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    • Dec 20, 1996
    "Past To Present 1977-1990" brings an RIAA-certified platinum album to rock music's Toto. Many of the tracks feature former member David Hungate, who's become a session bass player in Nashville, featured on the current Shania Twain album "The Woman In Me"
    Dec 21, 1996
    Four months after meeting on the campaign trail, Billy Ray Cyrus has dinner with president Bill Clinton at the White House in Washington, D.C.
    Dec 21, 1996
    "Deep River Woman" singer Lionel Richie marries Diane Alexander in New York
    Dec 21, 1996
    Lorrie Morgan and Jon Randall perform as a duo on the Grand Ole Opry for the first time since marrying the previous month. The song of choice: "By My Side"
    Dec 23, 1996
    Songwriter, sax player and club owner Ronnie Scott dies in London from an apparently accidental overdose of pain pills for tooth implants. He wrote Bonnie Tyler's "It's A Heartache" and Shelly West's "Flight 309 To Tennessee"
    Dec 25, 1996
    Trace Adkins' "(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing" video has its television debut on CMT
    Dec 25, 1996
    The John Travolta movie "Michael" appears in theaters. It includes music by Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, The Mavericks, Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler, Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, Al Green, Randy Newman, Frank Sinatra and Van Morrison
    Dec 26, 1996
    Kevin Sharp undergoes hip surgery
    Dec 26, 1996
    Johnny Cash is hailed on CBS-TV's "The Kennedy Center Honors." Rosanne Cash sings "I Walk The Line" and delivers "I'll Fly Away" with Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson and Lyle Lovett
    Dec 28, 1996
    LeAnn Rimes notches her first #1 single on the Billboard country chart: "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)"
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