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    • Jan 21, 1987
    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame adds Roy Orbison, Hank Williams, Rick Nelson, Jackie Wilson, Leiber & Stoller, Carl Perkins, Clyde McPhatter, Louis Jordan, Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Joe Turner, Eddie Cochran, B.B. King, Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin during a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
    Mar 9, 1987
    The Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Carole King, Sam Cooke, Gerry Goffin, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Carole Bayer Sager and Bob Merrill in a New York ceremony
    Sep 19, 1987
    Jerry Reed and former Elvis Presley producer Felton Jarvis join the Georgia Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony at Atlanta's World Congress Center
    Oct 10, 1987
    Sonny Throckmorton and Roy Orbison join the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame. Throckmorton wrote The Judds' "Why Not Me" and T.G. Sheppard's "Last Cheater's Waltz." Orbison's credits include "Blue Bayou," "Crying" and "You Got It"
    Oct 12, 1987
    Comedian Rod Brasfield joins the Country Music Hall of Fame during the 21st annual Country Music Association awards show at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville
    Dec 8, 1987
    Mike Reid is inducted into the College Football Hall Of Fame in Kings Island, Ohio, honoring his Outland Trophy-winning career at Penn State
    Jan 20, 1988
    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Les Paul, Berry Gordy Jr., The Beach Boys, The Drifters and The Supremes
    Mar 2, 1988
    Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" is added to the Grammy Hall of Fame along with Chuck Berry's "Maybellene" and Artie Shaw's version of "Star Dust"
    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 18, 1988
    R&B songwriters Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland are inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York. Noted for dozens of Motown hits, their song "You Can't Hurry Love" gets covered by The Dixie Chicks for "Runaway Bride"



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