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    • