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  • Apr 1, 1988
    Baillie & The Boys founders Kathie Baillie and Michael Bonagura welcome a daughter, Alyssa Bonagura, in Tennessee
    Apr 2, 1988
    Reba McEntire's "Love Will Find Its Way To You" finds its way to #1 on the Billboard country singles list
    Apr 4, 1988
    MCA releases Skip Ewing's debut album, "The Coast Of Colorado"
    Apr 4, 1988
    Garth Brooks auditions for Capitol Records executives Jim Foglesong and Lynn Shults. Two months later, after Shults sees him play a live club date, Brooks lands a recording deal with the label
    Apr 4, 1988
    Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens record "Streets Of Bakersfield" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood
    Apr 8, 1988
    Alan and Suzanne Osmond give birth to a seventh son, Alexander Thomas Osmond
    Apr 8, 1988
    Randy Travis earns a double-platinum album from the RIAA for "Storms Of Life"
    Apr 8, 1988
    Columbia releases Rodney Crowell's album "Diamonds & Dirt"
    Apr 9, 1988
    George Strait realizes a #1 single on the Billboard country chart with "Famous Last Words Of A Fool"
    Apr 9, 1988
    The Desert Rose Band performs "He's Back And I'm Blue" and Jerry Lee Lewis does "Great Balls Of Fire" on the ABC variety show "Dolly!" Bob Hope, Loretta Swit and Miss Piggy also appear on the episode, which closes with Dolly Parton singing "I Will Always Love You"

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