Dec 7, 1995

Reba McEntire's covers album, "Starting Over," is certified gold and platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America

Jan 4, 1996

CBS-TV presents "Grand Ole Opry 70th Anniversary Celebration," with appearances by Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, Martina McBride, Little Jimmy Dickens, Don Gibson, Clint Black, Dolly Parton and Barbara Mandrell, among others

Jan 14, 1996

Wynonna Judd sings the national anthem before an NFL playoff game at Texas Stadium in Irving. Reba McEntire and Faith Hill sit in Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' box as Dallas upends the Green Bay Packers, 38-27

Jan 29, 1996

Garth Brooks refuses to accept the American Music Awards' Favorite Artist of the Year honor, saying he "cannot agree with this." Backstage, he says it should have gone to Hootie + The Blowfish. Brooks does take two other awards, while The Eagles get three. Other winners: Reba McEntire, Alabama and Shania Twain

Feb 8, 1996

Perennial favorites Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire are announced as finalists for the People's Choice Awards

Mar 6, 1996

More than 1,500 people attend a memorial service for Minnie Pearl at the Brentwood United Methodist Church, including The Hagers, Chet Atkins, Porter Wagoner, Ricky Skaggs, Radney Foster, Hank Williams Jr., Bill Anderson and Reba McEntire

Mar 10, 1996

Garth Brooks and Reba McEntire are named Favorite Male Musical Performer and Favorite Female Musical Performer, respectively, during the People's Choice Awards, broadcast on CBS

Mar 27, 1996

A federal appeals court rules the pilot was the only person responsible for the accident that took the lives of nine Reba McEntire associates in March 1991. Among them: singer/songwriter Chris Austin, who wrote Ricky Skaggs' "Same Ol' Love"

Sep 4, 1996

Reba McEntire opens her new Starstruck offices on Music Row, a building that some estimate at $55 million, a figure she says is waaaay off base. Among more than a thousand visitors to her open house: Brooks & Dunn, Terri Clark and Linda Davis

Sep 16, 1996

MCA releases Reba McEntire's "The Fear Of Being Alone"