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    • Dec 6, 1977
    The syndicated TV special "A Barbi Doll For Christmas," featuring country singer Barbi Benton, airs for the first time. Her guests include Johnny Rodriguez, Mickey Gilley, Dave & Sugar, Freddy Weller and Archie Campbell
    Dec 10, 1977
    Mickey Gilley sings "Bring It On Home To Me" and "She's Pulling Me Back Again" on the syndicated TV show "Pop! Goes The Country," hosted by Ralph Emery. Margo Smith performs "Love's Explosion," and Rex Allen Jr. offers "I'm Getting Good At Missing You (Solitaire)"
    Sep 8, 1978
    Strings are added to two Mickey Gilley hits, "The Song We Made Love To" and "Just Long Enough To Say Goodbye," in an overdub session at Nashville's Woodland Sound
    Sep 13, 1978
    Aaron Latham's "Ballad Of The Urban Cowboy," about life at Gilley's nightclub in Texas, is the cover story in Esquire magazine. The piece becomes the basis for the movie "Urban Cowboy"
    Sep 28, 1978
    The Statler Brothers record "How To Be A Country Star" at Nashville's Sound Stage. The second verse celebrates Ronnie Milsap, Mickey Gilley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Acuff, Ralph Emery, Conway Twitty and Webb Pierce
    Oct 24, 1978
    Epic releases Mickey Gilley's "The Song We Made Love To"
    Nov 24, 1978
    Mickey Gilley appears as a guest on TV's "Hee Haw Honeys"
    Jan 20, 1979
    Mickey Gilley sings "The Song We Made Love To" and "The Power Of Positive Drinkin'" on an episode of "Hee Haw." Faron Young does "Leavin' And Sayin' Goodbye," guesting alongside regulars Minnie Pearl, Buck Owens and Roy Clark, who covers "Oh Lonesome Me"
    Feb 22, 1979
    After Naomi Judd waits on Mickey Gilley at a Los Angeles restaurant, Gilley invites her to a taping of "The Merv Griffin Show," then takes her to the Palomino to see The Stamps Quartet. There, she meets future husband Larry Strickland for the first time
    May 23, 1979
    Mickey Gilley records "My Silver Lining" at LSI Studios in Nashville
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