Alabama holds the top on this day in 1983

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This happened on this day back in the day!

1962
Patsy Cline made an appearance on Pet Milk Grand Ole Opry which included renditions of “Strange” and “Imagine That.”

1969
Johnny Cash recorded the first of his ABC-TV weekly shows Hello…I’m Johnny Cash at the Ryman Auditorium, kicking off with “Folsom Prison Blues.” The show, which featured guests Glen Campbell, Jeannie C. Riley and Joe Tex, became the fifth episode to be aired.

1974
Charlie Rich was at #1 on the US Country chart with, “A Very Special Love Song”. The song was written by Billy Sherrill and Norro Wilson, who had also written Rich’s 1973 hit, “The Most Beautiful Girl”. Sherrill and Wilson won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song at the 1975 ceremony for “A Very Special Love Song”.

1983
Alabama were at #1 on the Country singles chart with “Dixieland Delight” which was released as the lead-off single from their latest album The Closer You Get….

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