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  • Dec 18, 1997
    President Bill Clinton names Bill Ivey as his choice to chair the National Endowment for the Arts. Ivey served as director of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum for 26 years
    Dec 19, 1997
    Deana Carter sings "Merry Christmas Darling" for president Bill Clinton as NBC airs "Christmas In Washington." Also appearing: Aaliyah, Hanson and Glenn Close
    Dec 26, 1997
    David Ball sings "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" in tribute to Bob Dylan as CBS airs "The Kennedy Center Honors." Also on the telecast are Charlton Heston, Bruce Springsteen, Mary Chapin Carpenter and president Bill Clinton
    Dec 29, 1997
    Jewel ranks among People magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People Of The Year." Also highlighted: Elton John, Beck, Julia Roberts and Bill Clinton
    Feb 8, 1998
    Martina McBride joins John Fogerty, Kirk Franklin and host Whoopi Goldberg in a Washington, D.C., concert attended by Bill Clinton. The evening becomes an NBC special, "A Gala For The President At Ford's Theatre"
    Feb 16, 1998
    Lorrie Morgan refutes a story in Star magazine that claims she had "a wild ride in the back seat of a limousine with president Bill Clinton." Morgan says her only interaction with Clinton has been in public, at the lighting of the national Christmas tree
    Apr 9, 1998
    Martina McBride, Whoopi Goldberg, John Fogerty and Bill Clinton are featured in the ABC-TV special "A Gala For The President At Ford's Theatre"
    Jun 5, 1998
    The Thoreau Institute, a pet project of The Eagles' Don Henley, officially opens in Lincoln, Massachusetts, at Walden Woods. His fellow band members are also in attendance, along with Jimmy Buffett and president Bill Clinton
    Sep 30, 1998
    Dolly Parton calls president Bill Clinton a "horny old toad" during an appearance on TNN's "Prime Time Country" 
    Nov 5, 1998
    "Mister Garfield" songwriter Ramblin' Jack Elliott and "Ain't That A Shame" songwriter Fats Domino are officially recognized with National Medals of Arts by president Bill Clinton at the White House. Domino is unable to attend

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