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    • Jun 13, 1997
    Charley Pride serves as a wedding attendant when Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks gets married in Barbados
    Aug 30, 1997
    A passel of Elvis Presley memorabilia is auctioned in London and Berlin. The 300 lots of artifacts fetch $324,000 total, including $66,240 for The King's 1960s Gretsch guitar
    Sep 5, 1997
    Catholic nun Mother Teresa dies of heart failure in Calcutta, India. Hailed for her work with the poor, she provides part of the inspiration for Martina McBride to write the 2007 country hit "Anyway"
    Sep 12, 1997
    Billy Ray Cyrus begins his first overseas tour with a performance at the Country Night Gstaad Festival in Switzerland
    Sep 15, 1997
    The Wilkinsons, on the brink of economic disaster, move from Trenton, Ontario, to Nashville. They have a hit single with "26 Cents" by the following summer
    Sep 20, 1997
    Emmylou Harris begins a 12-day tour of Vietnam and Cambodia to raise awareness of landmines, a remnant of war that kills someone every 22 minutes
    Sep 27, 1997
    Bob Dylan performs for pope John Paul II in Bologna, Italy. The singer/songwriter ends up with a country hit the following year when Garth Brooks records his song "To Make You Feel My Love"
    Nov 27, 1997
    Former country hitmaker Tom Jones is among those paying respects at the funeral for INXS singer Michael Hutchence in Sydney, Australia
    Dec 5, 1997
    Ray Charles' manager, Carl Hunter, is arrested for suspicion of marijuana possession in Nagoya, Japan. Charles brought country to mass culture with his 1962 album "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music"
    Dec 11, 1997
    Emmylou Harris performs The Beatles' "In My Life" with Jewel and Sinead O'Connor at the Nobel Peace Prize concert at the Nationaltheateret in Oslo, Norway



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