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Oct 25, 1989
Alabama's "Roll On" album and "Greatest Hits" are certified triple-platinum by the RIAA, while "Forty Hour Week" goes double-platinum
Oct 25, 1989
Dottie West and Shelly West schedule their first official concert together, at the Louisiana State Fair in Shreveport. They each do their solo show, then duet on "Country Sunshine" and "Together Again"
Oct 27, 1989
MCA releases Tom Petty's rock hit "Free Fallin'." It gets mentioned in the lyrics of Old Dominion's 2016 country single "Song For Another Time"
Oct 27, 1989
Columbia releases Rodney Crowell's album "Keys To The Highway"
Oct 27, 1989
The Gatlin Brothers sing the national anthem at game 3 of the World Series, which had been postponed for 10 days following the San Francisco earthquake. The Oakland A's defeat the Giants, 13-7
Oct 28, 1989
Alabama's "High Cotton" takes root at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
Oct 28, 1989
Highway 101 and Don Williams show up on "Hee Haw," where the lineup also features Roy Acuff, Lulu Roman and guest co-host Robin Leach
Oct 28, 1989
Bill Monroe celebrates 50 years with the Grand Ole Opry. He plays "Mule Skinner Blues" and "Rawhide," and teams with Emmylou Harris on "Kentucky Waltz," "My Rose Of Kentucky" and "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"
Oct 29, 1989
Alabama headlines a country show at legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City with George Strait, Merle Haggard and Ricky Van Shelton
Oct 30, 1989
Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls Of Fire" and Bobbie Gentry's "Ode To Billie Joe" are heard on the CBS sitcom "Designing Women"
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