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Mar 8, 1999
Baseball Hall of Fame member Joe DiMaggio dies in Hollywood, Florida. The former New York Yankees outfielder was referenced in Bill Anderson's 1970 country hit "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone"
Mar 8, 1999
Faith Hill earns six nominations for the Academy of Country Music's "Hat" awards. Garth Brooks, Steve Wariner and Brooks & Dunn each appear four times on the ballot
Mar 9, 1999
MCA releases "The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection." It includes "Sweet Home Alabama," heralded among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Mar 9, 1999
George Jones is removed from a ventilator at Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center, three days after a life-threatening one-car accident. The wreck caused a ruptured liver, a collapsed lung and internal bleeding
Mar 9, 1999
Reprise Records releases Claudia Church's self-titled debut album, produced by her husband, Rodney Crowell
Mar 9, 1999
Tracy Byrd's 16-month-old son, Logan, suffers second-degree burns on his left hand and foot when he turns up the hot water while Daddy is looking away
Mar 9, 1999
Clay Walker and Asleep At The Wheel's Ray Benson overdub their vocals to a remake of "Take Me Back To Tulsa" at Nashville's Music Mill. The song is added to the Bob Wills tribute album "Ride With Bob," which picks up a Grammy nomination
Mar 9, 1999
Songwriter Mike Anthony dies at Nashville's Centennial Medical Center, a month after suffering both a heart attack and a stroke. He was responsible for John Michael Montgomery's "I Miss You A Little"
Mar 9, 1999
Garth Brooks' mother, Colleen Brooks, has surgery for throat cancer at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. The operation takes 12 hours
Mar 10, 1999
Asleep At The Wheel holds its second recording session with The Dixie Chicks, at Nashville's Westwood Studio, to work on "Roly Poly" for a tribute album to Bob Wills. The track receives a Grammy nomination 10 months later
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