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    • Nov 19, 1979
    Chuck Berry is released from Lompoc Prison in California, after serving 100 days for income tax evasion. Berry titles that have been remade as country hits include: "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie," "Johnny B. Goode" and "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
    Nov 20, 1979
    Susan Anton attends an Andy Warhol art opening with Sylvester Stallone at the Whitney Museum in New York. A year later, she's part of a country hit, as a duet partner with Fred Knoblock on "Killin' Time"
    Nov 21, 1979
    Capricorn Records files for bankruptcy in Macon, Georgia. The home of The Allman Brothers Band and the southern rock movement, the label later reopens in Nashville, working briefly with Kenny Chesney and Hank Williams Jr.
    Nov 23, 1979
    The Oak Ridge Boys perform at the fictitious Boar's Nest on CBS-TV's "The Dukes Of Hazzard," starring John Schneider and Tom Wopat
    Nov 23, 1979
    Future country star Carlene Carter performs with The Pointer Sisters and Jackie DeShannon on "The Midnight Special"
    Nov 24, 1979
    Loretta Lynn sings "We've Come A Long Way, Baby" to launch "Pop! Goes The Country," hosted by Ralph Emery. Senator Robert Byrd also performs. And Lynn chips in a medley of "I Wanna Be Free," "Wine Women And Song," "You Ain't Woman Enough" and "Don't Come Home A'Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)"
    Nov 24, 1979
    Tammy Wynette sings "No One Else In The World" and "They Call It Making Love" on TV's "Hee Haw." Tennessee Ernie Ford also guests on the episode, which sees Buck Owens cover "Truck Driving Man"
    Nov 24, 1979
    Barbi Benton goes for a cruise on ABC's "The Love Boat"
    Nov 26, 1979
    As Stephanie Winslow rides the national country charts with the Christine McVie composition "Say You Love Me," McVie and her band, Fleetwood Mac, occupy the cover of People magazine
    Nov 27, 1979
    Crisco launches a newspaper ad campaign offering a promotional album, "Loretta Lynn's Country Classics." Titles on the project include "Coal Miner's Daughter," "Love Is The Foundation" and "We've Come A Long Way, Baby"
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