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    • Oct 5, 1987
    Mercury releases Kathy Mattea's "Goin' Gone"
    Oct 6, 1987
    Jimmie Davis suffers a heart attack in Jonesboro, Louisiana
    Oct 7, 1987
    Mel Tillis announces he's selling his publishing companies to PolyGram Music for an estimated $4 million. Among Tillis-penned songs in the catalog are "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town," "Detroit City" and "Burning Memories"
    Oct 8, 1987
    Chuck Berry collects a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Berry's written hits for such country artists as Marty Robbins, Fred Knoblock, George Jones, Buck Owens and Emmylou Harris
    Oct 10, 1987
    Rosanne Cash arrives at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "The Way We Make A Broken Heart"
    Oct 10, 1987
    Keith Whitley is the musical guest on "Hee Haw," co-hosted by Roy Clark and Roger Miller. Also appearing: Johnny Russell and David Wilkins
    Oct 10, 1987
    Tanya Tucker's parents give her a Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC for her 29th birthday. The singer piles a bunch of friends onto the roof and hood to take a picture and dents the car in the process
    Oct 10, 1987
    Sonny Throckmorton and Roy Orbison join the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame. Throckmorton wrote The Judds' "Why Not Me" and T.G. Sheppard's "Last Cheater's Waltz." Orbison's credits include "Blue Bayou," "Crying" and "You Got It"
    Oct 11, 1987
    Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris perform "Those Memories Of You" on ABC's "Dolly!" variety show. The episode also features Bruce Willis
    Oct 12, 1987
    Randy Travis takes home three honors during the 21st annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House: Male Vocalist of the Year; Album, for "Always And Forever"; and Single, for "Forever And Ever, Amen," also named Song of the Year
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