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  • Oct 12, 1978
    Anne Murray earns a gold album from the RIAA, for "Let's Keep It That Way"
    Oct 13, 1978
    Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge guest on the ABC-TV series "Donny And Marie"
    Oct 13, 1978
    The Dirt Band hosts NBC's "The Midnight Special," backing friend Steve Martin on "King Tut." The lineup also features future country singer Michael Johnson performing "Bluer Than Blue" and "Almost Like Being In Love"
    Oct 13, 1978
    Warner Bros. releases comedian Steve Martin's album "A Wild And Crazy Guy." It includes his single "King Tut," with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band backing him under the name The Toot Uncommons
    Oct 13, 1978
    "Only One Love In My Life" earns Ronnie Milsap an RIAA-certified gold album
    Oct 14, 1978
    Comedian Fred Willard is the guest host of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," donning an Elvis impersonator outfit during the opening monologue and singing "One Night"
    Oct 14, 1978
    Dial Press publishes "Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story," an autobiography Charles co-wrote with David Ritz
    Oct 14, 1978
    Hank Williams Jr. and Connie Smith guest on "Hee Haw." Buck Owens covers the Warner Mack hit "The Bridge Washed Out," Roy Clark sings Hank Williams' "They'll Never Take Her Love From Me," and the episode closes with a hymn from the "Hee Haw" gospel quartet: Owens, Clark, Grandpa Jones and Tennessee Ernie Ford
    Oct 14, 1978
    Mel Tillis is the musical guest on TV's syndicated "The Donna Fargo Show"
    Oct 14, 1978
    At odds with ex-business partner Webb Pierce over a guitar-shaped swimming pool on Music Row, Jim Donoho tells The Nashville Banner he plans to turn the pool into a pond: "The catfish will draw more people in here than Webb Pierce ever did"

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