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Jul 18, 1980
The Oak Ridge Boys' Richard Sterban, a co-owner in the Nashville Sounds, attends at Greer Stadium as the minor-league baseball team drops the Orlando Twins, 2-1
Jul 18, 1980
Epic releases The Charlie Daniels Band's album "Full Moon"
Jul 18, 1980
Willie Nelson's "Honeysuckle Rose" has its California premiere at Mann's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles
Jul 18, 1980
William Lee Golden buys the 200-acre Golden Era plantation north of Hendersonville, Tennessee. He puts two 23-foot teepees on the property outside of his house
Jul 19, 1980
Mickey Gilley's version of the Buddy Holly song "True Love Ways" goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
Jul 20, 1980
Rachel Veach, a former banjo player for Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, dies of breast cancer in Nashville. She played on such Acuff titles as "Wreck On The Highway," "The Precious Jewel" and "Night Train To Memphis"
Jul 20, 1980
T.G. Sheppard receives a birthday cake and is serenaded with "Happy Birthday" by 60,000 fans when he performs at Jamboree In The Hills in Wheeling, West Virginia
Jul 23, 1980
Former Grateful Dead keyboard player Keith Godchaux dies in an automobile accident in Marin County, California. The Dead will be referenced in Lonestar's 1996 country hit "No News"
Jul 24, 1980
Ten days after it went gold, the "Urban Cowboy" soundtrack is certified platinum by the RIAA. The double album features Anne Murray, Kenny Rogers, The Eagles, Johnny Lee, Mickey Gilley, Linda Ronstadt & J.D. Souther, Jimmy Buffett and The Charlie Daniels Band, among others
Jul 25, 1980
Olivia Newton-John returns as host of NBC's "The Midnight Special," performing duets with Cliff Richard and The Tubes
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