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    • Sep 6, 1980
    Johnny Lee earns his first #1 country single in Billboard with "Lookin' For Love"
    Sep 12, 1980
    Johnny Lee sings "Lookin' For Love" on NBC's "The Midnight Special." Also appearing: Christopher Cross, Irene Cara and Nicolette Larson
    Sep 13, 1980
    Mickey Gilley sings "Stand By Me" and Johnny Lee performs "Lookin' For Love" on the syndicated music show "Solid Gold." The episode also features Linda Ronstadt, Paul Anka and Chuck Berry, who does "Johnny B. Goode"
    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"
    Sep 26, 1980
    Johnny Lee performs "Lookin' For Love" on "The Midnight Special"
    Oct 3, 1980
    "Coast To Coast," starring Robert Blake, debuts in theaters. Johnny Lee sings "I Can Tell By The Way You Dance" and "Pickin' Up Strangers." Also heard are Jimmy Buffett, Rita Coolidge, Johnny Rivers, J.D. Souther, Bonnie Raitt and T.G. Sheppard
    Oct 6, 1980
    Asylum releases Johnny Lee's "One In A Million"
    Oct 17, 1980
    Asylum releases Johnny Lee's album "Lookin' For Love"
    Nov 15, 1980
    Johnny Lee performs "One In A Million" on the Dionne Warwick-hosted "Solid Gold." Also featured: Natalie Cole, Jimmy Hall, Dire Straits, Andy Gibb and Paul Simon
    Nov 18, 1980
    Johnny Lee snags a gold single from the RIAA for "Lookin' For Love," his best-known contribution to "Urban Cowboy"
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