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Feb 23, 1986
Slated to host the Grammy awards two days later, Kenny Rogers is featured on the cover of the USA Weekend Sunday newspaper supplement
Oct 5, 1990
Alan Jackson makes the cover of the USA Weekend Sunday newspaper supplement. Arista's Steve Sharp says country has finally reached a young audience: "Artists have to look good to be considered. You can't have a fat, ugly guy making records"
Jul 21, 1991
Willie Nelson makes the cover of USA Weekend for his $17-million debt to the Internal Revenue Service. Nelson is selling a homemade album, "Who'll Buy My Memories/The IRS Tapes," via TV in an effort to raise the cash
Sep 29, 1991
Reba McEntire makes the cover of the USA Weekend Sunday newspaper supplement, where she talks about the changes in her life after the deaths of eight band members in a 1991 plane crash. For the first time, she feels "so vulnerable"
Feb 7, 1992
Garth and Sandy Brooks make the cover of USA Weekend in a Valentine's Day issue. Of his concerts, Brooks says, "I'm in it for the power"
Sep 29, 1994
Tim McGraw shares the cover of the USA Weekend Sunday newspaper supplement with his father, ex-baseball pitcher Tug McGraw. "Now that I'm older," the singer says, "I don't have to do anything he says"
Dec 22, 1995
Garth Brooks makes the cover of the USA Weekend Sunday newspaper supplement, where he says he won't allow his children to touch their inheritance until they reach the age of 30
Sep 29, 1996
Fourteen-year-old LeAnn Rimes makes the cover of the USA Weekend newspaper supplement. "We're the only band with a curfew," quips bass player Curtis Randall
Sep 19, 1997
Deana Carter graces the cover of the USA Weekend newspaper supplement, where she compares her career to the story of the tortoise and the hare: "I thought I'd never see the finish line. I honestly believe I'm the turtle finally making it across"
Sep 20, 1998
Trisha Yearwood makes the cover of the USA Weekend Sunday newspaper supplement. "I just don't worry about competing with 15-year-olds, because I'm never going to be 15 again, and I truly don't want to be"
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