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Nov 21, 1986
Tammy Wynette is admitted to a hospital in California for surgery to ease an abdominal obstruction
Dec 2, 1986
Jerry Lee Lewis checks into the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, with an addiction to painkillers
Dec 7, 1986
Future Academy of Country Music awards nominee Huey Lewis performs the national anthem with his pop band, The News, at San Francisco's Candlestick Park, where the NFL's 49ers beat the New York Jets, 24-10
Dec 10, 1986
Jerry Lee Lewis checks out of the Betty Ford Center before his treatment is completed and returns to Memphis, vowing to "stay clean and drug-free." Lewis didn't like the rules at the center
Dec 31, 1986
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Chuck Berry is inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk. His songs "Johnny B. Goode" and "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" became country hits for Buck Owens and Waylon Jennings
Jan 25, 1987
"(Ghost) Riders In The Sky," "Bonanza," "Footloose" and "Over The Rainbow" are played by the marching band during a Super Bowl XXI halftime show that features George Burns at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Neil Diamond sings the national anthem. The New York Giants defeat the Denver Broncos, 39-20
Jan 26, 1987
Alabama wins three American Music Awards in the country category, while The Judds net two, at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. Other country winners include: Willie Nelson, Barbara Mandrell, George Jones and Reba McEntire
Feb 1, 1987
Gene Autry joins actors Bob Hope and Jimmy Stewart to place mementoes in a time capsule at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, as Hollywood kicks off a year-long celebration of its 100th anniversary
Feb 4, 1987
Entertainer Liberace dies at his home in Palm Springs, California, of AIDS-related pneumonia. The pianist is referenced in the lyrics of Emmylou Harris' "Mister Sandman" and Tim McGraw's "It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You"
Feb 24, 1987
Reba McEntire, Alabama, George Strait, Randy Travis and The Judds are nominated three times apiece as finalists for the 22nd annual Academy of Country Music awards are announced in Los Angeles
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