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    • Mar 15, 1999
    Bob Wills is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, alongside Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Paul McCartney, who end up playing together in a jam session at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. Also added: Del Shannon, The Staple Singers, Dusty Springfield and record producer George Martin
    Aug 10, 1999
    DreamWorks releases Asleep At The Wheel's second Bob Wills tribute album, "Ride With Bob." It features guest appearances by Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Lee Ann Womack, among others
    Aug 19, 2000
    Dale Evans, Bob Wills and Charlie Walker are made new members of the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage
    Mar 7, 2001
    The Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts cite 365 titles as Songs of the Century, including Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys' western swing classic "New San Antonio Rose"
    Oct 19, 2001
    The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame officially inducts western-swing acts Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Johnnie Lee Wills, Luke Wills and Billy Jack Wills during a ceremony at the Muskogee Civic Center
    Oct 26, 2002
    Tex Ritter and Bob Wills are entered into the Texas Trail of Fame in Fort Worth
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Six Bob Wills titles make the list, including "Time Changes Everything," "Brain Cloudy Blues," "Roly-Poly" and "Take Me Back To Tulsa"
    Mar 28, 2003
    CMT pays a nod to "The 40 Greatest Men Of Country Music" The list includes such Country Hall of Famers as Ernest Tubb, #21; Bob Wills, #27; Chet Atkins, #28; and Lefty Frizzell, #31
    Jun 8, 2003
    Bob Wills is the lone western swing figure to make the list when CMT debuts its "100 Greatest Songs Of Country Music." "Faded Love" is ranked at #98
    Mar 19, 2004
    The Library of Congress adds 50 titles to its National Recording Registry. The new additions include "Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison," Patsy Cline's "Crazy" and Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys' "New San Antonio Rose," plus music by Chuck Berry, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen and Carole King
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