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Jan 12, 1998

Gene Vincent, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and "Southern Nights" songwriter Allen Toussaint are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame during a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

Feb 24, 1998

Roy Orbison receives a Grammy lifetime achievement award during a New York ceremony, while BMI executive Frances Preston picks up a trustees award, and record producer George Massenburg earns a technical Grammy

Feb 25, 1998

Alison Krauss + Union Station win three trophies--Best Country Vocal by a Duo or Group, for "Looking In The Eyes Of Love"; Country Instrumental, "Little Liza Jane"; and Best Bluegrass Album, "So Long So Wrong"--during the 40th annual Grammy Awards at New York's Madison Square Garden

Feb 28, 1998

Garth Brooks serves as both host and musical guest, performing "Two Pina Coladas" on the NBC show "Saturday Night Live"

Mar 30, 1998

David Kersh is in the audience when Les Paul plays The Iridium in New York

Apr 14, 1998

Shania Twain joins Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin, Gloria Estefan and Carole King at New York's Beacon Theatre for a taping of "VH1 Divas Live," with all six singers combining talents on "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"

Apr 24, 1998

Margaret Whiting, who sang "Slipping Around" with Jimmy Wakely, trips over the pavement at 57th Street & Sixth Avenue in New York, breaking her knee. Whiting and husband Jack Wrangler sue the city for $3 million

Jun 10, 1998

Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew are inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame during a ceremony in New York. Their seminal rock & roll song "Ain't That A Shame" was revived in the country charts by Hank Williams Jr. in 1972

Sep 23, 1998

Garth Brooks becomes the first artist to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year award four times. Brooks accepts his award via satellite from Buffalo, where he's performing

Nov 1, 1998

Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell perform at New York's Madison Square Garden. In the crowd: Naomi and Ashley Judd, seated next to Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman

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