CTVA
The Classic TV Archive - US  Music Variety  -  US  Country Music Shows
<Previous      "Pop! Goes the Country"         Next>
Syndicated Country & Western Music Series
Season 7 (1980-81)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Tom Alger
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper,
The Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel newspapers, RFD-TV

########### Pop! Goes The Country ############
############## Season 7 1980-81 ##############
##############################################
Host: Tom T. Hall

  7.01 [157] Prod. no. 701 (unknown)

7.xx [---] Boots Randolph / Carol Chase
Music includes:
Tom T. Hall - "Jesus On The Radio (Daddy On The Phone)."
Boots Randolph - "I Really Don't Want To Know."
Performer? - "Ode to Billy Joe."
Performer? - "Foggy Mountain Breakdown."
Local airdates:
13Sep1980 WUAB-43 Cleveland, Ohio (Sun. 1:00am)
10Jan1981 KCPQ-13 Seattle Wash. (Sat. 3:30pm)

7.02 [158] Alabama / Bobby Goldsboro
Prod. no. 702
Synopsis:
Tom T. Hall - “Mabel (You’ve Been A Friend To Me).”
Bobby Goldsboro - “Goodbye Marie.”
Alabama - "Tennessee River.”
Bobby Goldsboro - "Green-Eyed Woman” and “Nashville Blues.”
Tom T. Hall & Bobby Goldsboro - "I Love.”
Alabama - “Why Lady Why?”
Local airdates:
24May1981 KGW-8 Portland, Oregon (Sun. 4:00pm)
30May1981 KCPQ-13 Seattle Wash. (Sat. 3:30pm)
RFD-TV repeat: 05May2012

7.03 [159] Prod. no. 703 (unknown)
7.04 [160] Prod. no. 704 (unknown)
7.05 [161] Prod. no. 705 (unknown)
7.06 [162] Prod. no. 706 (unknown)
7.07 [163] Prod. no. 707 (unknown)
7.08 [164] Prod. no. 708 (unknown)
7.09 [165] Prod. no. 709 (unknown)
7.10 [166] Prod. no. 710 (unknown)

7.xx [---] Jim Ed Brown / Helen Cornelius
Music includes:
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "Lying in Love with You.”
Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius - "The Bedroom."
Local airdates:
14Sep1980 KGW-8 Portland, Oregon (Sun. 4:00pm)
21Sep1980 WAFF-48 Huntsville, AL (Sunday 10:30pm)
27Sep1980 WSM-4 Nashville (Saturday 5:00pm)
12Apr1981 (R) WAFF-48 Huntsville, AL (Sunday 10:30pm)

7.xx [---] The Statler Brothers / Foster Brooks
Synopsis:
The Statler Brothers - “One Less Day To Go.”
Tom T. Hall - "Paradise”
The Statler Brothers – “Nobody Wants To Be Country.”
The Statler Brothers - "Don’t Forget Yourself.”
Foster Brooks comedy act with Don Reid.
Foster Brooks sings “Release Me.”
Tom T. Hall - "Your Birthday Is.”
Local airdates:
14Sep1980 WAFF-48 Huntsville, AL (Sunday 10:30pm)
27Sep1980 WUAB-43 Cleveland, Ohio (Sunday 1:00am)
05Apr1981 WSM-4 Nashvile (Saturday 5:00pm)

7.xx [---] T.G. Sheppard / Ruby Falls
Music includes:
T.G. Sheppard - "Smooth Sailin'."
T.G. Sheppard - "Last Cheater's Waltz.”
Tom T. Hall - “Ravishing Ruby.”
Local airdates:
20Sep1980 WUAB-43 Cleveland, Ohio (Sunday 1:00am)
20Dec1980 WUAB-43 Cleveland, Ohio (Sunday 1:00am)
28Dec1980 WAFF-48 Huntsville, AL (Sunday 10:30pm)

7.xx [---] Anson Williams / Sheila Andrews
Synopsis:
Tom T. Hall - "Head Over Heels.”
Anson Williams - "Give A Little Bit Of Yourself.”
Sheila Andrews - "A Little Thing Like Love.”
Anson Williams - “Honeycomb.”
Tom T. Hall - “You Win Again.”
Tom T. Hall & Sheila Andrews - medley: “Blueberry Hill” and “Blue Suede Shoes.”
Local airdates:
28Sep1980 WAFF-48 Huntsville, AL (Sunday 10:30pm)
10Jan1981 WUAB-43 Cleveland, Ohio (Sun. 1:00am)
17Jan1981 WSM-4 Nashville, TN (Saturday 5:00pm)

