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Sep 23, 1998
"Ropin' The Wind" becomes the second Garth Brooks album certified by the RIAA for shipments of 14 million units
Sep 23, 1998
A 40-year-old thief is charged in Texas with the theft of a black leather jacket from the Elvis Auto Museum in Memphis seven months prior. The crook was apprehended when he tried to sell the jacket--valued at $40,000--to police for $100,000
Sep 23, 1998
Elvis Presley, Tammy Wynette, George Morgan and former Grand Ole Opry chief Bud Wendell join the Country Music Hall of Fame during the national telecast of the Country Music Association Awards
Sep 23, 1998
Waylon Jennings walks off CBS-TV's "The Late, Late Show," hosted by Tom Snyder, when the amount of air time he was told he would receive is cut by two-thirds. His departure leaves Snyder and crew with 15 minutes to fill
Sep 25, 1998
Cas Walker dies in his sleep in Knoxville, Tennessee. A local broadcaster, he provided the first television exposure for numerous country artists, including Dolly Parton
Sep 25, 1998
Shania Twain performs at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center, her first concert in the town that questioned whether she could deliver as a live act
Sep 25, 1998
Johnny Cash's associates announce the Man in Black has suffered a recurrence of pneumonia, one year after he was diagnosed with Shy-Drager's syndrome
Sep 26, 1998
Kellie Coffey marries Los Angeles songwriter Geoff Koch
Sep 26, 1998
William Robbins Jr. dies of a massive heart attack in Georgia. He was the father of BlackHawk's Dave Robbins
Sep 26, 1998
The Dixie Chicks throw out the first pitch before the St. Louis Cardinals' baseball game at Busch Stadium, where they meet slugger Mark McGwire. He bangs his 67th and 68th home runs during the game, won by the Montreal Expos, 7-6
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