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    • Aug 2, 1979
    Charley Pride charges that Dallas' Royal Oaks Country Club denied him membership because he's black. He gets the last laugh: "I can buy my own country club if I want"
    Sep 3, 1979
    Conway Twitty tells People magazine that rock 'n' roll has contributed to the nation's moral decay and says he's disappointed in the way women have changed: "The way they talk, the way they more and more take the man's role... just turns me plum off"
    Oct 8, 1979
    Carlene Carter performs at the Bottom Line in New York's Greenwich Village, where she introduces a song by saying, "If this song doesn't put the cunt back in country, nothing will." She is unaware that the show is attended by family members Johnny Cash and June Carter, who are... well... offended
    Mar 3, 1980
    In a story in The Tennessean, Loretta Lynn says she admires classical singer Luciano Pavarotti: "He's the Ernest Tubb of grand opera"
    Jun 30, 1980
    People magazine puts Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker on the cover with the headline: "The Wildest Love Affair In Showbiz Today." Campbell says, "I gave God a prayer...and He gave me Tanya"
    Jan 6, 1981
    "Someone should unplug this Christmas tree": Mr. Blackwell slags Marie Osmond as he ranks her #10 among the worst-dressed women. She keeps company with Charlene Tilton, Susan Anton, Elizabeth Taylor and--at #1--Brooke Shields
    Mar 18, 1981
    The New York Times profiles record executive Irving Azoff, who developed the movie "Urban Cowboy." He says of the film: "To me, its success has something to do with nostalgia, and so does Reagan's election"
    May 13, 1981
    In The New York Times, Merle Haggard says the Urban Cowboy era is tied to a wave of American pride: "Every time patriotism comes to the surface, you'll find country music, cowboys and so on becoming popular"
    Nov 22, 1981
    George Jones misses a concert at the Salem-Roanoke Civic Center. The following day, his manager calls him a "very sick man" and says he will seek treatment for an undisclosed disease. The promoter later sues for $25,000
    Jan 12, 1982
    Barbara Mandrell tops Mr. Blackwell's list of the worst-dressed women. Others named include Loretta Lynn, Charlene Tilton, Elizabeth Taylor, Sheena Easton and Dolly Parton, who he calls "an atomic jelly-bean explosion"



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