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Nov 17, 1988
Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles headline a globally televised concert in Rome to raise money for African child vaccinations. Also appearing: Little Richard, Fats Domino, Bo Diddley, B.B. King and James Brown
Nov 17, 1988
Bass player Reid Perry is born in Jackson, Mississippi. He becomes one-third of The Band Perry, which earns a triple-platinum single with "If I Die Young" and wins the Country Music Association's New Artist of the Year in 2011
Nov 18, 1988
Ronnie Dunn wins the Marlboro Talent Roundup at The Stockyard in Nashville. Among the people he defeats is John Berry
Nov 18, 1988
Reprise releases Emmylou Harris' "Heartbreak Hill"
Nov 19, 1988
Ricky Van Shelton rises to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "I'll Leave This World Loving You"
Nov 19, 1988
Ricky Skaggs co-hosts "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark, joined on the episode by Grandpa Jones and The Whites
Nov 19, 1988
A court denies Johnny Lee's bid to open a nightclub in Guntersville, Alabama, a dry county. The judge says "Lemonade might not have mixed well with Hank Williams"
Nov 19, 1988
Sophia's wedding on "The Golden Girls" is attended by Elvis Presley impersonators, who sing the "Hawaiian Wedding Song"
Nov 20, 1988
Hoyt Axton plays a sheriff in an episode of the CBS drama "Murder, She Wrote"
Nov 20, 1988
Characters in the FOX-TV sitcom "Married...With Children" sell T-shirts stamped with the sweat of Elvis Presley
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