7.xx [---] Sonny James / Lorrie Mahaffey
Synopsis:
Tom T. Hall - “Faster Horses (the Cowboy and the Poet).”
Sonny James - “I'm Down To My Last Goodbye.”
Lorrie Mahaffey - "Pretty As A Picture.”
Sonny James - "A World Of Our Own.”
Tom T. Hall & Sonny James - “Bright Lights, Big City.”
Local airdate:
02Nov1980 KGW-8 Portland, Oregon (Sun. 4:00pm)

7.xx [---] Terry Bradshaw / Zella Lehr
Music includes:
Zella Lehr - "Rodeo Eyes."
Tom T. Hall - "I Love."
Tom T. Hall - "The Year that Clayton Delaney Died."
Local airdates:
15Nov1980 WUAB-43 Cleveland, Ohio (Sunday 1:00am)
22Nov1980 WSM-4 Nashville (Saturday 5:00pm)
29Nov1980 KCPQ-13 Seattle, Wash. (Sat. 3:30pm)
13June1981 (R) WUAB-43 Cleveland, Ohio (Sunday 1:00am)

7.xx [---] Ed Bruce / Dick Feller / Cristy Lane
Synopsis:
Tom T. Hall - “I’ll Go Somewhere And Sing My Songs Again.”
Christy Lane - “Sweet Sexy Eyes.”
Ed Bruce - “The Last Cowboy Song.”
Dick Feeler - “The Line In Gasoline.”
Dick Feeler & Ed Bruce - medley: “East Bound And Down,” “We Don’t Dance The Two Step,” “Biff, The Purple Bear”
and “Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys."
Local airdate:
15Nov1980 KCPQ-13 Seattle Wash. (Sat. 3:30pm)

7.xx [---] Tompall & The Glaser Brothers / Gail Davies
Music includes:
Tompall & The Glaser Brothers - "Weight of My Chains."
Gail Davies - "Good Lovin' Man."
Tom T. Hall - "I Can't Dance."
Local airdates:
06Dec1980 KTVT-11 Fort Worth, TX (Sat. 7:00pm)
13Dec1980 KCPQ-13 Seattle Wash. (Sat. 3:30pm)

7.11 [167] Billy “Crash” Craddock / Sylvia
Prod. no. 711
Synopsis:
Billy “Crash” Craddock - “I’ve Got The Music In Me.”
Sylvia - “It Don’t Hurt To Dream.”
Billy “Crash” Craddock - “I Just Had You On My Mind.”
Tom T. Hall - “Onion Song.”
Billy “Crash” Craddock - “Sea Cruise.”
Tom T. Hall and Bill "Crash" Craddock - “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.”
Local airdates:
29Nov1980 KTVT-11 Fort Worth, Texas (Sat. 7pm)
06Dec1980 KCPQ-13 Seattle Wash. (Sat. 3:30pm)
RFD-TV repeat: 12May2012

7.12 [168] Prod. no. 712 (unknown)
7.13 [169] Prod. no. 713 (unknown)
7.14 [170] Prod. no. 714 (unknown)
7.15 [171] Prod. no. 715 (unknown)

7.xx [---] Johnny Rodriquez / Connie Cato
Music includes:
Johnny Rodriguez - "Love Look at Us Now."
Johnny Rodriguez - "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico."
Tom T. Hall - "I Like Beer."
Local airdate:
20Dec1980 KCPQ-13 Seattle Wash. (Sat. 3:30pm)

7.xx [---] George Jones / Jan Howard
Synopsis:
Tom T. Hall - "Shoeshine Man.”
George Jones - "Someday My Day Will Come.”
Jan Howard - “You Don’t Know Me.”
George Jones - "The Race Is On.”
Tom T. Hall - “Me And Jesus.”
George Jones - “He Stopped Loving Her Today.”
Local airdate:
03Jan1981 WUAB-43 Cleveland, Ohio (Sun. 1:00am)

