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    • Nov 12, 1997
    Exactly one month after his death, John Denver collects his first RIAA-certified gold album in 14 years, for "The Wildlife Concert"
    Nov 14, 1997
    Charley Pride cancels several concerts following surgery for a cancerous growth on his vocal cords
    Nov 14, 1997
    Johnny Cash's manager says the singer is being treated for Shy-Drager syndrome at Nashville's Baptist Hospital
    Nov 16, 1997
    Atlanta doctors discover songwriter Carole Joyner Gourley, best known for writing Sonny James' "Young Love," has advanced cancer. She dies three weeks later
    Nov 17, 1997
    George Strait gets pegged as the Sexiest Country Singer in People magazine's "Sexiest Men" issue
    Nov 17, 1997
    "The Woman In Me" makes Shania Twain the first female country artist to have an album certified by the RIAA for shipments of 10 million copies
    Nov 17, 1997
    LeAnn Rimes' album "Blue" is certified quintuple-platinum by the RIAA, while her single "How Do I Live" is recognized as double-platinum
    Nov 17, 1997
    Lari White and her husband, songwriter Chuck Cannon, welcome a daughter, M'Kenzy Rayne Cannon
    Nov 17, 1997
    Classic concert moment: Olivia Newton-John is joined by Vince Gill to sing "You're The One That I Want," from "Grease," during a benefit at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House. Also on the bill: Michael McDonald, Peter Frampton and Kim Carnes
    Nov 17, 1997
    Hal Ketchum gets engaged to Gina Giglio in the Austin airport, where he presents her a bouquet of flowers with a ring pointedly attached to one of the buds
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