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    • May 29, 1961
    Rock singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge is born in Leavenworth, Kansas. A gritty, powerful vocalist, she finds her way into the country charts when Trisha Yearwood scores a minor hit with her song "You Can Sleep While I Drive" in 1995
    Sep 30, 1993
    Kathy Mattea, Amy Grant, Melissa Etheridge and Vanessa Williams perform as a quartet at a Beverly Hills benefit that raises $3.7 million for City of Hope. Also appearing: Billy Ray Cyrus, John Mellencamp and Brian McKnight
    Jun 20, 1994
    The Hard Rock Cafe opens in Nashville with a benefit concert featuring Vince Gill, rocker Melissa Etheridge and three members of The Eagles: Don Henley, Don Felder and Timothy B. Schmidt
    Oct 8, 1994
    Dwight Yoakam, Billy Ray Cyrus, Carl Perkins, The Mavericks and Clint Black join Tony Bennett, Melissa Etheridge, Aaron Neville, James Brown, Bryan Adams and others at the Pyramid in Memphis for a pay-per-view cable special, "Elvis Aaron Presley: The Tribute"
    Sep 2, 1995
    Johnny Cash sings "Folsom Prison Blues" and "Ring Of Fire" for 57,000 people during a concert at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium celebrating the opening of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. The show also features such acts as Bruce Springsteen, Little Richard, Melissa Etheridge and Cash's former Sun labelmate Jerry Lee Lewis
    Jan 20, 1996
    While performing in Memphis, Melissa Etheridge brings Terri Clark on stage to join her on "You Can Sleep While I Drive"
    Nov 4, 1996
    Rock singer Melissa Etheridge appears on the cover of Newsweek with her partner, Julie Cypher, for a story on gay parenting. Etheridge wrote "You Can Sleep While I Drive," a minor country hit for Trisha Yearwood
    Jul 30, 1997
    "You Can Sleep While I Drive" songwriter Melissa Etheridge sings the national anthem at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, where the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks wallop the Utah Starzz, 91-69
    Apr 9, 1998
    Tammy Wynette is eulogized with a public memorial service at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Attendees include Melissa Etheridge, George Jones, June Carter Cash, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, The Oak Ridge Boys, Porter Wagoner and Crystal Gayle
    Jan 10, 2000
    "You Can Sleep While I Drive" songwriter Melissa Etheridge and her partner, Julie Cypher, end public speculation about the biological father of their child, announcing that Byrds founder David Crosby provided the male DNA
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