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Sep 6, 1985
Columbia releases a Willie Nelson duets album, "Half Nelson," featuring Merle Haggard, Julio Iglesias, Ray Charles, Hank Williams, Leon Russell, Lacy J. Dalton, George Jones, Carlos Santana and Mel Tillis, among others
Sep 7, 1985
Ronnie Milsap's "Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" tops the Billboard country albums chart for the first of 11 total weeks
Sep 7, 1985
Rosanne Cash appears at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me"
Sep 7, 1985
Juice Newton appears on the syndicated TV show "Solid Gold," alongside Johnny Mathis and Tina Turner
Sep 9, 1985
"Life With Elvis": Priscilla Presley appears on the cover of People magazine
Sep 13, 1985
Singer/songwriter Sting performs in San Diego as he begins his first solo tour since leaving the rock band The Police. A dozen years later, he appears on a country hit with Toby Keith, "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
Sep 13, 1985
Elvis Presley's ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, goes under the microscope on "The Barbara Walters Special" on ABC-TV
Sep 13, 1985
RCA releases Eddie Rabbitt's "A World Without Love"
Sep 14, 1985
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band picks up a #1 country single in Billboard magazine with "Modern Day Romance"
Sep 15, 1985
Charles "Cootie" Williams dies in New York City. A jazz trumpet player, his 1944 single "Red Blues" made an unlikely entry onto the Billboard folk hit parade, an early version of the magazine's country charts
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