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Sep 20, 1985
"I could hear you was playin' Haggard and Jones": RCA releases The Judds' single "Have Mercy," namechecking two future Country Music Hall of Fame members
Sep 21, 1985
The Forester Sisters find harmony at the top of the country charts, earning their first #1 single in Billboard with "I Fell In Love Again Last Night"
Sep 21, 1985
Exile performs "She's A Miracle" and "It'll Be Me" on the season premiere of "Hee Haw." Hank Thompson sings "A Six Pack To Go" on the syndicated TV show
Sep 21, 1985
Bill Anderson takes his place in the Georgia Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the World Congress Center in Atlanta
Sep 22, 1985
Willie Nelson sponsors the inaugural Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois, with Merle Haggard, John Cougar Mellencamp, Roger Miller, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Alabama, George Jones, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, B.B. King, Judy Rodman and Waylon Jennings, among others
Sep 23, 1985
Randy Schlappi is born in Albany, New York. Adopting the stage name Randy Montana, he signs for a time with Mercury as a recording artist. Montana co-writes Luke Combs' hit "Beer Never Broke My Heart" and the Carly Pearce & Lee Brice duet "I Hope You're Happy Now"
Sep 24, 1985
Radney Foster performs for the first time at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe
Sep 24, 1985
"Growing Pains" debuts on ABC-TV, with sometimes-country singers B.J. Thomas and Jennifer Warnes singing the theme song, "As Long As We Got Each Other"
Sep 26, 1985
A Nashville law firm files suit against George Jones to collect $124,024 in legal fees amassed between May 1984 and August 1985
Sep 28, 1985
Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson, known collectively as The Highwaymen, reach the top spot on the Billboard country albums chart with "Highwayman"
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