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Aug 12, 1996
Collin Raye is named Arkansan of the Year
Aug 27, 1997
Fayetteville, Arkansas, observes Jeff Carson Day when the singer performs in the city
Jul 12, 1998
Songwriter Jimmy Driftwood dies of heart failure at a hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Briefly a member of the Grand Ole Opry, he is best remembered for writing Johnny Horton's "The Battle Of New Orleans" and Eddy Arnold's "Tennessee Stud"
Sep 8, 1998
Songwriter Dick Heard dies of cancer in Little Rock, Arkansas. He co-wrote Elvis Presley's "Kentucky Rain" and Mel Street's "Smokey Mountain Memories," and worked at GRT Records, which released records by Alabama and Ronnie McDowell
Oct 2, 1998
Conway Twitty, The Browns, Mark Wright, Leroy Van Dyke, Floyd Cramer, Levon Helm, Melvin Endsley and Louis Jordan join the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame at the Pine Bluff Convention Center
Mar 19, 2000
Clancy Clan, a racehorse owned by Toby Keith, wins the sixth race at the Oaklawn Jockey Club in Hot Springs, Arkansas
Sep 15, 2000
Chris LeDoux resumes touring in Texarkana, Arkansas, after a one-month layoff for a liver problem that required hospitalization
Oct 4, 2000
Six years after the album "Common Thread: Songs Of The Eagles" won a Country Music Association award, Don Henley plays at Alltel Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas. He allegedly throws a maraca at fan Mary Haley after she snaps a photo of him, triggering a lawsuit
Mar 2, 2001
Harmonica player Lonnie Glosson dies in Searcy, Arkansas. During his career, he worked with Molly O'Day and Wayne Raney, with whom he co-wrote "Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me"
Oct 9, 2001
Drummer William "Smokey" Dacus dies at the Kellmark Nursing Center in Rogers, Arkansas. A member of Bob Wills' original Texas Playboys from 1935-1940, he played on "San Antonio Rose" and "Maiden's Prayer," among others
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