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May 24, 1988
Billy Gilman is born in Westerly, Rhode Island. Making his TV debut at age 11 on the Academy of Country Music awards, he becomes an ACM nominee by age 12, as his crystal vocal tones propel his debut album, "One Voice," to 1 million sales
Apr 3, 1998
Songwriter Jimmie Crane dies in his sleep in Rhode Island. He composed the Margo Smith hit "If I Give My Heart To You" as well as "Hurt," successful on the country charts for Elvis Presley, Connie Cato and Juice Newton
Jun 27, 2000
Twelve-year-old Billy Gilman loses a front tooth when he's hit by a golf ball on a course in Rhode Island. A doctor re-sets the tooth in time to save it
Sep 8, 2001
Hope Valley, Rhode Island, celebrates Billy Gilman Day with a one-hour parade
Apr 22, 2003
Billy Gilman and BlackHawk play a benefit at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Rhode Island for victims and survivors of a Great White club show in which pyrotechnics destroyed the venue in a blaze
Feb 25, 2008
John Rich, Dierks Bentley and Gretchen Wilson join hard-rockers Twisted Sister and Tesla in Phoenix Rising!, a benefit for victims of a Rhode Island nightclub fire at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence
Feb 14, 2010
Jake Owen, Steel Magnolia and Josh Thompson raise $12,000 for the American Heart Association with a benefit at the Crowne Plaza in Providence, Rhode Island
Apr 15, 2013
Taylor Swift tours a Rhode Island mansion that's up for sale. Before the month is out, she buys the home and five-acre lot for $17.75 million
May 14, 2013
A 22-year-old male is arrested on stalking charges when he emerges from the water at Taylor Swift's Rhode Island beach house, hoping to meet the singer
Dec 9, 2013
A Massachusetts man shows up at Taylor Swift's home in Westerly, Rhode Island, and blocks her driveway with his pickup truck. Police force him off the property
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