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Jul 1, 1979
Kenny Rogers tapes an appearance on "The Muppet Show" in London
Jul 2, 1979
Steve Forbert records the pop hit "Romeo's Tune" at Nashville's Quadraphonic Studios using a band that includes country session player Bobby Ogdin on piano
Jul 2, 1979
Kenny Rogers & Dottie West receive a gold album from the Recording Industry Association of America for their collection of remakes, "Classics"
Jul 3, 1979
Rock artist Peter Frampton picks up a gold album from the RIAA for "Where I Should Be." The project's cast of musicians includes drummer Jamie Oldaker, a future member of The Tractors
Jul 3, 1979
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn record "You Know Just What I'd Do" and "It's True Love" at Nashville's Woodland Sound Studio
Jul 4, 1979
Johnny Rodriguez performs for patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Phoenix, fulfilling his sentence for marijuana possession in June
Jul 4, 1979
Olivia Newton-John throws an Independence Day party at her home in Malibu, California. On the guest list: Karen Carpenter, Andy Gibb, Rod Stewart, David Frost and Glen Campbell
Jul 4, 1979
The Statler Brothers' "Happy Birthday U.S.A." concert with Barbara Mandrell draws 52,000 to Staunton, Virginia
Jul 4, 1979
Though he was the first entry in the race, Marty Robbins doesn't run in the Firecracker 400 at Florida's Daytona Motor Speedway. He lets Kyle Petty take his traditional #42
Jul 4, 1979
Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic draws 17,000 to Pedernales, Texas, for such acts as Ernest Tubb, Bobby Bare, Johnny Paycheck and Leon Russell
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