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    • Apr 27, 1981
    Elektra releases Eddy Raven's "I Should've Called"
    Apr 27, 1981
    Ex-Beatle drummer Ringo Starr marries Barbara Bach in London. The ceremony is attended by former bandmates Paul McCartney and George Harrison, both of whom have authored country hits
    Apr 27, 1981
    Denver Darling dies in Jewett, Illinois. He wrote "Silver Stars, Purple Sage, Eyes Of Blue," a 1947 hit for Cliffie Stone
    Apr 27, 1981
    The Statler Brothers record "You'll Be Back (Every Night In My Dreams)" in an evening session at Nashville's Sound Stage. They also take their first swipe at "Whatever," although that version is unissued
    Apr 27, 1981
    "Hee Haw" star Junior Samples checks into Atlanta's Northside Hospital for hardening of the arteries
    Apr 28, 1981
    RCA releases the Razzy Bailey album "Makin' Friends"
    Apr 28, 1981
    The Statler Brothers record "Whatever" at the Sound Stage Studios in Nashville
    Apr 29, 1981
    CBS airs "Johnny Cash And The Country Girls." The special features sisters June, Anita and Helen Carter, plus Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, Jan Howard, Jeannie Seely, Skeeter Davis, Jeannie C. Riley, Kitty Wells and Misty Rowe
    Apr 30, 1981
    George Jones wins three times in the 16th Academy Of Country Music awards at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. Jones takes Top Male Vocalist, and "He Stopped Loving Her Today"--written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman--is Song and Single Record of the Year
    Apr 30, 1981
    Margo Smith is the marshal of the firefighters parade during the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia
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