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Oct 23, 1982

"Pop! Goes The Country" host Tom T. Hall opens the week's episode with "Wabash Cannonball," backed by harmonica player Charlie McCoy. Guests include Bill Anderson and Gail Davies, who lip syncs "You Turn Me On I'm A Radio" and "'Round The Clock Lovin'"

Jun 22, 1983

Conway Twitty's Twitty Birds beat Barbara Mandrell's Do-Rites, 14-10, in the annual Celebrity Softball Classic at Nashville's Greer Stadium during Fan Fair. Participants include Bill Anderson and Dottie West

Oct 13, 1984

Bill Anderson's wife suffers a serious head injury when a weaving plumber's truck hits her Cadillac Coupe de Ville in Nashville. The other driver, a drunk 18-year-old, later receives a three-year prison sentence

Dec 29, 1984

"You met another and--pttttht!--you were gone..." "Hee Haw" leaves 1984 behind with a year-end installment featuring Bill Anderson and songwriter Tom Grant

Sep 21, 1985

Bill Anderson takes his place in the Georgia Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the World Congress Center in Atlanta

Oct 9, 1986

Bill Anderson and his wife, Becky, are awarded $1.2 million by a Nashville jury for injuries she sustained in a 1984 accident. The other driver's damages are later reduced to $825,000

Jan 30, 1988

Bill Anderson, Glen Campbell, Stella Parton, Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl contribute to the evening's music and antics on TV's "Hee Haw"

Oct 30, 1990

Ferlin Husky leaves Nashville's Baptist Hospital, where he's undergone a heart bypass. On hand to celebrate his recovery are Brenda Lee, Chet Atkins, Johnny Russell, Jean Shepard, Skeeter Davis, Jack Greene, Connie Smith and Bill Anderson

Aug 18, 1993

Unison releases "A Country Christmas With The Stars Of Nashville," featuring Porter Wagoner, Merle Haggard, Bill Anderson, Crystal Gayle and Waylon Jennings

Mar 6, 1996

More than 1,500 people attend a memorial service for Minnie Pearl at the Brentwood United Methodist Church, including The Hagers, Chet Atkins, Porter Wagoner, Ricky Skaggs, Radney Foster, Hank Williams Jr., Bill Anderson and Reba McEntire

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