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    • Jul 14, 1981
    Rocker Tom Petty earns a gold album from the RIAA for "Hard Promises." It includes "A Thing About You," which Southern Pacific revives as a country hit four years later
    Jul 14, 1981
    Ronnie Milsap earns his first platinum album from the RIAA for his "Greatest Hits"
    Jul 14, 1981
    Alabama receives its second gold album from the RIAA, for "My Home's In Alabama"
    Jul 14, 1981
    Some $175,000 worth of sound equipment and instruments is stolen from Merle Haggard prior to a show in Houston. He borrows gear for the concert; most of the equipment is recovered the next day when the thief tries to sell it at a pawn shop
    Jul 14, 1981
    With Major League Baseball on strike, ESPN presents the first national telecast of a AA baseball game. Nashville beats Columbus, 16-1, at Greer Stadium. ESPN airs interviews with Roy Acuff, T.G. Sheppard and Sounds co-owner Conway Twitty
    Jul 15, 1981
    Five days after major surgery, Jerry Lee Lewis is taken off a respirator at Memphis' Methodist Hospital South
    Jul 15, 1981
    George Jones' longtime companion Linda Welborn moves out
    Jul 16, 1981
    Scotti Brothers releases Fred Knoblock's remake of Chuck Berry's "Memphis"
    Jul 17, 1981
    Epic releases the Ronnie McDowell album "Good Time Lovin' Man"
    Jul 18, 1981
    The Oak Ridge Boys' "Fancy Free" hits #1 on the Billboard country albums chart
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