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Jan 6, 1993
Bill Wyman officially quits The Rolling Stones during the broadcast of "London Tonight." He played bass on "Honky Tonk Women," named in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 greatest singles
Apr 29, 1993
Rock musician Mick Ronson dies of cancer-related liver failure in London. Most closely associated with David Bowie, Mott The Hoople and Lou Reed, he co-produced a pair of country hits for David Lynn Jones in the late-1980s
May 8, 1993
Mark Knopfler receives an honorary music degree from the University of Newcastle in England. The rock guitarist wrote Highway 101's "Setting Me Up," John Anderson's "When It Comes To You" and Mary Chapin Carpenter's "The Bug"
Nov 28, 1993
Songwriter Tommie Connor dies in Farmborough, United Kingdom. Jimmy Boyd earned a Top 10 country hit with Connor's holiday composition, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
Sep 6, 1994
Session keyboard player Nicky Hopkins dies in London. Known for his work with The Rolling Stones, John Lennon and The Kinks, the rocker also backed Steve Earle and Joe Walsh on the soundtrack to "The Beverly Hillbillies"
May 3, 1995
Johnny Cash suffers pain from a reaction to facial surgery during a show at the Royal Albert Hall in London and cancels the remainder of his European tour
Aug 11, 1995
Gail Davies marries bass player Rob Price in Leeds, England
Oct 17, 1995
A London court sentences the former financial advisor for pop singer Sting to six years in jail for embezzling $9.4 million. Sting is destined to appear in country music, joining Toby Keith on a remake of "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
Dec 17, 1995
Pop singer Sting and Trudie Styler have a son, Giacomo Luke, in London. Two years later, Sting joins country singer Toby Keith on a remake of his parental tale, "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
Jun 14, 1996
George Martin, best known for producing The Beatles, is knighted in the United Kingdom. He also produced Kenny Rogers' country hits "Morning Desire" and "Tomb Of The Unknown Love"
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