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Jun 1, 1980
New York radio station WHN hosts Country Sunday at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, Eddie Rabbitt, Waylon Jennings, The Oak Ridge Boys and Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band
Jun 1, 1980
Ted Turner's Cable News Network, CNN, makes its debut. The station appears in the lyrics of Mary Chapin Carpenter's 1994 hit "I Take My Chances," Alan Jackson's 2001 single "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" and Chris Janson's 2017 release "Fix A Drink"
Jun 1, 1980
Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested in Oklahoma City for failure to pay $450,000 after losing a 1978 lawsuit to a nightclub owner
Jun 2, 1980
MCA releases Barbara Mandrell's "Crackers"
Jun 3, 1980
Elektra releases Eddie Rabbitt's "Drivin' My Life Away"
Jun 4, 1980
Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke re-record the Michael Jackson pop hit "He's Out Of My Life" as a country duet
Jun 5, 1980
Schizophrenic drummer Jim Gordon, battling voices in his head, checks into a Los Angeles hospital after a day of heavy drinking. Gordon played on hits by Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings
Jun 5, 1980
Hockey player Mike Fisher is born in Peterborough, Ontario. He is destined to become the husband of country singer Carrie Underwood
Jun 5, 1980
The John Travolta movie "Urban Cowboy" premieres. It includes music by Kenny Rogers, Johnny Lee, Mickey Gilley, Anne Murray, The Eagles, The Charlie Daniels Band, Jimmy Buffett, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther
Jun 6, 1980
Scotti Brothers releases "Why Not Me," a Top 40 pop hit by future country singer Fred Knobloch, his name misspelled as "Knoblock" on the disc
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