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    • Sep 22, 1980
    United Artists officially becomes Liberty. The label's top country artists include Kenny Rogers and Dottie West
    Sep 22, 1980
    Jack Greene meets June Simmons, 11 years after she first saw him perform. The couple is engaged exactly six months later, and eventually marries
    Sep 22, 1980
    Electric guitarist Jimmy Bryant dies of lung cancer in Moultrie, Georgia. Teamed with steel player Speedy West, they were jointly known as the Flaming Guitars for their lightning-quick facility. Bryant also wrote the Waylon Jennings hit "Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line"
    Sep 23, 1980
    A man who claims to be Johnny Lee checks out of a Winter Haven, Florida, hotel before he can be identified, leaving behind a woman who believes she's engaged to the "Lookin' For Love" singer. The impostor did interviews on two radio stations and signed autographs as "Jonny Lee"
    Sep 23, 1980
    Songwriter Johnny "Peanuts" Wilson dies of a heart attack in Nashville. His credits include Kenny Rogers' "Love The World Away," C.W. McCall's "Roses For Mama" and John Schneider's "I'm Gonna Leave You Tomorrow," among others
    Sep 24, 1980
    CBS airs the special "John Schneider: Back Home" with guests Ray Charles and Barbara Mandrell. Schneider and Charles do a duet version of "Georgia On My Mind"
    Sep 25, 1980
    Mercury releases Wayne Kemp's single "I'll Leave This World Loving You." Ricky Van Shelton earns a hit with the song eight years later
    Sep 25, 1980
    Debby Boone guests on the TV special "The Magic of David Copperfield III: Levitating Ferrari," with Cindy Williams and Jack Klugman
    Sep 26, 1980
    RCA releases Leon Everette's "Giving Up Easy"
    Sep 26, 1980
    Johnny Lee performs "Lookin' For Love" on "The Midnight Special"
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