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    • Oct 6, 1979
    John Conlee sings "Rose Colored Glasses" and "Before My Time" on "Hee Haw." Susie Allanson offers "Two Steps Forward And Three Steps Back," Roy Clark covers "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon" and Buck Owens does "Love's Gonna Live Here." Clark and Owens team with Kenny Price on "Oh Lonesome Me"
    Oct 6, 1979
    The California Angels, owned by Country Hall of Famer Gene Autry, lose the first postseason series in club history as the Baltimore Orioles defeat them 8-0 in Anaheim to take the series, three games to one
    Oct 7, 1979
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Elsie McWilliams ("Blue Yodel"), Thomas A. Dorsey ("Peace In The Valley"), Joe South ("Rose Garden") and The Louvin Brothers ("If I Could Only Win Your Love")
    Oct 8, 1979
    Capitol releases Anne Murray's album "I'll Always Love You"
    Oct 8, 1979
    Host Kenny Rogers wins three trophies at the 13th CMA awards, held at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House: Male Vocalist; Vocal Duo, for work with Dottie West; and Album of the Year, for "The Gambler," which earns Don Schlitz Song of the Year
    Oct 8, 1979
    Carlene Carter performs at the Bottom Line in New York's Greenwich Village, where she introduces a song by saying, "If this song doesn't put the cunt back in country, nothing will." She is unaware that the show is attended by family members Johnny Cash and June Carter, who are... well... offended
    Oct 8, 1979
    Hank Snow and late manager Hubert Long earn spots in the Country Music Hall Of Fame during the 13th annual Country Music Association awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville
    Oct 9, 1979
    Elektra releases Eddie Rabbitt's "Pour Me Another Tequila"
    Oct 10, 1979
    Singer/songwriter Sonny Throckmorton records "Friday Night Blues." Exactly two weeks later, John Conlee cuts the hit version of the song
    Oct 10, 1979
    Fleetwood Mac receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, just as Stephanie Winslow is enjoying a country hit with Mac keyboard player Christine McVie's "Say You Love Me"
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