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Oct 23, 1978
Mother Maybelle Carter dies at her Nashville home. The Carter Family became the first family of country music after a 1927 session. The trio broke up in 1943, but she rallied her daughters and kept performing. The original lineup joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
Oct 24, 1978
Word Books publishes B.J. Thomas' autobiography, "Home Where I Belong," written with Jerry B. Jenkins
Oct 24, 1978
Epic releases Mickey Gilley's "The Song We Made Love To"
Oct 25, 1978
Johnny Cash leads mourners in "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" to close the funeral for Maybelle Carter at the First Baptist Church in Madison, Tennessee. Attendees include June Carter Cash, Chet Atkins, Hank Snow, Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl, Grandpa Jones, Earl Scruggs and The Oak Ridge Boys
Oct 25, 1978
Harper & Row publishes "Making It With Music: Kenny Rogers' Guide To The Music Business," co-written with Len Epand
Oct 26, 1978
Loretta Lynn sings "You're Lookin' At Country" and "One's On The Way" on an episode of "The Muppet Show"
Oct 26, 1978
Johnny Duncan records "Slow Dancing" at Nashville's Columbia Studios
Oct 26, 1978
Anne Murray picks up her second gold single from the RIAA, for "You Needed Me"
Oct 26, 1978
Warner Bros. releases "The Girl At The End Of The Bar," John Anderson's first single to reach country music's Top 40
Oct 27, 1978
Barbara Mandrell is featured as a guest on TV's "Hee Haw Honeys"
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