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Sep 6, 1980
Sax player Boots Randolph performs "Ode To Billie Joe" on an episode of the syndicated TV show "Pop! Goes The Country." Hosted by Tom T. Hall, the installment also features guest Carol Chase
Sep 6, 1980
John Denver sings "Take Me Home, Country Roads" at West Virginia University's first football game at its new stadium in Morgantown. The Mountaineers defeat the Cincinnati Bearcats, 41-27
Sep 6, 1980
Johnny Lee earns his first #1 country single in Billboard with "Lookin' For Love"
Sep 7, 1980
Hank Williams Jr. performs at the tiny Lone Star Cafe in New York's Greenwich Village. Unhappy about the cramped experience, he writes a song that slags Manhattan, "Dixie On My Mind"
Sep 8, 1980
New York jazz station WRVR flips to country WKHK, launching with Waylon Jennings' "Are You Ready For The Country"
Sep 8, 1980
Capitol releases "Anne Murray's Greatest Hits"
Sep 9, 1980
Hank Williams Jr. records "Texas Women" at Nashville's Sound Stage
Sep 9, 1980
RCA releases Alabama's "Why Lady Why"
Sep 11, 1980
Hank Williams Jr. records "Dixie On My Mind" at Nashville's Sound Stage
Sep 11, 1980
Jaren Lewis applies for food stamps in Memphis, saying estranged husband Jerry Lee Lewis has provided no money for her or their daughter since December
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