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Jun 8, 1978
Singer/songwriter Sturgill Simpson is born in Jackson, Kentucky. Compared favorably to Waylon Jennings, he gains a Top 10 country album in 2014 with "Metamodern Sounds In Country Music" and a #1 album in 2016 with "A Sailor's Guide To Earth"
Nov 25, 1978
Billy Ray Cyrus plays tight end as his high-school football team, the Russell Red Devils, wins the Kentucky state championship, beating the Woodford County Yellowjackets, 17-7, in Richmond
Dec 13, 1978
Comedian Ben Hoffman is born in Lexington, Kentucky. Using the alter ego Wheeler Walker Jr., he scores Top 10 country albums with the 2016 release "Redneck Shit" and the 2017 project "Ol Wheeler"
Feb 6, 1979
At a council meeting in Blackey, Kentucky, the town declines to allow the producers of "Coal Miner's Daughter" to shoot parts of the film there. Citizens fear the movie will perpetuate stereotypes about eastern Kentucky
Apr 24, 1979
Singer/songwriter Rebecca Lynn Howard is born in Salyersville, Kentucky. After the release of her second album in 2002, she scores her first hit with "Forgive"
Aug 12, 1979
Ex-Miss America Phyllis George plays harmonica during Willie Nelson's encore at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville
May 3, 1980
Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Sissy Spacek and former president Gerald Ford are among the celebrities in the infield at Churchill Downs in Louisville as Genuine Risk wins the Kentucky Derby
Jul 4, 1980
Songwriter Josh Osborne is born in Kentucky. His successes will include Sam Hunt's "Body Like A Back Road," Blake Shelton's "Sangria," Kacey Musgraves' "Merry Go 'Round," Old Dominion's "One Man Band" and Kenny Chesney's "Come Over"
Oct 15, 1980
Bobby Lester, who sang lead on The Moonglows' 1955 R&B hit "Sincerely," dies of cancer in Louisville, Kentucky. The song is remade for the country charts in 1988 by The Forester Sisters
Aug 22, 1981
Willie Nelson, suffering from a collapsed lung, cancels an appearance at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville. Waylon Jennings performs in his stead
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