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Sep 13, 1994
Mercury releases "Red Hot + Country," a benefit album for AIDS featuring Mary Chapin Carpenter, Billy Ray Cyrus, Radney Foster, Dolly Parton, Randy Scruggs, Johnny Cash, Mark Chesnutt and Kathy Mattea with Jackson Browne, among others
Nov 10, 1994
During a week of celebrity competition, Kathy Mattea beats "Melrose Place" star Doug Savant and "The Bold And The Beautiful" actor Michael Sabatino on "Jeopardy," winning $10,000 for the American Foundation for AIDS Research
Dec 1, 1994
Kathy Mattea receives the first AIDS Awareness Award from the Harvard AIDS Institute during a Country Cares concert at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House
Jan 19, 1995
Garth Brooks takes part in Commitment To Life VIII, a concert raising money for AIDS Project Los Angeles. Staged at the Universal Amphitheatre, it also features appearances by Elton John, Don Henley, Tammy Wynette, and Clint Black, who covers "Viva Las Vegas"
Aug 7, 1995
WSIX-FM personality Chuck "Hoss" Burns becomes the first major country figure to publicly admit he has AIDS, sharing his story on the air and in The Tennessean. "This is my greatest challenge," he says, "to show my dirty underwear to everybody"
Aug 15, 1995
Eight days after air personality "Hoss" Burns publicly admitted he has AIDS, Nashville radio station WSIX-FM conducts a 12-hour on-air tribute. Among the country stars who take part in the broadcast are Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Marty Stuart, Kathy Mattea and Steve Wariner
Oct 24, 1995
Nat Kelly Cole, the adopted son of Nat "King" Cole, dies of AIDS in Los Angeles. His father recorded a pair of songs that appeared in 1944 in an early incarnation of Billboard's country charts
Dec 4, 1995
In a first, a female impersonator performs at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House for the third annual CARES concert to raise money for AIDS agencies. Artists on the bill include: Pam Tillis, K.T. Oslin, WSIX-FM's Hoss Burns and Billy Ray Cyrus
Oct 6, 1996
K.T. Oslin, Clint Black, Kathy Mattea, Mandy Barnett and Pam Tillis perform at the annual CARES concert held at Nashville's War Memorial Auditorium. The event raises $25,000 for AIDS organizations
Oct 18, 1998
Kathy Mattea serves as honorary chairwoman for the Nashville AIDS Walk, a 3.2-mile course at the Bicentennial Mall
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