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Mar 15, 1999
Irish pop singer Ronan Keating and his wife, Yvonne, have a son, Jack Keating. Two years later, Dad appears on the country charts as a songwriter of the Brooks & Dunn hit "The Long Goodbye"
Mar 15, 1999
Buddy Holly's widow, Maria Elena Holly, files suit in Lubbock, Texas, against MCA, two members of The Crickets, and Lyle Walker, charging fraud has cost the estate millions of dollars in royalties
Mar 15, 1999
MCA announces Tracy Byrd is leaving the label, where he debuted in 1993
Mar 15, 1999
The Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines receives a distinguished alumni honor from Boston's Berklee College. She studied music, as a voice major, at the institution in 1995
Mar 15, 1999
Garth Brooks reaches base for the first time during spring training with the San Diego Padres. Brooks walks, then scores when the next batter hits a home run against the Milwaukee Brewers, but the Padres lose, 6-4, in Phoenix
Mar 15, 1999
Garth Brooks takes a ribbing in Baseball America for attending spring training with the San Diego Padres. Writes columnist Peter Gammons: "At least one good baseball mind in that organization recommended Shania Twain over Brooks"
Mar 15, 1999
Diamond Rio records "One More Day"
Mar 15, 1999
Bob Wills is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, alongside Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Paul McCartney, who end up playing together in a jam session at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. Also added: Del Shannon, The Staple Singers, Dusty Springfield and record producer George Martin
Mar 16, 1999
North Carolina governor James B. Hunt pardons Randy Travis for four offenses committed as a teenager from 1975-1977. The charges included carrying a concealed weapon, breaking and entering, and larceny
Mar 16, 1999
Pam Tillis makes her Broadway debut at the Virginia Theatre, beginning a three-week run in "Smokey Joe's Cafe," a musical revue built around the songs of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Among the songs she tackles: "Jailhouse Rock" and "Kansas City"
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