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    • Oct 16, 1980
    Producer Felton Jarvis rounds up musicians to re-record the instrumental tracks for Elvis Presley's "Guitar Man," featuring Elvis' 1967 vocals
    Oct 17, 1980
    Asylum releases Johnny Lee's album "Lookin' For Love"
    Oct 17, 1980
    Mac Davis performs "Texas In My Rear View Mirror" while hosting NBC's "The Midnight Special." Also appearing: Cher, Cliff Richard and Olivia Newton-John
    Oct 17, 1980
    Asylum releases Linda Ronstadt's "Greatest Hits, Volume Two"
    Oct 18, 1980
    Barbara Mandrell performs a sold-out pops concert with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, becoming the first country artist to headline a show at the new Tennessee Performing Arts Center
    Oct 18, 1980
    Sonny James and host Tom T. Hall cover "Bright Lights, Big City" on the syndicated TV show "Pop! Goes The Country." Hall kicks off the episode with "Faster Horses (The Cowboy And The Poet)," and James adds "A World Of Our Own"
    Oct 18, 1980
    Don Williams' "I Believe In You" takes over the #1 slot on the Billboard country chart
    Oct 18, 1980
    The Bellamy Brothers perform "Sugar Daddy" and "Dancin' Cowboys" on an episode of "Hee Haw" that also welcomes Ed McMahon. Gunilla Hutton covers "Tulsa Time," and Buck Owens, Kenny Price and Roy Clark team on "Columbus Stockade Blues." A bearded Marty Stuart joins banjo player Jimmy Henley on "Rawhide"
    Oct 18, 1980
    Don Williams sings "I Believe In You" on TV's "Solid Gold." Dionne Warwick co-hosts the episode with soul-jazz figure George Benson
    Oct 18, 1980
    Josh Gracin is born in Westland, Michigan. An enlisted Marine, he comes to prominence on "American Idol," launching his career in 2004 with the hits "I Want To Live," "Nothin' To Lose" and "Stay With Me (Brass Bed)"
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