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    • Jul 6, 1997
    Alison Krauss makes a surprise appearance to sing two songs during Lyle Lovett's show in Washington, D.C. Her brother, Viktor Krauss, plays in Lovett's band
    Jul 6, 1997
    Record producer Owen Bradley breaks his shoulder when he trips on one of his grandson's toys while on his boat on Nashville's Old Hickory Lake
    Jul 8, 1997
    LeAnn Rimes sings the national anthem prior to Major League Baseball's All-Star Game at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio. The American League defeats the National League, 3-1, as the Indians' Sandy Alomar Jr. slams a game-winning home run
    Jul 8, 1997
    Songwriter Everett Ellis files suit against songwriters Kerry Kurt Phillips, Rick Blaylock and Howard Perdew, charging they infringed upon his song "Lay Me Out Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)" when they wrote the Joe Diffie hit "Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)." A judge rules against Ellis in December
    Jul 8, 1997
    Marty Stuart marries Connie Smith on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Afterward, they drive out into the wilderness and end up dancing on a cliff to Buck Owens' "Your Tender Loving Care"
    Jul 9, 1997
    John Denver's second trial for drunk driving in August 1994 ends with a hung jury in Aspen, Colorado, a repeat of the first trial. Denver claimed he did not feel intoxicated, though his blood alcohol level registered at 0.128, over the state's legal limit
    Jul 10, 1997
    Eddie Rabbitt undergoes his final chemotherapy treatment, following surgery in May for lung cancer
    Jul 11, 1997
    Sadie Robertson is born in West Monroe, Louisiana. The "Duck Dynasty" cast member is a lead vocalist on a pair of songs--"Away In A Manger" and "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer"--on "Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas," a #1 country album in 2013
    Jul 15, 1997
    Playgirl issues its August 1997 edition with nude photos of Brad Pitt and girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow, taken remotely without their permission two years prior. Pitt sues to have the edition recalled. Shania Twain is inspired by the photos to write "That Don't Impress Me Much"
    Jul 15, 1997
    Fashion designer Gianni Versace is killed by a gunman outside his home in Miami Beach, Florida. A dozen years later, his namesake company is referenced in Tim McGraw's hit "It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You"
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