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    • Apr 1, 1981
    CBS airs "Country Comes Home," a special featuring Johnny Cash, Crystal Gayle, Roy Clark, Loretta Lynn, Ray Charles, Lacy J. Dalton, The Oak Ridge Boys, Tanya Tucker and Glen Campbell
    Apr 1, 1981
    "Roses In The Snow" earns Emmylou Harris her fifth gold album from the RIAA
    Apr 1, 1981
    Billy Bob's Texas, the world's biggest honky tonk, opens in Fort Worth with a concert by Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band
    Apr 3, 1981
    Michael Martin Murphey's movie "Hard Country" opens. Tanya Tucker's "Texas (When I Die)" is in the soundtrack along with music by Joe Ely and Jerry Lee Lewis
    Apr 3, 1981
    The Warner Bros. documentary "This Is Elvis" is released
    Apr 4, 1981
    Sylvia's "Drifter" hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Apr 4, 1981
    Songwriter Fred Glickman dies in Los Angeles. His legacy includes "Mule Train," a pop hit for Frankie Laine and a country hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford
    Apr 4, 1981
    Alabama performs "Old Flame" and Mel Tillis sings "Southern Rains" on "Solid Gold"
    Apr 4, 1981
    The NBC variety show "Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters" welcomes guests Dottie West and Jim Stafford
    Apr 5, 1981
    Mike Eli is born in Tomball, Texas. He becomes the lead singer of The Eli Young Band, which earns an Academy of Country Music award in 2012 with the Song of the Year, "Crazy Girl." EYB also nabs hits with "Even If It Breaks Your Heart," "Always The Love Songs" and "Drunk Last Night"
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