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    • Feb 5, 1979
    Conway Twitty records "Don't Take It Away" at Nashville's Woodland Sound Studios
    Feb 5, 1979
    Kenny Rogers purchases George Jones' Possum Holler club in Nashville's Printers Alley for $250,000
    Feb 6, 1979
    At a council meeting in Blackey, Kentucky, the town declines to allow the producers of "Coal Miner's Daughter" to shoot parts of the film there. Citizens fear the movie will perpetuate stereotypes about eastern Kentucky
    Feb 6, 1979
    Capitol/EMI buys United Artists Records. The UA roster includes Kenny Rogers, Dottie West and Crystal Gayle
    Feb 7, 1979
    Reba McEntire records "Daddy" at Young 'Un Sound in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The song will be used during episode eight of the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Feb 7, 1979
    Leon Everette records "Giving Up Easy" in an afternoon session at the Jack Clement Studios in Nashville
    Feb 7, 1979
    Charles Seeger dies in Bridgewater, Connecticut. He was the father of folk singer Pete Seeger, who authored "If I Had A Hammer," "Gotta Travel On" and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
    Feb 8, 1979
    A federal bankruptcy court rules that all George Jones' royalties as a songwriter and recording artist be applied to a $1.5 million debt
    Feb 9, 1979
    Ernest Tubb's 65th birthday warrants a party at The Exit/In on Elliston Place in Nashville, attracting Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Charlie Louvin, Peter Fonda and Justin Tubb
    Feb 10, 1979
    Singer/songwriter Craig Campbell is born in Metter, Georgia. He nets hits with the 2010 release "Family Man," the 2012 single "Outta My Head" and the 2013 hit "Keep Them Kisses Comin'"
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