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Feb 18, 1988

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner perform together for the first time since their 1974 breakup, while taping an episode of "Dolly!" at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House

Feb 20, 1988

Randy Travis performs "Forever And Ever, Amen" as the musical guest on a Tom Hanks-hosted episode of "Saturday Night Live" on NBC

Feb 20, 1988

Ricky Skaggs co-hosts the syndicated TV show "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark, joined by bluegrass trio The Whites

Feb 27, 1988

John Conlee, k.d. lang and The Statler Brothers nail down the musical guest slots for an installment of TV's "Hee Haw"

Mar 5, 1988

"Dolly!" returns to the ABC airwaves after a three-week layoff with guests Barbara Mandrell, Smokey Robinson, Tom Selleck and The Temptations. Parton and Mandrell duet on Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are"

Mar 5, 1988

The CBS special "Willie Nelson, Texas Style" debuts, with Nelson and Ray Charles teaming on "Milk Cow Blues." Other guests include Asleep At The Wheel and Bruce Hornsby & The Range. Nelson sings "On The Road Again," "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" and "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)"

Mar 19, 1988

Dolly Parton's feud with Porter Wagoner ends, as they perform "Long Journey Home" on her ABC-TV series "Dolly!"

Mar 28, 1988

Charley Pride's "You're So Good When You're Bad" is featured in a climactic moment on the CBS sitcom "Designing Women"

Mar 30, 1988

"Hee Haw" tapes its 20th anniversary show at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, with former co-host Buck Owens joining such regulars as Roy Clark and Grandpa Jones, plus special guests Dolly Parton, George Jones and Conway Twitty

Apr 9, 1988

The Desert Rose Band performs "He's Back And I'm Blue" and Jerry Lee Lewis does "Great Balls Of Fire" on the ABC variety show "Dolly!" Bob Hope, Loretta Swit and Miss Piggy also appear on the episode, which closes with Dolly Parton singing "I Will Always Love You"

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