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    • Feb 2, 1990
    Time-Life releases "Sounds Of The '70s: 1977," featuring Glen Campbell's "Southern Nights," Linda Ronstadt's "Blue Bayou" and Paul Simon's "Slip Slidin' Away," with The Oak Ridge Boys on backing vocals
    Aug 15, 1991
    Paul Simon performs for an estimated 750,000 people in a free concert at New York's Central Park that airs on HBO. Songs include "Bridge Over Troubled Water," a 1971 country hit for Buck Owens; and "The Boxer," a 1980 release by Emmylou Harris
    Mar 14, 1992
    Willie Nelson's Farm Aid V draws about 40,000 fans in Irving, Texas, with Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joe Walsh, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ricky Van Shelton, The Kentucky HeadHunters, Lorrie Morgan, Hal Ketchum and Paul Simon
    May 30, 1992
    Pop singer/songwriter Paul Simon marries musician Edie Brickell in Montauk, New York. Two of his songs became country hits: "Bridge Over Troubled Water," for Buck Owens; and "The Boxer," for Emmylou Harris
    Dec 28, 1992
    Singer/songwriter Paul Simon and Edie Brickell have a son, Adrian Edward Simon, in New York. The elder Simon has had his songs "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer" turned into country hits by Buck Owens and Emmylou Harris
    Apr 24, 1993
    Willie Nelson holds Farm Aid VI in Ames, Iowa, with Sawyer Brown, Martina McBride, The Kentucky HeadHunters, Marty Stuart, Dwight Yoakam, Waylon Jennings, Ringo Starr, Bryan Adams, Paul Simon, Travis Tritt, Ricky Van Shelton and others. Nelson closes with "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," "I'll Fly Away" and "I Saw The Light"
    May 15, 1993
    I'm goin' to Graceland: Paul Simon and Willie Nelson appear on "Saturday Night Live"
    May 22, 1993
    CBS airs "Willie Nelson The Big Six-0: An All-Star Birthday Celebration," with Ray Charles, B.B. King, Paul Simon, Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Travis Tritt, Lyle Lovett, Bob Dylan, Marty Stuart, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. The special closes with a mass rendition of "Whiskey River"
    Feb 24, 1998
    Ben E. King's "Stand By Me," The Miracles' "You've Really Got A Hold On Me," The Five Satins' "In The Still Of The Nite," Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and Johnnie Ray's "Cry" join the Grammy Hall of Fame with records by Carole King, The Drifters, James Taylor, Sam Cooke, Henry Mancini, Woody Guthrie, B.B. King and The Weavers
    Dec 7, 1998
    "Sounds Of The '70s: 1977" is certified gold by the RIAA. It features Glen Campbell's "Southern Nights," Linda Ronstadt's "Blue Bayou" and Paul Simon's "Slip Slidin' Away," with The Oak Ridge Boys on backing vocals
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