featuring re-mixed versions of old Presley non-hits
Jan 5, 1981
Marty Robbins is admitted to Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville four days after he suffered a mild heart attack
Jan 9, 1981
Ricky Skaggs holds the first recording session for "Don't Get Above Your Raising"
Jan 17, 1981
The Charlie Daniels Band backs Bobby Bare on "Marie Laveau" during Volunteer Jam VII at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium. Billy Joel also appears, alongside Johnny Lee, Crystal Gayle, Molly Hatchet, Delbert McClinton, The Jordanaires, Mickey Gilley, Jimmy Hall, Dobie Gray and Roy Acuff
Jan 27, 1981
The city commission in Hendersonville, Tennessee, approves a zoning change that allows Conway Twitty to begin construction on a six-acre tract of land, set to become Music Village--a.k.a. Twitty City
Jan 31, 1981
Justin Timberlake is born in Memphis, Tennessee. He becomes a member of the pop boy band 'N Sync, who join Alabama on vocals when the country band remakes their hit "God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You"
Feb 2, 1981
George Strait records his first hit, "Unwound," at Music City Music Hall in Nashville
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