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    • Dec 6, 1995
    The "Forrest Gump" soundtrack is certified quintuple-platinum by the RIAA. The album features Willie Nelson's "On The Road Again" and Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" along with music by Bob Dylan, Nilsson, Lynyrd Skynyrd, B.J. Thomas, Bob Seger and Creedence Clearwater Revival, among others
    May 24, 1996
    Lynyrd Skynyrd is added to the Hollywood RockWalk. The band's standard "Sweet Home Alabama" is named among the 500 greatest country singles of all-time in 2003 in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Mar 7, 1997
    The Time-Life album "Sounds Of The '70s: 1975" is certified gold by the RIAA. It includes Linda Ronstadt's "Love Is A Rose," alongside Elton John, The Doobie Brothers, LaBelle, The Staple Singers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Orleans and others
    Apr 12, 1997
    Travis Tritt marries Theresa Nelson at his home in Paulding County, Georgia, with Marty Stuart serving as best man. Tritt sings "More Than You'll Ever Know" to the bride. Also attending: Tanya Tucker, Lari White, Connie Smith and Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Nov 18, 1997
    The "Lynyrd Skynyrd" three-disc box set is certified gold by the RIAA. It features "Sweet Home Alabama," tabbed among the 500 greatest country singles of all-time in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Apr 28, 1998
    CMC/Sanctuary releases Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Lyve From Steel Town." The band includes vocalist Johnny Van Zant, who earns a country hit seven years later as a member of the duo Van Zant
    Jul 10, 1998
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Skynyrd's Innyrds/Their Greatest Hits" earns a double-platinum album from the RIAA. It contains "Sweet Home Alabama," named one of the 500 greatest country singles of all-time in a Country Music Foundation book, "Heartaches By The Number"
    Aug 25, 1998
    MCA releases the double-album "The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd." It includes "Sweet Home Alabama," cited in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among the 500 greatest country singles of all-time
    Sep 20, 1998
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" is featured in an episode of FOX-TV's "That '70s Show." The song is ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Sep 21, 1998
    The compilation album "Harley-Davidson Cycles: Road Songs" is certified gold and platinum by the RIAA. It includes The Charlie Daniels Band's "The Devil Went Down To Georgia," plus songs by The Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Byrds, The Band and Bob Seger
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