7.xx [---] B.J. Thomas
Music includes:
B.J. Thomas - "Nashville."
B.J. Thomas - "Amazing Grace."
Tom T. Hall - "Country Is."
Performer? - "You Are My Sunshine."
Local Airdate:
18Jan1981 WAFF-48 Huntsville, AL (Sunday 10:30pm)
Same episode?
7.xx [---] B.J. Thomas / Helen Hudson
27Dec1980 KCPQ-13 Seattle Wash. (Sat. 3:30pm)

7.xx [---] Michael Murphy / Lacy J. Dalton
Music includes:
Lacy J. Dalton - "Hard Times."
Local airdates:
14Feb1981 WUAB-43 Cleveland, Ohio (Sun. 1:00am)
28Feb1981 KCPQ-13 Seattle Wash. (Sat. 3:30pm)

7.16 [172] Ray Stevens / Wendy Holcombe
Prod. no. 716
Synopsis:
Ray Stevens - “You've Got The Music Inside.”
Wendy Holcombe - “Rocky Top”
Tom T. Hall - “I Love.”
Tom T. Hall & Wendy Holcombe - “Foggy Mountain Breakdown.”
Ray Stevens - “Sunday Mornin' Comin’ Down.”
Tom T. Hall - “Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine.”
Ray Stevens - “The Streak."
Tom T. Hall - “Harper Valley P.T.A.”
Ray Stevens - “Everything is Beautiful.”
Tom T. Hall and Ray Stevens - “It’s Hard To Be Humble.”
Local airdates:
13Dec1980 KTVT-11 Fort Worth, TX (Sat. 7:00pm)
25Apr1981 KTVT-11 Fort Worth, TX (Sat. 7:00pm)
RFD-TV repeat: 19May2012

7.17 [173] Brenda Lee / Big Al Downing
Prod. no. 717
Synopsis:
Brenda Lee - "Don't Promise Me Anything.”
Tom T. Hall - "Back When Gas Was Thirty Cents a Gallon."
Al Downing - "I Ain’t No Fool.”
Brenda Lee - “The Cowboy And The Dandy.”
Al Downing - "Beer Drinkin' People.”
Brenda Lee and Tom T. Hall - “Sweet Thang.”
Local airdates:
31Jan1981 WUAB-43 Cleveland, Ohio (Sun. 1:00am)
21Feb1981 WSM-4 Nashville (Saturday 5:00pm)
RFD-TV repeat: 26May2012

7.18 [174] Don Williams / Susie Allanson
Prod. no. 718
Synopsis:
Tom T. Hall - “Deal”
Don Williams - “Good Ole Boys Like Me.”
Susie Allanson - “While I Was Making Love To You.”
Don Williams - “Love Me Over Again.”
Tom T. Hall & Don Williams - “Tulsa Time.”
Susie Allanson - “Dance The Two Step.”
Local airdates:
07Feb1981 KCPQ-13 Seattle Wash. (Sat. 3:30pm)
06Jun1981 (R) WSM-4 Nashville (Sat. 5:00pm)
RFD-TV repeat: 02Jun2012

7.19 [175] Prod. no. 719 (unknown)
7.20 [176] Prod. no. 720 (unknown)
7.21 [177] Prod. no. 721 (unknown)
7.22 [178] Prod. no. 722 (unknown)

7.xx [---] Mel Tillis / Louise Mandrell
Music includes:
Mel Tillis - "Lying Time Again.”
Mel Tillis - "Your Body Is an Outlaw."
Louise Mandrell - "Wake Me Up.”
Tom T. Hall - "Ballad of Forty Dollars.”
Unknown - "Orange Blossom Special."
Local airdate:
02May1981 KTVT-11 Fort Worth, TX (Sat. 7:00pm)
03May1981 KGW-8 Portland, Oregon (Sun. 4:00pm)

7.xx [---] Rex Allen Jr. / Jeanne Pruett
Music includes:
Rex Allen Jr. - "It's Over."
Jeanne Pruett - "It's Too Late."
Tom T. Hall - "That Song Is Driving Me Crazy."
Local airdate:
20June1981 (R) KCPQ-13 Seattle Wash. (Sat. 3:30pm)

7.xx [---] Bill Monroe / Jeannie C. Riley
Music includes:
Bill Monroe - "Uncle Pen.”
Bill Monroe - "Little Cabin on the Hill."
Jeannie C. Riley - "Harper Valley P.T.A."
Local airdates:
18Apr1981 KTVT-11 Fort Worth, TX (Sat. 7:00pm)
18July1981 (R) WUAB-43 Cleveland, Ohio (Sun. 1:00am)

