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Feb 22, 1988

Roy Wunsch is named to head Sony Music in Nashville. The company's artists include Willie Nelson, Tammy Wynette, George Jones and Shenandoah

Feb 23, 1988

Two days after his cousin, the reverend Jimmy Swaggart, confessed to committing an unspecified sin, Mickey Gilley tells The Nashville Banner he's shocked but still stands behind Swaggart. The offense, it will later be revealed, was seeing a prostitute

Mar 2, 1988

In a pairing of a current Entertainer of the Year and a former one, Johnny Cash and Hank Williams Jr. record "That Old Wheel" at the JMI Recording Studio in Nashville

Mar 7, 1988

Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Jessi Colter, Emmylou Harris and Waylon Jennings record Acuff's "As Long As I Live" at Nashville's JMI Recording Studio. Cash also enlists Rosanne Cash and The Everly Brothers on "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen"

Mar 19, 1988

Fiddler Sid Harkreader dies in Nashville. A former sideman for Uncle Dave Macon, he was a regular on the Grand Ole Opry during the radio show's early years

Mar 19, 1988

Little Texas guitarist Porter Howell marries Angela Womack at the First Baptist Church in Nashville. Duane Propes is a groomsman. Music is provided by Tim Rushlow, Dwayne O'Brien and Russell Terrell

Mar 22, 1988

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opens a new exhibit, "Johnny Cash: Man In Black." The display includes musical instruments, high-school report cards and the jacket he wore in his first concert in 1956

Apr 4, 1988

Garth Brooks auditions for Capitol Records executives Jim Foglesong and Lynn Shults. Two months later, after Shults sees him play a live club date, Brooks lands a recording deal with the label

Apr 11, 1988

Conway Twitty sells his shares in the Nashville Sounds minor league baseball team. Twitty owned 20% of the ballclub

Apr 26, 1988

The Nashville Network debuts a new awards show, where Randy Travis takes top honors with five trophies, including Entertainer of the Year. Two years later, the event is merged with The Music City News awards

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