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    • Dec 29, 1939
    Ed Bruce is born in Keiser, Arkansas. The rich-voiced performer works as a vocalist, actor, commercial spokesman and songwriter. His writing credits include the Tanya Tucker hit "Texas (When I Die)" and the Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson duet "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"
    Apr 9, 1958
    Sun releases "Sweet Woman," the debut single by future country hitmaker Ed Bruce
    Jan 27, 1959
    A still-unknown Ed Bruce has a guest role on the ABC police drama "Naked City"
    Sep 2, 1964
    Charlie Louvin records the Ed Bruce-penned "See The Big Man Cry"
    Oct 2, 1964
    Ed Bruce marries Patsy Ann Smithson in Memphis. The couple later writes "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"
    Nov 24, 1970
    Tammy Wynette sings "He Loves Me All The Way" on CBS-TV's "Hee Haw." Music is also provided by Ed Bruce and co-hosts Roy Clark and Buck Owens, who performs "Johnny B. Goode"
    Sep 10, 1973
    Ed Bruce records "The Man That Turned My Mama On" in a midday session at Nashville's Soundshop. The following year, the song becomes a hit for Tanya Tucker
    Jun 6, 1975
    Ed Bruce records the original version of "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" in a lunchtime session at Nashville's LSI Sound Studios
    Sep 17, 1975
    Strings are added to Ed Bruce's "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" during an overdub session at Jack Clement Studios in Nashville
    Nov 1, 1978
    MCA releases Tanya Tucker's "Texas (When I Die)," written by Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce and Bobby Borchers
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