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    • Dec 12, 1979
    Moe Bandy records "Yesterday Once More" at Nashville's Jack Clement Studios during an afternoon of work. It pays homage to Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart," Lefty Frizzell's "Always Late" and Jim Reeves' "Four Walls," among others
    Dec 12, 1979
    CBS airs "The Crystal Gayle Special," with Gayle and guest B.B. King covering Willie Nelson's "Night Life." Also in the mix are Judy Collins, The Statler Brothers and magician Doug Henning
    Dec 14, 1979
    Barbara Mandrell and Louise Mandrell appear in the ABC special "Merry Christmas From The Grand Ole Opry," along with Ronnie Milsap, The Statler Brothers and Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band
    Dec 14, 1979
    Columbia releases the soundtrack to the Robert Redford/Willie Nelson movie "The Electric Horseman," featuring music by Nelson and by Dave Grusin
    Dec 14, 1979
    Grandpa Jones undergoes open heart surgery for the second time at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, requiring four hours to unblock arteries
    Dec 15, 1979
    Conway Twitty's "Happy Birthday Darlin'" makes its way to the top position on the Billboard country singles chart
    Dec 15, 1979
    Con Hunley performs "Since I Fell For You" on the syndicated TV show "Pop! Goes The Country." Hosted by Ralph Emery, the episode also features Bill Anderson and Jim Stafford, who does "The South's Gonna Do It Again"
    Dec 15, 1979
    Conway Twitty sings "Don't Take It Away" and "I May Never Get To Heaven" as a guest on "Hee Haw." The Hagers cover "If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me." Buck Owens, Roy Clark and Kenny Price close the show with "I'm Moving On"
    Dec 15, 1979
    Atlantic releases "The Rose," the soundtrack to the Bette Midler motion picture. Conway Twitty remakes the title track as a country hit three years later
    Dec 15, 1979
    Alan Jackson marries Denise Jackson (she already has the same last name) at the First Baptist Church in Newnan, Georgia. He sings "The Wedding Song"
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