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    • May 1, 1988
    The original painting for the "Highwayman" album cover--depicting Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson--is stolen from an art exhibit at the Nashville Convention Center
    May 11, 1988
    Willie Nelson sings "Blue Skies" at Carnegie Hall in New York as CBS shoots "Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration." The cast includes Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett and Rosemary Clooney. Berlin doesn't attend
    May 28, 1988
    Willie Nelson performs "Blue Skies" as CBS airs "Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration." The special also features Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney and Ray Charles
    Aug 11, 1988
    Willie Nelson is honored with a black-tie event at Nashville's Opryland Hotel, as "Stardust" marks 10 years on the Billboard country albums chart
    Aug 13, 1988
    Willie Nelson becomes the first artist ever to have an album spend 10 years on the Billboard country chart as "Stardust" logs its 520th week
    Sep 7, 1988
    Columbia releases Willie Nelson's album "What A Wonderful World"
    Oct 17, 1988
    Simon & Schuster publishes "Willie: An Autobiography"
    Dec 2, 1988
    Willie Nelson joins Kiss members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons on "Geraldo" to discuss "Sex On The Road"
    Dec 25, 1988
    Willie Nelson and Ann-Marie D'Angelo have a son, Lukas Nelson, in Austin
    Jan 30, 1989
    Randy Travis repeats as the top winner at the American Music Awards, with three honors total, including a return of "Always And Forever" as Favorite Country Album. Willie Nelson receives a special Award of Merit
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