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    • Jul 5, 1979
    The Kendalls record "I Don't Do Like That No More" in an evening session at Nashville's LSI Sound
    Jul 5, 1979
    Merle Haggard records "The Way I Am" in Nashville
    Jul 5, 1979
    While wrangling over a $3-million lawsuit filed by Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton says she signed a 1970 deal under "mental intimidation" from Wagoner. She also charges he voided the deal by tearing it up in front of her
    Jul 6, 1979
    Songwriter/producer Van McCoy dies of a heart attack in Englewood, New Jersey. Best known for his disco hit "The Hustle," he's also credited with writing Jody Miller's "Baby, I'm Yours" and Billy "Crash" Craddock's "Walk Softly"
    Jul 7, 1979
    Olivia Newton-John, The Carpenters, Andy Gibb, Barbra Streisand and Michael Jackson are among the 60,000 concert-goers when The Bee Gees play Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles
    Jul 7, 1979
    Charlie Daniels visits 18-year-old burn victim Patrick O'Keefe in a Dayton, Ohio, hospital. Daniels gives him a one-on-one performance of "Long Haired Country Boy"
    Jul 7, 1979
    Barbara Mandrell and The Oak Ridge Boys are booed off stage in favor of more traditional acts Roy Clark and Doc Watson at the first Montreux Country Festival in Switzerland. Irby Mandrell calls the crowd "a bunch of barbarians"
    Jul 9, 1979
    Capitol releases Kenny Dale's "Only Love Can Break A Heart"
    Jul 9, 1979
    "Roller Mania!": Olivia Newton-John appears in skates on the cover of People magazine. The story also highlights John F. Kennedy Jr., The Village People, Andy Warhol and Tanya Tucker
    Jul 10, 1979
    Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley record "Tell Ole I Ain't Here, He Better Get On Home" during the afternoon at Nashville's Jack Clement Studios
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