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Jun 7, 1982
Conway Twitty opens Twitty City to the general public. The grounds of the fan attraction in Hendersonville, Tennessee, feature his office, a theater and his house. The $5 cost of admission allows fans into the park, but not his home
Jun 7, 1982
Graceland Mansion opens for public tours in Memphis
Jun 7, 1982
The Music City News awards are presented, though two trophies are mistakenly given to artists who did not win. Lew DeWitt rejoins The Statler Brothers to host the show after five months off the road with Crohn's disease
Jun 8, 1982
Curb Records owner Mike Curb is defeated by George Deukmejian in California's Republican primary for governor
Jun 8, 1982
Jerry Lee Lewis' fourth wife, Jaren, is found dead in a Memphis swimming pool
Jun 12, 1982
The Bellamy Brothers climb to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "For All The Wrong Reasons"
Jun 12, 1982
Linda Ronstadt performs "Blue Bayou," "Desperado" and "Back In The U.S.A." for an audience of 450,000 people during a Rally For Nuclear Disarmament at Central Park in New York. The event also includes Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, James Taylor and Gary "U.S." Bonds
Jun 12, 1982
Jimmie Riddle, of the Smoky Mountain Boys, undergoes surgery at Nashville's Baptist Hospital. Doctors discover he has bladder cancer
Jun 13, 1982
Johnny Cash & June Carter join reverend Billy Graham and vice president George Bush in an event at the Superdome in New Orleans to help kick off a Southern Baptist Pastors Conference
Jun 14, 1982
Warner/Viva Records releases the David Frizzell solo album "The Family's Fine, But This One's All Mine!"
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