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Dec 8, 1979
Moe Bandy's "I Cheated Me Right Out Of You" reaches the top position on the Billboard country singles chart
Dec 8, 1979
Don Williams performs "Tulsa Time," "I Would Like To See You Again" and "Lay Down Beside Me" on the syndicated TV show "Pop! Goes The Country." Hosted by Ralph Emery, the episode also features Dave & Sugar on "My World Begins And Ends With You," "Golden Tears" and "Stay With Me"
Dec 8, 1979
Freddy Fender sings "Pfft You Was Gone" in Spanish on "Hee Haw," where The Stoneman Family is also musical guest. Buck Owens, Roy Clark and Kenny Price cover "I Walk The Line," and Owens reprises "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail"
Dec 9, 1979
Fiddler Tommy Jackson dies in Nashville. One of the most influential musicians to play the instrument, he took part in recordings by Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Ray Price and Little Jimmy Dickens, among others
Dec 10, 1979
Mercury releases "Richard Fagan," the self-titled pop debut by a songwriter destined to net country hits when John Michael Montgomery records "Be My Baby Tonight" and "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)"
Dec 10, 1979
Four years after he was saddled with $65,000 in debt, Kenny Rogers owns the cover of People magazine with wife Marianne, having grossed $13 million the previous year
Dec 10, 1979
Songwriter Earl "Peanutt" Montgomery has documents drawn up in Alabama to have George Jones committed to Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital
Dec 11, 1979
George Jones checks into Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, for treatment of alcoholism
Dec 11, 1979
Eddy Arnold records "Let's Get It While The Gettin's Good" at Nashville's Soundshop
Dec 12, 1979
Roy Clark sings "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" on CBS-TV's "A Country Christmas." Also appearing: Minnie Pearl, The Oak Ridge Boys, Barbi Benton, George Gobel and Loretta Lynn with daughters Patsy and Peggy Lynn
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