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    • Jun 21, 1944
    Singer/songwriter Kenny O'Dell is born in Antlers, Oklahoma. A 1996 inductee in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he earns a Top 10 single as an artist with "Let's Shake Hands And Come Out Lovin'," and pens Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors," Tanya Tucker's "Lizzie And The Rainman" and The Judds' "Mama He's Crazy"
    Dec 3, 1971
    Singer/songwriter Kenny O'Dell records the original version of "Lizzie And The Rainman." It becomes a hit three years later in the hands of Tanya Tucker
    Jun 17, 1972
    Burglars are arrested at Democratic headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., leading to a scandal that brings down president Richard Nixon. As Congress conducts hearings in secret over the coming months, songwriter Kenny O'Dell is inspired to write what becomes a Charlie Rich hit, "Behind Closed Doors"
    Mar 8, 1973
    With his song "Behind Closed Doors" in release, songwriter Kenny O'Dell holds his first recording session for Capricorn Records at the Soundshop in Nashville. It's another five years before he has a hit for the label
    Oct 15, 1973
    The Kenny O'Dell composition "Behind Closed Doors," recorded by Charlie Rich, wins Single and Song of the Year in the seventh annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium
    Mar 2, 1974
    "Behind Closed Doors" wins two trophies--Best Country Song, for writer Kenny O'Dell; and Best Country Vocal Performance, Male, for Charlie Rich--during the 16th annual Grammy awards in Los Angeles
    Mar 25, 1974
    "Behind Closed Doors" wins Song of the Year for composer Kenny O'Dell in the ninth annual Academy Of Country Music awards at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. "Doors" also earns Single Record and Album of the Year for singer Charlie Rich
    Mar 13, 1978
    Kenny O'Dell records "Let's Shake Hands And Come Out Lovin'" at the Soundshop on Division Street in Nashville
    Mar 14, 1978
    An eight-piece string section is overdubbed on Kenny O'Dell's "Let's Shake Hands And Come Out Lovin'" at Nashville's Soundshop
    Jul 15, 1978
    Kenny O'Dell records "As Long As I Can Wake Up In Your Arms" in a morning session at Nashville's Jack Clement Studios
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