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  • Dec 12, 1988
    Good morning, and welcome: Rodney Crowell and Rosanne Cash have a daughter, Carrie Kathleen Crowell, at 1:26 a.m.
    Dec 13, 1988
    "Reba" becomes Reba McEntire's fifth RIAA-certified gold album
    Dec 13, 1988
    Bruce Springsteen's divorce from Julianne Phillips is finalized. Springsteen wrote "Stand On It," a country hit for Mel McDaniel two years prior
    Dec 13, 1988
    A memorial for Roy Orbison at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles draws Kris Kristofferson, Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, J.D. Souther, Graham Nash and Tom Petty. The evening's performances naturally include "Oh, Pretty Woman" and "Blue Bayou"
    Dec 13, 1988
    Lisa Hartman, a future Grammy nominee, makes a guest appearance on NBC's "Matlock" alongside series star Andy Griffith
    Dec 14, 1988
    Capitol releases Don Williams' "Old Coyote Town"
    Dec 16, 1988
    The Dustin Hoffman/Tom Cruise movie "Rain Man" opens. Music in the picture includes Kathy Mattea's "Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses" and Bob Luman's "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers"
    Dec 17, 1988
    Dolly Parton performs "Hard Candy Christmas" on the NBC special "Bob Hope's Jolly Christmas Show." Parton and Hope also duet on "Silver Bells"
    Dec 17, 1988
    Restless Heart reels in a #1 single on the Billboard country chart with "A Tender Lie"
    Dec 17, 1988
    The Sweethearts Of The Rodeo, Jerry Jeff Walker and Mel Tillis are featured on the week's edition of "Hee Haw"

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