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    • Dec 20, 1983
    Johnny Cash checks into the Betty Ford Center to prevent an addiction to painkillers administered during a recent hospital stay. He remains at the center for six weeks and is assigned to kitchen duty for three of them. Elizabeth Taylor is also in treatment
    Dec 21, 1983
    Kenny Rogers' "Twenty Greatest Hits" is certified gold and platinum by the RIAA
    Dec 23, 1983
    "Mac Davis Special: The Music Of Christmas" airs on NBC with Barbara Mandrell, Ronnie Milsap and Gladys Knight & The Pips
    Dec 23, 1983
    "Drivin' Nails In My Coffin" songwriter Jerry Irby dies in Gray Hawk, Kentucky. As an artist, he scored a pair of hits in 1948: "Cryin' In My Beer" and "Great Long Pistol"
    Dec 23, 1983
    Hank Williams Jr. receives a gold album from the RIAA for "Family Tradition"
    Dec 24, 1983
    Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band travel to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer To You)"
    Dec 27, 1983
    Epic releases Johnny Rodriguez' "Too Late To Go Home"
    Dec 27, 1983
    Columbia releases Mark Gray's "Left Side Of The Bed"
    Dec 27, 1983
    Motown releases Lionel Richie's pop single "Hello." Among the musicians on the record: future country bass player Joe Chemay
    Dec 28, 1983
    Warner Bros. releases the Johnny Lee duet with Lane Brody "The Yellow Rose"
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