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    • Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Among the rock artists who make the list are Bruce Springsteen, with "Atlantic City"; and Lynyrd Skynyrd, with "Sweet Home Alabama"
    Mar 24, 2003
    "The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection" is certified platinum by the RIAA, while the band's "All Time Greatest Hits" goes gold. Both contain "Sweet Home Alabama," one of country's 500 best singles, according to a Country Music Foundation book
    Jun 13, 2003
    "Sweet Home Alabama" co-writer Gary Rossington returns to the stage with Lynyrd Skynyrd in Karlsruhe, Germany, four months after having quintuple bypass surgery
    Aug 4, 2003
    Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington, a co-writer of "Sweet Home Alabama," is released from an Atlanta hospital after being treated for exhaustion and a mild seizure. Skynyrd cancels approximately three weeks of dates, allowing him to rest
    Aug 12, 2003
    Lynyrd Skynyrd announces the cancellation of a dozen dates on the advice of a neurologist who's prescribed more rest for "Sweet Home Alabama" songwriter Gary Rossington in the wake of a seizure
    Aug 12, 2003
    UTV releases the two-disc Lynyrd Skynyrd retrospective "Thyrty: 30th Anniversary Collection." It leads off with "Sweet Home Alabama," ranked in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 greatest singles
    Sep 30, 2003
    "Thyrty: 30th Anniversary Collection," a two-disc Lynyrd Skynyrd album, is certified gold by the RIAA. It leads off with "Sweet Home Alabama," ranked in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 greatest all-time singles
    Mar 5, 2004
    Epic releases Gretchen Wilson's debut single, "Redneck Woman," to radio. Along the way, Wilson namechecks redneck inspirations Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kid Rock, George Strait, Charlie Daniels, Tanya Tucker and Hank Williams Jr.
    Apr 10, 2004
    Lynyrd Skynyrd performs "Sweet Home Alabama" in a Southern rock-themed episode of the USA Network series "Nashville Star." Also heard: "The South's Gonna Do It," "Call Me The Breeze," "Can't You See" and "Ramblin' Man"
    Apr 22, 2004
    Troops with the Army's 4th Infantry Task Force receive a Welcome Home concert at Fort Hood, Texas, as they return from Iraq. On hand: Billy Ray Cyrus, John Michael Montgomery, Tracy Byrd, Jeff Bates, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Wayne Newton
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