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  • Sep 1, 1983
    Trisha Yearwood holds her first recording session in a trailer that uses mattresses for sound baffling in Monticello, Georgia. The material for the day includes a number of Linda Ronstadt songs and "Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight"
    Sep 1, 1983
    The Soviet Union downs Korean Air Lines flight 007, killing 269 people, including a U.S. congressman. The event inspires Lee Greenwood to write "God Bless The U.S.A." Johnny Cash also cancels a Soviet tour in protest
    Sep 1, 1983
    Gaylord Broadcasting officially takes over control of Opryland, including WSM Radio, the Grand Ole Opry and TNN
    Sep 1, 1983
    Six months after marrying the former Nancy Sepulveda, George Jones tells "20/20" reporter Bob Brown he's a "changed and happy man"
    Sep 2, 1983
    Warner/Curb releases Hank Williams Jr.'s "Queen Of My Heart"
    Sep 2, 1983
    Mercury releases Kathy Mattea's debut single, "Street Talk"
    Sep 3, 1983
    George Strait nets a #1 country single in Billboard with "A Fire I Can't Put Out"
    Sep 4, 1983
    Merle Haggard performs "C.C. Waterback" in a concert video as Jerry Lewis hosts his 18th annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon. The Charlie Daniels Band, Lynn Anderson, Dolly Parton and David Frizzell are also among the guests
    Sep 10, 1983
    John Conlee collects a #1 country single in Billboard with "I'm Only In It For The Love"
    Sep 11, 1983
    Trace Adkins rides out Hurricane Chantal on an oil rig in the Caribbean

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