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    • Oct 13, 1998
    Don Henley calls the Tower Books store in Nashville, trying to pressure management to cancel author Marc Eliot's book signing of the biography "To The Limit: The Untold Story Of The Eagles." The signing goes on
    Oct 13, 1998
    Warner Bros. releases Chad Brock's self-titled debut album
    Oct 14, 1998
    "The Best Of Collin Raye: Direct Hits" earns an RIAA-certified platinum album
    Oct 14, 1998
    Accordion player Frankie Yankovic dies at his home in Tampa. Nicknamed "America's Polka King," he registered three country hits during the late-1940s
    Oct 14, 1998
    At the request of the convicted man, Steve Earle watches Jonathan Nobles die by lethal injection at the prison in Huntsville, Texas. Earle is an outspoken opponent of the death penalty
    Oct 14, 1998
    Leona Carlisle, the wife of Grand Ole Opry star Bill Carlisle, dies in Nashville. The couple had been married 62 years
    Oct 15, 1998
    Something to write home about: Mark Wills picks up his first gold album from the RIAA, for "Wish You Were Here"
    Oct 15, 1998
    Country disc jockey Hugh Cherry dies from cancer in Long Beach, California. He held influential on-air stints in Nashville and Los Angeles in the 1950s and '60s, becoming one of the original 1977 inductees in the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame
    Oct 16, 1998
    The "Hope Floats" soundtrack is certified double-platinum by the RIAA. The album features Garth Brooks, Martina McBride, Bob Seger, The Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, Deana Carter, Trisha Yearwood, The Mavericks, Jonell Mosser, Gillian Welch, Lila McCann, Lyle Lovett and Bryan Adams
    Oct 16, 1998
    "Practical Magic" opens in movie theaters. The picture, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, features the Faith Hill recording "This Kiss" and Elvis Presley's "Always On My Mind"
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