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    • Feb 20, 1979
    Guitarist and organ player Coy Bowles is born in Thomaston, Georgia. He becomes a member of The Zac Brown Band, noted for such hits as "Chicken Fried," "Keep Me In Mind," "Toes" and "Whatever It Is"
    Feb 21, 1979
    Epic releases Johnny Rodriguez' "Down On The Rio Grande"
    Feb 21, 1979
    Ray Whitley dies from a diabetic attack while fishing in Baja California, Mexico. The singer and western movie star was a co-writer of Gene Autry's signature song, "Back In The Saddle Again"
    Feb 22, 1979
    Donna Fargo records "Daddy" at Woodland Sound Studios in Nashville
    Feb 22, 1979
    After Naomi Judd waits on Mickey Gilley at a Los Angeles restaurant, Gilley invites her to a taping of "The Merv Griffin Show," then takes her to the Palomino to see The Stamps Quartet. There, she meets future husband Larry Strickland for the first time
    Feb 23, 1979
    Radio & Records reports Loretta Lynn has signed on as a spokesperson for Crisco
    Feb 23, 1979
    The Kendalls make an appearance on the TV series "Hee Haw Honeys"
    Feb 23, 1979
    Mark Knopfler's band Dire Straits makes its first U.S. appearance at the Paradise Club in Boston. Knopfler earns country hits by writing Highway 101's "Setting Me Up," Mary Chapin Carpenter's "The Bug" and John Anderson's "When It Comes To You"
    Feb 23, 1979
    Tanya Tucker takes her second gold album from the RIAA, for "TNT"
    Feb 24, 1979
    Barbara Mandrell performs "Sleeping Single In A Double Bed" and "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" on a Ralph Emery-hosted edition of "Pop! Goes The Country." The Statler Brothers sing "How To Be A Country Star" and "The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell"
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