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May 11, 1989

Roy Orbison is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame during an event at New York's Radio City Music Hall

Jul 12, 1989

Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman comes down with food poisoning one day after the band announced tour plans in New York. The group's "Honky Tonk Women" is hailed among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation publication

Aug 21, 1989

Actress Hayden Panettiere is born in Palisades, New York. She portrays conniving country singer Juliette Barnes in the ABC-TV drama "Nashville" and sings on the Top 10 albums "The Music Of Nashville: Original Soundtrack Season 1 Volume 1" and "The Music Of Nashville: Original Soundtrack Season 1 Volume 2"

Aug 30, 1989

Pop vocalist Bebe Rexha is born in Brooklyn, New York. She earns a country hit with a 2017 Florida Georgia Line collaboration, "Meant To Be"

Sep 22, 1989

Songwriter Irving Berlin dies in New York. He wrote "Blue Skies," which became a hit from Willie Nelson's album "Stardust"; and penned "Annie Get Your Gun," which brings Reba McEntire to Broadway in 2001

Oct 5, 1989

K.T. Oslin and Clint Black play Carnegie Hall

Oct 13, 1989

Singer/songwriters Guy Clark, Joe Ely, John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett perform together for the first time at The Bottom Line in New York. They will periodically revisit their coffeehouse-style gatherings for more than 15 years

Oct 29, 1989

Alabama headlines a country show at legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City with George Strait, Merle Haggard and Ricky Van Shelton

Nov 23, 1989

Clint Black and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ride in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Mar 17, 1990

Arista Records celebrates its 15th anniversary with a concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Alan Jackson is the lone country star on the AIDS benefit, appearing alongside Carly Simon, Whitney Houston, Barry Manilow and Milli Vanilli

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