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    • Mar 16, 1970
    Ray Price records the Kris Kristofferson-penned "For The Good Times" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
    Apr 29, 1970
    Loretta Lynn performs "I Know How" on "The Johnny Cash Show." The ABC telecast also features Kris Kristofferson and Chet Atkins. Cash performs "Orange Blossom Special" and "No One Will Ever Know," joins Doug Kershaw and Rick Nelson on "Louisiana Man," and sings "It Ain't Me, Babe" with June Carter Cash
    May 6, 1970
    Sammi Smith records the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Help Me Make It Through The Night" at Nashville's Monument Studio
    Jun 23, 1970
    Kris Kristofferson launches his first concert tour, performing at The Troubadour in West Hollywood, California
    Jul 15, 1970
    Kris Kristofferson begins recording the album "The Silver Tongued Devil And I" at the Monument Studios in Nashville. Among the day's material: "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33," in which he famously refers to Johnny Cash as "a walking contradiction"
    Jul 16, 1970
    Kris Kristofferson records "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" at Nashville's Monument Studios during sessions for the album "The Silver Tongued Devil And I." The song will reach hit status for Tompall & The Glaser Brothers in 1981
    Jul 28, 1970
    The movie "Ned Kelly" opens in Australia. The picture stars Mick Jagger, with music by Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Shel Silverstein
    Sep 19, 1970
    Ray Price achieves a #1 Billboard country single with "For The Good Times," written by Kris Kristofferson
    Sep 25, 1970
    Janis Joplin records the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Me And Bobby McGee" at Los Angeles' Sunset Sound. The song is named in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 greatest all-time singles
    Oct 3, 1970
    Kris Kristofferson and John Hartford join a bevy of pop artists on the bill at the Big Sur Folk Festival at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in California. Also appearing: Linda Ronstadt, John Phillips, Joan Baez, Merry Clayton and The Beach Boys
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