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Jul 4, 1979
Though he was the first entry in the race, Marty Robbins doesn't run in the Firecracker 400 at Florida's Daytona Motor Speedway. He lets Kyle Petty take his traditional #42
Nov 10, 1979
Rock musician Gregg Allman marries Julie Bidas in Sarasota, Florida. The ceremony occurs four days after Willie Nelson recorded Allman's song "Midnight Rider" for the soundtrack to "The Electric Horseman"
Dec 20, 1979
Songwriter Benny Davis dies in Miami, Florida. He created two pop hits that had recently been remade in country music: "Don't Break The Heart That Loves You," by Margo Smith; and "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight," by Jim Reeves & Deborah Allen
Feb 8, 1980
Lynyrd Skynyrd plays Orlando's Great Southern Music Hall in its first full concert since the deaths of several members in a 1977 plane crash. "Sweet Home Alabama" ranks among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
Jul 4, 1980
Marty Robbins finishes 30th driving a 1978 Dodge Magnum at the Daytona Motor Speedway in the Firecracker 400
Sep 23, 1980
A man who claims to be Johnny Lee checks out of a Winter Haven, Florida, hotel before he can be identified, leaving behind a woman who believes she's engaged to the "Lookin' For Love" singer. The impostor did interviews on two radio stations and signed autographs as "Jonny Lee"
Jan 1, 1981
Jerry Reed performs "East Bound And Down" and "When You're Hot, You're Hot" during halftime at the Orange Bowl in Miami. The Oklahoma Sooners edge the Florida State Seminoles, 18-17
Jan 31, 1981
Scotty Wiseman dies of a heart attack in Gainesville, Florida. A longtime member of the comedic husband-and-wife musical team Lulu Belle & Scotty, he wrote "Mountain Dew," Willie Nelson's "Remember Me" and Minnie Pearl's all-time favorite song, "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You"
Mar 20, 1981
Conway Twitty visits The Bee Gees' studio in Miami, after spending a few days at the New York Yankees spring training camp in Fort Lauderdale. Twitty's current single at the time is "Rest Your Love On Me," written by The Bee Gees' Barry Gibb
May 11, 1981
Reggae musician Bob Marley dies of skin cancer at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami, Florida. His last name is rhymed with Bacardi and Harley in the 2014 Florida Georgia Line country single "Sun Daze." Marley also gets a shout out in the 2020 Luke Bryan hit "One Margarita"
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