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Feb 9, 1999

"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing," written by Diane Warren, is nominated for Worst Original Song in the 19th annual Razzie awards. Mark Chesnutt's version of the song is a country hit at the time

Feb 24, 1999

Shania Twain's "You're Still The One" wins twice during the 41st annual Grammy Awards at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. She takes Best Female Country Vocal Performance, and shares Best Country Song with Robert John "Mutt" Lange

Mar 4, 1999

Silver screen cowboy Eddie Dean dies of emphysema in Westlake Village, California. An actor in numerous western movies, he wrote Tex Ritter's "I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven" and Jimmy Wakely's "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)"

Mar 9, 1999

Songwriter Mike Anthony dies at Nashville's Centennial Medical Center, a month after suffering both a heart attack and a stroke. He was responsible for John Michael Montgomery's "I Miss You A Little"

Mar 18, 1999

"Good Ol' Girls," a theatrical production that uses songs penned by Nashville songwriters Matraca Berg and Marshall Chapman, among others, debuts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Apr 1, 1999

Songwriter Jesse Stone dies in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Responsible for "Shake, Rattle And Roll," he also wrote "Don't Let Go," a pop hit for both Roy Hamilton and Isaac Hayes, and a 1974 country hit for Mel Tillis & Sherry Bryce

Apr 13, 1999

Mercury releases Shane Minor's self-titled debut album. While he never generates a hit as an artist, he finds success as a songwriter with Diamond Rio's "Beautiful Mess," Cole Swindell's "Chillin' It" and Craig Morgan's "International Harvester"

Apr 16, 1999

Shania Twain becomes the first woman named Songwriter/Artist of the Year in the Nashville Songwriter Achievement Awards. Phil Vassar wins Songwriter, and Song of the Year is a tie: "Holes In The Floor Of Heaven" and "Don't Laugh At Me"

May 1, 1999

Dixie Chick Emily Erwin marries Charlie Robison at a West Texas ranch. Fellow Chick Natalie Maines meets future husband Adrian Pasdar at the ceremony, where the bride's sister, Martie Seidel, performs a new song written for the wedding, "Cowboy Take Me Away"

May 10, 1999

Songwriter Shel Silverstein is found dead at his Key West, Florida, home following a heart attack. The multi-talented cartoonist and author wrote Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue," Bobby Bare's "Marie Laveau" and Loretta Lynn's "One's On The Way"

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