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    • Sep 24, 1977
    Barely a month after his death, the first Elvis Presley convention opens in Cincinnati. Some singles sell for as much as $300
    Oct 28, 1977
    Roy Acuff visits a 20-year-old woman from Ontario recovering from a miscarriage at General Hospital in Nashville
    Jan 8, 1978
    Quarter-inch parcels of sod from Elvis Presley's farm in Mississippi sell for $10 apiece, as 10,000 fans journey to Memphis on his first post-death birthday
    May 25, 1978
    Webb Pierce's guitar-shaped pool on Music Row is opened to the public. Also on display is his $100,000 silver-dollar convertible, a 1962 Pontiac with 1,100 silver dollars embedded in the design
    Jul 7, 1979
    Charlie Daniels visits 18-year-old burn victim Patrick O'Keefe in a Dayton, Ohio, hospital. Daniels gives him a one-on-one performance of "Long Haired Country Boy"
    May 23, 1980
    Waylon Jennings pays a visit to a North Carolina man stricken by cancer, seven hours before he dies
    Jun 12, 1980
    Ronnie Milsap hosts a Fan Fair dinner for 500 fan club members, then performs on the RCA showcase, throwing frisbees into the audience that read "Milsap Magic"
    May 24, 1981
    Hendersonville, Tennessee, approves $1.5 million in bonds to finance a tourist complex being developed by Conway Twitty
    Jun 9, 1981
    Conway Twitty holds groundbreaking ceremonies for Twitty City in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Some 2,500 fans, in town for Fan Fair, show up for the event
    Jun 7, 1982
    Conway Twitty opens Twitty City to the general public. The grounds of the fan attraction in Hendersonville, Tennessee, feature his office, a theater and his house. The $5 cost of admission allows fans into the park, but not his home



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