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    • Apr 26, 1988
    The Nashville Network debuts a new awards show, where Randy Travis takes top honors with five trophies, including Entertainer of the Year. Two years later, the event is merged with The Music City News awards
    Apr 27, 1988
    Songwriter Justin Ebach is born. He pens Brett Young's "Here Tonight," Dustin Lynch's "Good Girl" and Jordan Davis' "Singles You Up"
    Apr 28, 1988
    Pop singer B.W. Stevenson dies in Nashville from an infection following heart surgery. The singer scored a hit in 1973 with "My Maria," which Brooks & Dunn revive as a country single in 1996
    Apr 28, 1988
    Terri Gibbs marries David Daughtry, a city councilman for Grovetown, Georgia
    Apr 28, 1988
    Dottie West performs at a 75th birthday party thrown for former first lady Lady Bird Johnson at the White House
    Apr 29, 1988
    Singer/songwriter Michael Ray is born in Eustis, Florida. After winning the 2012 music competition "The Next," he signs with Atlantic, launching a series of hits with his 2015 debut "Kiss You In The Morning." He also co-writes the Big & Rich single "Run Away With You." Ray is briefly married to fellow country star Carly Pearce in 2019 and 2020
    Apr 29, 1988
    "Lay Down Sally" singer Eric Clapton files for divorce from Patti Boyd in London
    Apr 30, 1988
    Rodney Crowell & Rosanne Cash meet at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "It's Such A Small World"
    Apr 30, 1988
    Vince Gill, George Jones and Janie Fricke are musical guests during the week's edition of "Hee Haw"
    Apr 30, 1988
    Dolly Parton sings "The House Of The Rising Sun" and "Blue Bayou" as her "Dolly!" variety show takes on a New Orleans theme. Guests on the ABC telecast include Dr. John, Doug Kershaw and Allen Toussaint, who performs "Southern Nights"
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