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    • Dec 31, 1985
    Exile and Louise Mandrell perform from Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth on CBS-TV's "Happy New Year, America." They're joined by Manhattan Transfer, Kool & The Gang and Kermit The Frog
    Mar 15, 1986
    Exile collects a #1 country single in Billboard with "I Could Get Used To You"
    Jun 15, 1986
    Epic releases Exile's "Greatest Hits"
    Jul 4, 1986
    Willie Nelson performs "Smokin' In The Boys Room" with Vince Neil in Farm Aid II at the University of Texas' Memorial Stadium in Austin. Also appearing: George Jones, John Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam, Exile, Julio Iglesias, Huey Lewis, Alabama, Janie Fricke, Joe Ely and Rosanne Cash
    Sep 20, 1986
    "Hee Haw" kicks off its first season without longtime co-host Buck Owens. Loretta Lynn is the first of Roy Clark's many guest co-hosts, welcoming Exile, The Girls Next Door and The Hagers
    Nov 1, 1986
    Exile ascends to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "It'll Be Me"
    Nov 11, 1986

    A Nashville benefit raises $40,000 for O.B. McClinton, suffering from liver cancer. Performers include Reba McEntire, Kathy Mattea, Waylon Jennings, Ricky Skaggs, Jeff Cook, Jessi Colter, Tom T. Hall, Larry Gatlin, Johnny Rodriguez, Steve Wariner and Rex Allen Jr.

    Sep 5, 1987
    Exile hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "She's Too Good To Be True"
    Sep 19, 1987
    Willie Nelson sponsors Farm Aid III at the University of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Participants include: Kris Kristofferson, Vince Gill, John Denver, Emmylou Harris, Dick Clark, Gary Morris, David Lynn Jones, Exile, Steve Earle and Lynn Anderson, among others
    Jan 9, 1988
    Exile's "I Can't Get Close Enough" rises to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
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