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    • Apr 9, 1988
    R&B singer Dave Prater dies in a car accident near Sycamore, Georgia. As one-half of Sam & Dave, he sang on the 1967 hit "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby," translated as a country single by Sonny James in 1976
    Apr 9, 1988
    R&B singer Brook Benton dies of pneumonia at New York's Mary Immaculate Hospital. Several of Benton's songs were remade in country, including Hank Williams Jr.'s "Rainy Night In Georgia," Sonny James' "Endlessly" and Randy Travis' "It's Just A Matter Of Time"
    Apr 11, 1988
    MCA releases Lee Greenwood's "I Still Believe"
    Apr 11, 1988
    Ricky Van Shelton gains his first RIAA-certified gold album, for "Wild-Eyed Dream"
    Apr 11, 1988
    Conway Twitty sells his shares in the Nashville Sounds minor league baseball team. Twitty owned 20% of the ballclub
    Apr 11, 1988
    The Bill Medley duet "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life" becomes the third song sung by Jennifer Warnes to win the Best Original Song Oscar. Warnes has recorded two country hits: "Right Time Of The Night" and "I Know A Heartache When I See One"
    Apr 12, 1988
    Jessica James is born in Vicenza, Italy. She lands a Top 10 country album in 2014 as country singer Jessie James Decker
    Apr 13, 1988
    Geffen Records employee Teresa Ensenat quits her job in Los Angeles and moves to Nashville to be with her boyfriend of three years, Steve Earle
    Apr 13, 1988
    Billy Ray Cyrus performs at The Ragtime Lounge in Huntington, West Virginia, for the first time. His group, The Players, becomes the house band
    Apr 15, 1988
    Adam Doleac is born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He earns his first gold single from the RIAA in 2021 for "Famous"
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