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    • 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 The Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley," the first winner of a country Grammy award
    Mar 17, 2006
    Tex Williams' "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" airs over the opening credits as the satirical movie "Thank You For Smoking" hits theaters in limited release. The movie also features The Kingston Trio on the Hoyt Axton-penned "Greenback Dollar"
    Apr 18, 2006
    Lakeshore releases the "Thank You For Smoking" soundtrack. In addition to songs from the picture by Tex Williams and The Kingston Trio, it features music by Jerry Reed, Otis Redding, The Platters, Patsy Cline and Ramblin' Jack Elliott
    Jan 19, 2008
    Singer/songwriter John Stewart dies following a stroke in a San Diego hospital. A former member of The Kingston Trio, he wrote Anne Murray's "Daydream Believer" and Rosanne Cash's "Runaway Train"
    Oct 1, 2008
    Nick Reynolds dies in San Diego. He was a founding member of the folk group The Kingston Trio, whose 1958 single "Tom Dooley" received the first Grammy for Best Country & Western Performance
    Jun 9, 2009
    George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry, along with The Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" and The Stanley Brothers' "Rank Stranger"
    Feb 12, 2011
    Dolly Parton, The Kingston Trio and George Beverly Shea are honored with Grammy Lifetime Achievements awards at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles
    Jul 28, 2017
    Josh Reynolds, son of the late Nick Reynolds, sues his father's former Kingston Trio partner, Bob Shane, in Los Angeles. Reynolds holds that he paid $100,000 for exclusive rights to tour under the band's name only to discover Shane was booking another trio with the same name
    Sep 18, 2019
    Three story songs with death-related plots are featured in episode four of the PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns." They include Lefty Frizzell's "The Long Black Veil," The Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" and Marty Robbins' "El Paso"
    Jan 26, 2020
    Bob Shane, the last original member of The Kingston Trio, dies with pneumonia in Phoenix. His group won the first Grammy for Best Country & Western Performance in 1959 for "Tom Dooley"
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