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    • Jan 2, 1981
    RCA releases Sylvia's "Drifter"
    Jan 3, 1981
    PBS debuts "The Uncle Dave Macon Show," a documentary about one of the Grand Ole Opry's early stars
    Jan 3, 1981
    Don Williams and "Pop! Goes The Country" host Tom T. Hall duet on "Tulsa Time" during the week's episode. Williams adds "Good Ole Boys Like Me" and "Love Me Over Again" on the syndicated show, which also welcomes Susie Allanson
    Jan 3, 1981
    Debby Boone sings "You Light Up My Life" on TV's "Solid Gold." The episode also features Bette Midler, Peter Allen and John Cougar Mellencamp
    Jan 3, 1981
    John Conlee performs "Friday Night Blues" and "She Can't Say That Anymore" on the weekly TV show "Hee Haw." Other guests include Merle Haggard, Slim Pickens and steel guitarist Joe Talbot. Roy Clark covers "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy," and Buck Owens does "I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)"
    Jan 3, 1981
    Marty Robbins sings "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" on NBC's variety show "Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters." Guest Bob Hope also duets with Barbara on "Buttons And Bows." She serves up "Sleeping Single In A Double Bed"
    Jan 3, 1981
    Elvis Presley's former producer, Felton Jarvis, dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital two weeks after suffering a stroke. Jarvis had just completed the album "Guitar Man," featuring re-mixed versions of old Presley non-hits
    Jan 4, 1981
    Merle Haggard and Leona Williams separate. He files for divorce within two weeks, though the couple reconciles several months later
    Jan 5, 1981
    Kenny Rogers grabs six nominations for the upcoming American Music Awards. Double-nominee Crystal Gayle is the only other country artist named more than once
    Jan 5, 1981
    Elvis Presley's former girlfriend, Linda Thompson, marries Bruce Jenner at Diamond Head beach in Honolulu, Hawaii
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