9 to 5 Debuts This Day in Country Music – December 19th (video)

1980 - Dolly Parton's first movie, "9 To 5," debuts. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin co-star in the picture, buoyed by a title song written and performed by Parton.

2011 - Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood gets engaged to Warner Bros. marketing executive Kelli Cashiola at her home in Nashville.

2005 - Gary Allan collects a gold album for "Tough All Over".

1992 - Alan Jackson scores a #1 country single in Billboard with "She's Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)," co-written by Randy Travis.

1988 - Johnny Cash has open heart surgery at Nashville's Baptist Hospital, one week after Waylon Jennings had similar surgery at the same location.

1985 - Johnny Paycheck shoots Larry Wise at the North High Lounge in Hillsboro, Ohio, after Wise asked if he'd ever eaten turtle meat.

1981 - Steve Wariner notches his first #1 country single with "All Roads Lead To You".

1970 - Loretta Lynn claims the #1 position on the Billboard country chart with "Coal Miner's Daughter".

1955 - Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes" at the Sun Recording Studios in Memphis.

1945 - John McEuen born in Oakland, California. The multi-instrumentalist joins The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1968, remaining with the group through its shift from folk and pop into country music in the 1980s.

1920 - Little Jimmy Dickens born in Bolt, West Virginia. Just 4'-11", he stands tall at the Grand Ole Opry, where, in 1948, he begins a membership of more than 50 years. He mixes country novelties with ballads on his way into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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