AUSTIN, TEXAS - JULY 04: Singer-songwriter Willie Nelson performs ... to a dedicated fan base. Nelson’s listeners are still interested not just in his past hits, but his new material as well.

Dolly Parton, George Jones, Alabama, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kenny Rogers are shining stars in country music history. And 1980 was a climatic year of career-making songs for each of them.

Back in 1984, Willie Nelson’s hosted his Willie Nelson’s All-Star New Years Eve Party, where he counted down to the year 1985 at The Summett in Houston, Texas with some of his closest, and most famous ...