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Jan 19, 1988
Songwriter/producer Paul DiGiovanni is born in Leominster, Massachusetts. Following a stint in the pop band Boys Like Girls, he moves to Nashville, where he produces Jordan Davis and pens several hits, including Dan + Shay's "How Not To" and Justin Moore's "The Ones That Didn't Make It Back Home"
Aug 13, 1990
Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt and several other artists announce they have purchased 25 acres of Walden Woods in Massachusetts. Raising funds to preserve it becomes a driving force in the creation of "Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles"
Apr 20, 1991
Willie Nelson sings "On The Road Again" and plops a cowboy hat on the head of reverend Jesse Jackson during an Earth Day concert at Sullivan Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The show also features Jackson Browne, Bruce Hornsby, The Indigo Girls, Queen Latifah and Rosanne Cash
May 4, 1991
"Chains Of Love" songwriter Ahmet Ertegun receives an honorary degree from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts
May 2, 1992
Bonnie Raitt receives an honorary music doctorate from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, five years after she appeared as a supporting vocalist on Vince Gill's country hit "Let's Do Something"
Aug 17, 1993
The U.S. postal service unveils a Patsy Cline stamp in Boston
Dec 22, 1993
Pop vocalist Meghan Trainor is born in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Introduced through her debut single "All About That Bass," she wins Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards in 2016 at the same time she's enjoying a country hit as a songwriter with Rascal Flatts' "I Like The Sound Of That"
May 15, 1994
Sting picks up an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He goes on to write and perform on the Toby Keith country hit "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
Aug 25, 1994
Jimmy Buffett's twin-engine plane crashes in the Maddaket Harbor near Nantucket, Massachusetts. Buffett is released by the hospital two hours later
May 6, 1995
Boston's Berklee College of Music bestows honorary degrees on Natalie Cole and "Bartender's Blues" writer James Taylor
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