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    • Nov 3, 1992
    Bill Clinton is elected president, spurring singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson to note that, "Between us, Bill Clinton and I have settled any lingering myths about the brilliance of Rhodes Scholars"
    Jan 25, 1993
    When Billy Ray Cyrus wins Favorite Country Single at the 20th annual American Music Awards, his acceptance speech takes aim at Travis Tritt: "This is for all the people who don't like 'Achy Breaky Heart.' Here's a quarter, call someone who cares"
    Feb 13, 1993
    Billy Ray Cyrus occupies the cover of TV Guide, where he responds to a fellow performer's putdown of "Achy Breaky Heart" the previous June: "I believe Travis Tritt has a personal problem"
    Mar 3, 1993
    Travis Tritt backs out of surgery slated for the next day to remove cartilage in his knee, injured several weeks earlier while walking. "I figure God put cartilage in there for some reason," he says. "I'm leaving it where it is"
    Mar 23, 1993
    Bruce Springsteen surprises the audience at Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey, when he rips off his shirt and launches into Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart." "Everybody gets a giggle out of it," he says, "but that tune is just damn good"
    Mar 29, 1993
    Garth Brooks appears on "The Barbara Walters Special," where he tells the nation his sister is a lesbian. She reportedly has not told her parents. He also says he's made "more money than my grandchildren's grandchildren can spend"
    Apr 1, 1993
    Garth Brooks makes the cover of Rolling Stone, where he defends his stance on homosexuality and interracial marriage in "We Shall Be Free": "I do believe that God exists. I do believe in the Bible. But I can't see that loving somebody is a sin"
    Jul 5, 1993
    Advertising Age names Mercury Records executive Steve Miller among the nation's top 100 marketers for overseeing the campaign that launched Billy Ray Cyrus. Miller says he wanted to make Cyrus "look like the best-kept secret in the U.S."
    Aug 30, 1993
    The Sporting News quotes Emmylou Harris' assessment of what to watch on tour: "The only thing on television that isn't going to give you a headache is baseball." Of course, she follows the Atlanta Braves, not the Chicago Cubs
    Nov 27, 1993
    In a TV Guide cover story, Dolly Parton denies that she has a sexual relationship with longtime friend Judy Ogle: "We have done everything together, but not that"



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