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    • Dec 16, 1980
    Mel Tillis guests on Dean Martin's "Christmas In California" TV special with Andy Gibb, Erik Estrada and Beverly Sills. Martin delivers a medley of country songs: "Hey, Good Lookin'," "She's A Little Bit Country," "Just A Little Lovin'," "For The Good Times," "Make The World Go Away" and "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
    Dec 18, 1980
    Warner/Viva releases David Frizzell & Shelly West's debut single, "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma"
    Dec 19, 1980
    John Schneider and Tom Wopat sing "Silent Night" and "Deck The Halls" during a Christmas episode of CBS-TV's "The Dukes Of Hazzard." Waylon Jennings still opens with the non-Christmas theme, "Good Ol' Boys"
    Dec 19, 1980
    Elvis Presley's former producer, Felton Jarvis, suffers a stroke
    Dec 19, 1980
    Dolly Parton's first movie, "9 To 5," debuts. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin co-star in the picture, buoyed by a title song written and performed by Parton
    Dec 20, 1980
    Mickey Gilley moves into the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart with "That's All That Matters"
    Dec 20, 1980
    Ronnie Milsap tops the Billboard country albums chart with his "Greatest Hits"
    Dec 20, 1980
    Ray Stevens and host Tom T. Hall sing "It's Hard To Be Humble" on the syndicated TV show "Pop! Goes The Country." Stevens covers "Sunday Morning Coming Down," and banjo player Wendy Holcombe chips in "Rocky Top"
    Dec 20, 1980
    Linda Ronstadt and "Pirates Of Penzance" partner Rex Smith are the musical guests for NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live" in New York
    Dec 20, 1980
    Jack Stapp dies in Nashville. A longtime program director for WSM Radio, where he worked with the Grand Ole Opry, he also co-wrote "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" and co-founded Tree Music Publishing, one of Music City's first publishers. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989
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