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    • Jul 7, 1998
    Warner Bros. releases the Barenaked Ladies album "Stunt." It yields a pop hit with "One Week," which namechecks LeAnn Rimes
    Jul 7, 1998
    LeAnn Rimes' album "Sittin' On Top Of The World" is certified gold and platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
    Jul 7, 1998
    Tim McGraw bats against his father, former all-star Tug McGraw, prior to Major League Baseball's All-Star Game at Denver's Coors Field. Faith Hill sings the national anthem, and the American League defeats the National, 13-8
    Jul 7, 1998
    Songwriter Paul Williams makes his first appearance on the CBS-TV soap opera "The Bold And The Beautiful." The acting job comes as he's enjoying his first country hit, Diamond Rio's rendition of "You're Gone"
    Jul 8, 1998
    Brooks & Dunn's album "If You See Her" is certified gold and platinum by the RIAA
    Jul 8, 1998
    Roy Orbison's estate sues Sony Music for $12 million in Nashville, charging that the label misrepresented its royalty rates
    Jul 9, 1998
    Sales of Garth Brooks' "The Limited Series" box set push its six albums to new sales peaks, certified by the RIAA: "No Fences," 16 million; "Ropin' The Wind," 13 million; "Garth Brooks," 9 million; "In Pieces," 8 million; "The Chase," 8 million; and "Fresh Horses," 6 million
    Jul 9, 1998
    Guitarist Robert "Waddy" Wachtel and his wife are arrested on child pornography charges after images are found on his hard drive. Wachtel played on numerous Linda Ronstadt recordings, including "Blue Bayou"
    Jul 10, 1998
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Skynyrd's Innyrds/Their Greatest Hits" earns a double-platinum album from the RIAA. It contains "Sweet Home Alabama," named one of the 500 greatest country singles of all-time in a Country Music Foundation book, "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jul 10, 1998
    Sheena Easton, who joined Kenny Rogers on a 1983 remake of "We've Got Tonight," files for divorce from documentary director Timothy Delarm 11 months after they wed
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