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Jun 8, 1981
The Mandrell Sisters accumulate five honors at the 15th annual Music City News awards, including Favorite TV Show
Jun 8, 1981
Fiddler Sara Watkins is born in Vista, California. She joins Nickel Creek, an accomplished bluegrass act that gains two Grammy nominations before she turns 20. She becomes a solo artist in 2007
Jun 9, 1981
Former Texas Playboys vocalist Eugene "Tagg" Lambert dies of a self-inflicted gunshot in Turkey, Texas. He appeared on the 1968 recording "Southwestern Waltz," which makes it into the 1983 movie "The Right Stuff"
Jun 9, 1981
Conway Twitty holds groundbreaking ceremonies for Twitty City in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Some 2,500 fans, in town for Fan Fair, show up for the event
Jun 10, 1981
Southern rock band .38 Special earns a gold album from the RIAA, for "Wild-Eyed Southern Boys." The group includes vocalist Donnie Van Zant, who earns a country hit two dozen years later as one-half of Van Zant
Jun 10, 1981
Producer Owen Bradley oversees the musicians as new instrumental parts are added to a spliced rendition of "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" that pairs the late Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline
Jun 11, 1981
Epic releases Mickey Gilley's remake of Eddy Arnold's "You Don't Know Me"
Jun 12, 1981
Hours after Alabama plays on the RCA showcase at Fan Fair, Randy Owen and his wife, Kelly, have a baby boy, Heath Yeuell Owen
Jun 13, 1981
The Oak Ridge Boys hold their third Stars For Children benefit at Reunion Arena in Dallas, raising money for child abuse with assistance from Alabama, Rosanne Cash, The Bellamy Brothers, Roy Clark and Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band
Jun 13, 1981
Dottie West's "What Are We Doin' In Love," featuring Kenny Rogers, appears at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
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