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  • Jul 12, 1980
    Charley Pride's remake of Hank Williams' "You Win Again" appears at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Jul 12, 1980
    For the second time, John Schneider, Tom Wopat and the cast of "The Dukes Of Hazzard" are featured on the cover of TV Guide
    Jul 12, 1980
    As Alabama enjoys its first Top 10 single with "Tennessee River," the group performs its final show as the house band at The Bowery in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
    Jul 14, 1980
    The "Urban Cowboy" soundtrack earns a gold album from the RIAA. It features Anne Murray, Kenny Rogers, The Eagles, Johnny Lee, Mickey Gilley, Linda Ronstadt, J.D. Souther, Jimmy Buffett, Joe Walsh, Bob Seger, Dan Fogelberg and The Charlie Daniels Band, among others
    Jul 14, 1980
    Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker sing the national anthem at the Republican National Convention in Detroit, later admitting they were on cocaine. Also on the schedule: Pat Boone, Donny & Marie Osmond, Richard Petty, Vicki Lawrence and Susan Anton
    Jul 15, 1980
    Bandleader Ben Selvin dies of a heart attack on New York's Long Island. A pioneering recording artist, he snapped up a #1 pop single in 1927 with "Blue Skies," a song readapted for country music by Willie Nelson in 1978
    Jul 15, 1980
    Columbia releases Willie Nelson's soundtrack album "Honeysuckle Rose." It also includes performances by Emmylou Harris, Jody Payne, Hank Cochran, Jeannie Seely and Johnny Gimble, among others
    Jul 15, 1980
    As she continues her shift away from country music, Olivia Newton-John earns a gold single from the RIAA for "Magic"
    Jul 15, 1980
    Linda Ronstadt makes her off-Broadway debut, co-starring with Rex Smith in "The Pirates Of Penzance" at an open-air theater in New York's Central Park
    Jul 16, 1980
    Donna Summer marries Bruce Sudano at the Church On The Way in Van Nuys, California. The pair co-wrote "Starting Over Again," which had become a hit for Dolly Parton just months earlier

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