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    • Feb 24, 1998
    Roy Acuff's "Wabash Cannonball," The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," The Carter Family's "Can The Circle Be Unbroken (Bye And Bye)," Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" and Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" enter the Grammy Hall of Fame
    Jun 2, 1998
    Helen Carter dies in Nashville. A member of The Carter Sisters, she was a regular performer on "The Johnny Cash Show" and wrote a handful of hits, including Margie Bowes' "Poor Old Heartsick Me" and Cash's "Rosanna's Going Wild"
    Oct 23, 1998
    Mother Maybelle Carter's guitar, a Gibson L-5 archtop, goes on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame on the 20th anniversary of her death
    Feb 24, 1999
    The Carter Family's "Wildwood Flower," Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine" are among the pre-1950 records joining the Grammy Hall of Fame, with music by Louis Armstrong, Frankie Yankovic and Fats Waller
    Feb 24, 1999
    Three executive producers win Best Southern, Country, Or Bluegrass Gospel Album for the soundtrack to "The Apostle." Among its contributors: Wynonna, Gary Chapman, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Patty Loveless, Lyle Lovett, Lari White, The Carter Family, Johnny Cash and Emmylou Harris
    Jul 29, 1999
    Anita Carter dies at home in Nashville. She joined mother Maybelle, plus sisters June and Helen Carter in The Carter Sisters, and scored a trio of hits between 1951 and 1968, two of them in duets with Hank Snow and Waylon Jennings
    Dec 14, 2000
    NPR hails The Carter Family's "Wildwood Flower" among the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century
    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 two written by A.P. Carter: The Carter Family's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and Roy Acuff's "Wabash Cannonball"
    Dec 10, 2002
    Sony releases a three-CD album, "Freedom: Songs From The Heart Of America." It includes The Carter Family's "Can The Circle Be Unbroken," plus tracks by Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Gene Autry, Marty Robbins, Louise Massey and Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers
    Jan 12, 2003
    PBS debuts "Freedom: The Story Of Us." Music includes The Carter Family's "Can The Circle Be Unbroken," plus Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Gene Autry, Louise Massey & The Westerners and Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers
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