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  • Feb 2, 1983
    June Carter Cash undergoes emergency surgery at Nashville's Baptist Hospital when complications develop from abdominal surgery the previous month. She remains hospitalized for 25 days
    Feb 4, 1983
    MCA releases The Younger Brothers' "Somewhere Down The Line." T.G. Sheppard's version of the song becomes a hit the following year
    Feb 4, 1983
    Donnie Van Zant and .38 Special nab a platinum album from the Recording Industry Association of America for "Special Forces"
    Feb 4, 1983
    The day of his scheduled wedding, Richard Sterban decides not to marry Donna Summers. A Knoxville paper reports that he stands up disco queen Donna Summer
    Feb 4, 1983
    Karen Carpenter, of The Carpenters, dies from anorexia nervosa at her parents' home in Downey, California. Primarily a pop act, The Carpenters did earn a Top 10 country hit in 1978 by recording "Sweet, Sweet Smile," written by Juice Newton
    Feb 5, 1983
    "The Glen Campbell Music Show" welcomes pop duo Air Supply
    Feb 5, 1983
    Ronnie Milsap's "Inside" occupies the #1 slot on the Billboard country singles chart
    Feb 5, 1983
    Host Tom T. Hall performs "Song Of The South" and "(Old Dogs-Children And) Watermelon Wine" on the syndicated "Pop! Goes The Country." Guests for the week are Hoyt Axton and Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass, who do an instrumental version of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
    Feb 5, 1983
    Dottie West, John Schneider and The Burrito Brothers appear on "Hee Haw"
    Feb 5, 1983
    Sometimes-country singer Jennifer Warnes appears as a musical guest on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live" with pop duet partner Joe Cocker

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