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    • Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation issues "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Bob Dylan makes the list with "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You." His former backing band, The Band, places "Up On Cripple Creek"
    Jun 25, 2003
    Shania Twain is inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, along with Robbie Robertson, of The Band, and comedian Mike Myers
    Mar 5, 2004
    The movie version of "Starsky & Hutch" debuts with airings of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" and Waylon Jennings' "I'm A Ramblin' Man." Also on the soundtrack: The Starland Vocal Band, Sammy Johns, The Band, Eric Clapton and Aerosmith
    Mar 9, 2004
    TVT releases the "Starsky & Hutch" soundtrack, boasting Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" and Waylon Jennings' "I'm A Ramblin' Man," plus The Band's "The Weight" and The Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight"
    Feb 7, 2006
    Blender hits newsstands with a list of "The 50 Most Awesomely Dead Rock Stars." The bottom half includes The Band's Richard Manuel and Rick Danko, #26; Gram Parsons, #30; Alan Lomax, #41; Warren Zevon, #44; Bobby Darin, #47; and Stephen Foster, #49
    Oct 6, 2006
    Martin Scorsese's movie "The Departed" debuts in theaters with Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" used three times. Also heard are John Lennon, The Beach Boys, The Allman Brothers Band, LaVern Baker, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, The Band and Badfinger
    Nov 7, 2006
    Warner Bros. releases the soundtrack to "The Departed." Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" resides alongside The Allman Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Badfinger, Van Morrison, The Band, The Beach Boys and LaVern Baker
    Jan 30, 2007
    429 releases "Endless Highway: The Music Of The Band." The tribute album includes Lee Ann Womack's version of "The Weight," plus recordings by Rosanne Cash, Josh Turner, The Allman Brothers Band and John Hiatt & The North Mississippi All-Stars
    Mar 13, 2007
    The Associated Press reports Levon Helm sued a New York advertising firm in December for using The Band's "The Weight" in a Cingular phone commercial. Helm notes that he was paid the proper percentage, but that the price was inadequate
    Feb 9, 2008
    Earl Scruggs, Burt Bacharach and The Band are given Lifetime Achievement Grammys during a ceremony at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles
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