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Dec 7, 1977
Bill Boyd dies in Dallas, Texas. His Midnight Ramblers were one of the strongest acts in western swing during the 1930s and '40s behind such titles as "Under The Double Eagle" and "Lone Star Rag"
Jan 1, 1978
Alex Hawkins is a commentator on the CBS telecast of the NFC Championship Game, a Dallas Cowboys 23-6 victory over the Minnesota Vikings at Texas Stadium in Irving. Hawkins is listed as a co-writer on the 1992 Collin Raye country hit "That's My Story"
Jan 8, 1978
English punk band The Sex Pistols perform at Randy's Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas, for an audience that includes Steve Earle
Feb 5, 1978
Singer/songwriter Armand "Eddie" Noack dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Houston. He fashioned a lengthy recording history but is best known as the writer of Hank Snow's 1955 hit "These Hands"
May 18, 1978
"The Buddy Holly Story" has its world premiere in Dallas. Holly's widow, Maria Elena, runs to the restroom crying during "True Love Ways." Producer Jim Ed Norman is inspired by the film to cut the song with Mickey Gilley in 1980
Jun 13, 1978
Singer/songwriter Jason Michael Carroll is born in Houston, Texas. Raised in North Carolina, he debuts in 2006 with a growling, masculine vocal presence, applied to "Alyssa Lies" and "Livin' Our Love Song"
Jul 2, 1978
Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic is staged at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas with Rita Coolidge, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter
Jul 2, 1978
What's left of the Chicken Ranch in La Grange, Texas, is auctioned off. The brothel was closed in 1973, but had become the subject of a Broadway play--and future Dolly Parton movie--"The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas"
Aug 23, 1978
Singer/songwriter Randy Rogers is born in Cleburne, Texas. He founds The Randy Rogers Band in 2000, netting five Top 10 country albums with the band and one more with Wade Bowen from 2006-2016
Oct 21, 1978
Dave & Sugar perform the national anthem in Austin when the Texas Longhorns defeat the Arkansas Razorbacks, 28-21, in college football
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