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    • Dec 8, 1978
    Janie Fricke appears on the syndicated TV show "Hee Haw Honeys"
    Dec 9, 1978
    "On My Knees," by Charlie Rich with Janie Fricke, steps up to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Dec 9, 1978
    Jim Stafford performs "Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms" with co-hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark on TV's cornpone "Hee Haw." Sonny James also guests on the episode, which features Owens covering "The Race Is On," Clark playing "Walking The Floor Over You" and The Hagers doing "Bye Bye Love"
    Dec 9, 1978
    Dean Martin's "Christmas In California" special airs on NBC with Mel Tillis, Jonathan Winters, Connie Stevens and The Golddiggers. Tillis sings "I Believe In You," Martin performs "White Christmas" and the two singers team on "Bumming Around"
    Dec 12, 1978
    ABC airs "Merry Christmas From The Grand Ole Opry," a holiday special featuring Crystal Gayle, Chet Atkins, Roy Acuff, Barbara Mandrell and Minnie Pearl
    Dec 12, 1978
    Randy Barlow records "Sweet Melinda" at the Woodland Sound Studio in Nashville
    Dec 12, 1978
    The rock band Toto receives its first gold album from the RIAA, for its self-titled debut. The group includes bass player David Hungate, who goes on to play on country hits by Shania Twain, Joe Nichols, Steve Wariner and Ricky Skaggs
    Dec 13, 1978
    Comedian Ben Hoffman is born in Lexington, Kentucky. Using the alter ego Wheeler Walker Jr., he scores Top 10 country albums with the 2016 release "Redneck Shit" and the 2017 project "Ol Wheeler"
    Dec 13, 1978
    Ronnie Milsap records "In No Time At All" at Groundstar Laboratory in Nashville
    Dec 14, 1978
    Songwriter Margaret Ann Rich gives husband Charlie Rich an appropriate birthday present: a doorbell that chimes "Behind Closed Doors"
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