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    • Oct 18, 1978
    Columbia releases David Allan Coe's "Greatest Hits"
    Oct 19, 1978
    Con Hunley records "Since I Fell For You" at the Columbia Recording Studios on Music Row in Nashville
    Oct 19, 1978
    Linda Ronstadt appears on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, saying she's uncomfortable with the limelight. "I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. The star part is just something they made up in Hollywood in 1930"
    Oct 20, 1978
    RCA releases Jerry Reed's "Gimme Back My Blues"
    Oct 20, 1978
    Epic releases Johnny Paycheck's "Greatest Hits, Vol. II"
    Oct 20, 1978
    The Oak Ridge Boys appear on the syndicated "Hee Haw Honeys"
    Oct 20, 1978
    Charlie Dore records the pop hit "Pilot Of The Airwaves" in Nashville, using local musicians David Briggs, Audie Ashworth, Reggie Young, Ronny Light, Bobby Wood, Johnny Christopher, Larrie Londin and Joe Osborn
    Oct 20, 1978
    British rockers The Police make their first American concert performance, playing at the New York punk club CBGB. Nineteen years later, lead singer Sting appears on the country charts with Toby Keith on "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
    Oct 20, 1978
    Warner Bros. releases the self-titled debut album from Mark Knopfler's rock band Dire Straits. One of the songs, "Setting Me Up," becomes a country hit 10 years later for Warner act Highway 101
    Oct 21, 1978
    Dave & Sugar's "Tear Time" goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
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