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    • Feb 20, 1988
    The Grand Ole Opry celebrates Roy Acuff's 50th anniversary with the radio show. He performs "Wabash Cannonball," "Great Speckled Bird," "I Saw The Light" and "I'll Fly Away." The evening also marks the first Opry appearance by Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton as a duet since their 1974 split
    Feb 20, 1988
    Randy Travis performs "Forever And Ever, Amen" as the musical guest on a Tom Hanks-hosted episode of "Saturday Night Live" on NBC
    Feb 22, 1988
    MCA releases George Strait's album "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"
    Feb 22, 1988
    Mercury releases Kathy Mattea's "Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses"
    Feb 22, 1988
    Roy Wunsch is named to head Sony Music in Nashville. The company's artists include Willie Nelson, Tammy Wynette, George Jones and Shenandoah
    Feb 23, 1988
    "Born To Boogie" earns a platinum album from the RIAA for Hank Williams Jr.
    Feb 23, 1988
    Two days after his cousin, the reverend Jimmy Swaggart, confessed to committing an unspecified sin, Mickey Gilley tells The Nashville Banner he's shocked but still stands behind Swaggart. The offense, it will later be revealed, was seeing a prostitute
    Feb 23, 1988
    Hank Williams Jr. and Randy Travis lead the list of finalists for the Academy Of Country Music awards, receiving six nominations apiece. Both are up for Entertainer of the Year, along with Alabama, Reba McEntire and Willie Nelson
    Feb 25, 1988
    Randy Travis sets a new concert attendance record at the Houston Astrodome, attracting 49,702 fans
    Feb 26, 1988
    Songwriter Jordan M. Schmidt is born in Duluth, Minnesota. He goes on to author Jason Aldean's "You Make It Easy," Florida Georgia Line's "Smooth" and the Blake Shelton single "God's Country"
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