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  • Jan 21, 1978
    Comedian Steve Martin performs "King Tut" on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." His backing band, dressed in Egyptian costumes, is The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, billed as The Toot Uncommons
    Jan 22, 1978
    NBC airs "50 Years Of Country Music" with Glen Campbell, Roy Clark, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Chet Atkins, Loretta Lynn, The Carter Family, Crystal Gayle, Merle Haggard, Minnie Pearl, Mel Tillis, Ernest Tubb, Kitty Wells and The Statler Brothers
    Jan 23, 1978
    Singer/songwriter Josh Thompson is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "Beer On The Table" and the title track lead his first album, "Way Out Here," to a Top 10 debut in 2010. He also authors Blake Shelton's "I'll Name The Dogs," Thomas Rhett's "Be A Light" and Jason Aldean's collaboration with Miranda Lambert, "Drowns The Whiskey"
    Jan 23, 1978
    Capitol releases Billy "Crash" Craddock's "I Cheated On A Good Woman's Love"
    Jan 23, 1978
    Vic Ames, one-fourth of The Ames Brothers, dies in an ice-related car accident in Nashville. Prominent in the 1950s, the group had a pop hit with the 1956 release "It Only Hurts For A Little While," remade for the country charts by Margo Smith just weeks before Ames' death
    Jan 23, 1978
    "Blue Bayou," written by Roy Orbison, brings Linda Ronstadt a gold single from the Recording Industry Association of America
    Jan 24, 1978
    RCA releases Charley Pride's "Someone Loves You Honey," featuring background vocals by The Jordanaires
    Jan 24, 1978
    Asylum releases Warren Zevon's album "Excitable Boy," produced by Jackson Browne. It introduces "Werewolves Of London," borrowed by Kid Rock 30 years later for the country hit "All Summer Long"
    Jan 24, 1978
    Sonny James holds his final session for Columbia Records, ending a six-year deal
    Jan 24, 1978
    Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Dean and Roy Clark appear on ABC-TV's "Kraft 75th Anniversary Special"

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