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  • Feb 22, 1978
    Mike Curb announces his candidacy for California lieutenant governor. As the owner of Curb Records, he goes on to impact the careers of Tim McGraw, Sawyer Brown, Rodney Atkins and LeAnn Rimes
    Feb 22, 1978
    RCA releases the Elvis Presley gospel album "He Walks Beside Me"
    Feb 22, 1978
    As a requirement for a Wrigley chewing gum commercial, the rock band The Police dies its hair blonde, establishing a trademark look. Lead singer Sting will appear on the country charts in 1997 with Toby Keith on "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
    Feb 22, 1978
    Jimmy Buffett joins Grace Slick, Alice Cooper and Frank Zappa on National Condom Day in San Francisco to judge the best prophylactic poem. The winner: "From using a condom you will learn/No deposit means no return"
    Feb 23, 1978
    Future country singer Michael Johnson records two pop hits, "Bluer Than Blue" and "Almost Like Being In Love," in a morning session at Nashville's Creative Workshop
    Feb 23, 1978
    Jerry Lee Lewis is admitted to the emergency room at Memphis' Baptist Memorial Hospital with a breathing problem. The local media is besieged with reports that The Killer has died
    Feb 23, 1978
    Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge share the cover of Rolling Stone magazine
    Feb 23, 1978
    "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" claims two honors--Best Country Song, for songwriter Richard Leigh; and Best Country Vocal Performance, Female, for Crystal Gayle--during the 20th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
    Feb 24, 1978
    Warner/Curb releases Susie Allanson's remake of the Buddy Holly hit "Maybe Baby"
    Feb 24, 1978
    Kenny Rogers & Dottie West combine voices on "Every Time Two Fools Collide" in a Donna Summer-hosted edition of NBC's "The Midnight Special." Rogers also turns in solo performances of "Daytime Friends" and "Love Or Something Like It"

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