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    • Dec 5, 1981
    Willie Nelson's two-record set "Greatest Hits (And Some That Will Be)" reaches #1 on the Billboard country albums chart
    Dec 5, 1981
    Billie Jo Spears sings "Standing Tall" and "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" on "Hee Haw." Ernest Tubb also guests. Weekly co-host Roy Clark covers "There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder"
    Dec 5, 1981
    Mel Tillis is a musical guest on NBC-TV's "Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters," joining the Mandrells on "You Can't Be A Beacon (If Your Light Don't Shine)." The sisters open the episode with a cover of "Sitting On Top Of The World," and Barbara solos on "Bumming Around"
    Dec 7, 1981
    Drummer Neil Mason is born in Nashville. He joins The Cadillac Three, a rock-edged trio that earns a 2015 nomination from the Academy of Country Music. He co-writes Jake Owen's "Days Of Gold" and Frankie Ballard's "It All Started With A Beer"
    Dec 7, 1981
    Former Elvis Presley drummer Ronnie Tutt makes his debut as a member of Neil Diamond's band during a concert in Tempe, Arizona
    Dec 8, 1981
    "There's No Gettin' Over Me" earns Ronnie Milsap a gold album from the RIAA
    Dec 9, 1981
    "A Country Christmas" airs on CBS-TV. Shot in Lake Tahoe, the one-hour special features Minnie Pearl, Dottie West, John Schneider, Charley Pride, Jerry Reed, Roy Clark and David Frizzell & Shelly West
    Dec 9, 1981
    "A Special Anne Murray Christmas," featuring footage from the host's native Nova Scotia, airs on CBS-TV with guest Kris Kristofferson. Murray sings "Snowbird," "You Needed Me" and "Could I Have This Dance"
    Dec 9, 1981
    R&B singer Sonny Til dies of a heart attack at a Baltimore, Maryland, hospital. He sang with The Orioles, whose version of "Crying In The Chapel" is ranked among country's 500 all-time greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Dec 10, 1981
    NBC presents "Christmas At Sea World" with Buck Owens, Lynn Anderson, T.G. Sheppard, Dean Martin and Charlie Callas
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