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  • Dec 7, 1986
    Ray Charles is celebrated in the Kennedy Center Honors at a White House ceremony alongside Lucille Ball, Jessica Tandy and others. Charles had a country hit two years prior by joining Willie Nelson on "Seven Spanish Angels"
    Dec 4, 1988
    "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again" singer George Burns is recognized during the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. John Denver takes part in the tribute, attended by president Ronald Reagan
    Dec 8, 1991
    Roy Acuff is the first country artist recognized in the Kennedy Center Honors, attended by president George Bush. Among the participants in the Washington, D.C., ceremony, shot for a CBS-TV special: Chet Atkins, Emmylou Harris, Steve Wariner and Bill Monroe
    Dec 4, 1994
    Folk singer Pete Seeger, who wrote the country hits "Gotta Travel On" and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," is celebrated by president Bill Clinton at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., along with Aretha Franklin and composer Morton Gould
    Dec 8, 1996
    Johnny Cash is recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. Rosanne Cash sings "I Walk The Line," and the Man In Black is hailed by Robert Duvall, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson and Lyle Lovett
    Dec 7, 1997
    "You Ain't Going Nowhere" songwriter Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston and Lauren Bacall are celebrated during the annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., by a black-tie crowd that includes president Bill Clinton
    Dec 6, 1998
    Willie Nelson is recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C. Among others who receive the same award: Andre Previn, Bill Cosby, Shirley Temple Black and songwriters Fred Ebb and John Kander
    Dec 3, 2000
    Chuck Berry, a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, is saluted at the annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., along with Clint Eastwood, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Placido Domingo and Angela Lansbury
    Dec 7, 2002
    Paul Simon, whose songs "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer" have become country hits, is paid tribute at the Kennedy Center Honors, alongside Elizabeth Taylor, James Earl Jones, Chita Rivera and conductor James Levine
    Dec 7, 2003
    Loretta Lynn is recognized during the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., by president George W. Bush. Celebrated with her: Carol Burnett, James Brown, Itzhak Perlman and movie director Mike Nichols




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