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    • Feb 1, 1989
    Baritone Paul Robi dies of cancer in Los Angeles. The singer held a spot in The Platters, whose smooth R&B approach netted a 1955 pop hit with "Only You (And You Alone)." Reba McEntire reworked the song as a country release in 1981
    Feb 1, 1989
    The Nashville Network announces it's establishing a new lifestyle magazine in October: Country America
    Feb 2, 1989
    Willie Nelson records "Nothing I Can Do About It Now"
    Feb 2, 1989
    Ricky Van Shelton leads in nominations for The Music City News awards with five, while Dwight Yoakam, Randy Travis and The Statler Brothers bag four apiece
    Feb 2, 1989
    Tammy Wynette reaches a settlement, ending her bankruptcy claim
    Feb 2, 1989
    The Country Music Association votes during quarterly meetings in San Diego to reinstate the CMA Video of the Year award. Instead of the artist, however, the trophy will go to the director
    Feb 3, 1989
    Film composer Lionel Newman dies of a heart attack at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Among his credits: "North To Alaska," "Hello, Dolly!" and "River Of No Return." The latter's theme became a country hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford
    Feb 3, 1989
    Alabama's Jeff Cook has his red fiddle stolen from the backstage area when the band plays the Murphy Center at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro
    Feb 4, 1989
    Earl Thomas Conley's "What I'd Say" takes over the #1 position on the Billboard country singles chart
    Feb 4, 1989
    Waylon Jennings takes over as Roy Clark's co-host for an episode of TV's "Hee Haw." The broadcast also boasts Louise Mandrell, Mac Wiseman and Ralph Emery
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