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Show mm v&O By Doug Davis J Don Williams Is back in the states after a two-week concert con-cert and TV tour of Europe. While Don was away, his newest new-est single, "Listen to the Radio," from his album of the same title, became one of the most programmed singles on radio. R. eas.-.'' ' f , " 3 Don Williams i on her newest album. It's a Theresa Beaty song and is cer- tainly strong enough to be hen next single. i Two older Tom T. Hall songs have been released on a single. "Little Lady Preacher" and "Ramona's Revenge" were recorded in 1971 on Tom T.'s LP, "In Search of a Song." Barbara Mandrell's "Live" album has now been certified gold. Barbara will be devoting more time to the personal appearance circuit, now that she has turned down doing another TV series. Dorris Macon, 71 -year-old son of performer Uncle Dave Macon, died recently in Woodbury, Wood-bury, Tenn. Macon performed on the Grand Ole Opry for 47 years, playing with his father and Roy Acuff and the Fruit Jar Drinkers. The Original Drifting Cowboys Band have completed complet-ed their second album for Delta Del-ta Records. The double-album, "A Tribute to Hank Williams," is being marketed through TV commercials. The Drifting Cowboys, who were Williams' back-up band, will perform during Fan Fair on June 8 at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium. Chet Atkins, who has retired from his administrative duties for RCA Records to devote more time to guitar picking, will play with the Nashville Symphony on June 6 at Knoxville's World Fair. 01982 Com pulog One of the best radio specials speci-als currently making the rounds is "The Story of Country Coun-try Music," a 48-hour special, marketed by TM Productions. It's an easy-to-listen-to story, which covers the entire history of country music. In case you've had the urge to write Loratta Lynn concerning concern-ing her Crisco commercials, you're not alone. At last , report, the TV blurbs were pulling pull-ing more than 200 fan letters a day. Loretta's "I Lie" is quite a change from her previous records, but it's a hit just the same. Also give a listen to the ."Goings Been Coming" track ' 4 "I |