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Nov 1, 1981
Songwriter Steve Nelson dies in Armonk, New York. A 1973 inductee in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he created Mickey Gilley's "Bouquet Of Roses," Red Foley's "Hang Your Head In Shame" and Gene Autry's "Frosty The Snowman"
Nov 1, 1981
Barbara Mandrell sings the national anthem at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the City of Faith Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Nov 2, 1981
A dozen years after gaining his first RIAA-certified gold album, Hank Williams Jr. takes home his second, for "Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound"
Nov 2, 1981
Ricky Skaggs records "Highway 40 Blues" at Audio Media Recorders in Nashville
Nov 3, 1981
Johnny Paycheck performs "Take This Job And Shove It" on an installment of the CBS-TV series "The Dukes Of Hazzard," featuring John Schneider, Tom Wopat and Waylon Jennings, as the balladeer
Nov 3, 1981
Willie Nelson collects a gold album from the RIAA for his "Greatest Hits (And Some That Will Be)"
Nov 3, 1981
In his third day on the witness stand, Dr. George Nichopolous details Elvis Presley's drug habit, which routinely included 25 dosages of drugs and medications per day
Nov 4, 1981
Warner Bros. releases T.G. Sheppard's "Only One You"
Nov 4, 1981
Dr. George Nichopolous is acquitted in Memphis on 11 charges of overprescribing drugs to nine patients, including Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis
Nov 4, 1981
Hank Williams Jr. performs for the first time at prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York
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