7.xx [---] Jimmy Dean / Bobby Bare
Music includes:
Bobby Bare - "Food Blues.”
Jimmy Dean, Bobby Bare, and Tom T. Hall - "Are You from Dixie?"
Tom T. Hall - "Your Man Loves You, Honey.”
Local airdates:
21Feb1981 WUAB-43 Cleveland, Ohio (Sun. 1:00am)
07Mar1981 KCPQ-13 Seattle Wash. (Sat. 3:30pm)
28Feb1981 KTVT-11 Fort Worth, TX (Sat. 7:00pm)
02Aug1981 (R) WAFF-48 Huntsville, AL (Sun. 10:30pm)
08Aug1981 (R) KTVT-11 Fort Worth, TX (Sat. 7:00pm)

7.23 [179] Dave Roland and Sugar / Chet Atkins / Jimmy Melton
Prod. no. 723
Synopsis:
Tom T. Hall - "Gotta Travel On.”
Chet Atkins - "Malguena” guitar instrumental.
Dave and Sugar - “A Love Song.”
Chet Atkins - “Rainbows” guitar instrumental.
Dave and Sugar - "Golden Tears.”
Jimmy Melton - "Pickin’.”
Local airdates:
31Jan1981 KCPQ-13 Seattle, Wash. (Sat. 3:30pm)
22Feb1981 WAFF-48 Huntsville, AL (Sunday 10:30pm)
06Mar1981 KTVT-11 Fort Worth, TX (Sat. 7:00pm)
RFD-TV repeat: 09Jun2012

7.24 [180] Prod. no. 724 (unknown)
7.25 [181] Prod. no. 725 (unknown)

7.xx [---] Emmylou Harris / Mundo Earwood
Synopsis:
Emmylou Harris - "Cowgirl.”
Mundo Earwood - "You’re In Love With The Wrong Man.”
Emmylou Harris - “Save The Last Dance For Me.”
Tom T. Hall & Emmylou Harris - “I’ll Go Steppin’ To.”
Emmylou Harris - “Precious Memories” and “Rollin’ In My Sweet Baby’s Arms.”
Local airdates:
25July1981 (R) WUAB-43 Cleveland, Ohio (Sun. 1:00am)
25July1981 (R) KTVT-11 Fort Worth, TX (Sat. 7:00pm)

7.xx [---] Hank Williams Jr. / Stephanie Winslow
Music includes:
Hank Williams Jr. - "Dixie."
Hank Williams Jr. - "Old Habits."
Stephanie Winslow - "Say You Love Me."
Hank Williams Jr. and Tom T. Hall - "Move It On Over."
Local airdates:
11Apr1981 KCPQ-13 Seattle Wash. (Sat. 3:30pm)
22Aug1981 (R) KTVT-11 Fort Worth, TX (Sat. 7:00pm)

7.26 [182] The Kendalls / Razzy Bailey
Prod. no. 726
Music includes:
The Kendalls - "Gone Away."
Razzy Bailey - "Lovin' up a Storm.”
Local airdates:
09May1981 KTVT-11 Fort Worth, TX (Sat. 7:00pm)
25July1981 (R) WSM-4 Nashville (Saturday 5:00pm)
01Aug1981 (R) KTVT-11 Fort Worth, TX (Sat. 7:00pm)
RFD-TV repeat: 16Jun2012

########### Pop! Goes The Country ############
############## end of season 7 ###############
############################################## 

 Have you any comments, corrections, episode titles, air dates, production numbers, directors, writers, story/synopsis, guest stars, cast lists, etc?
Have you any old videos, or tv guides? Dust them off and let us know if you have any information on this series or any other tv series from the
Golden Age of TV, which is missing from any episode guides on the web. Perhaps a certain episode of a particular series coincided with a key
moment in your life, or in world events - and or has left a vivid memory of when it was shown. Let us know. Would you like to see any other
tv series guides on this site? If so please e-mail The Classic TV Archive - see Feedback below.
This guide may be distributed and copied freely, in its entirety, for personal use. All original author and copyright information must
remain intact. Any sales or other uses of this document are expressly forbidden, without the specific consent of the author(s).
Copyright © The Classic TV Archive. All rights reserved.

Return to The Classic TV Archive Home Page
Feedback  -  MusicVariety Forum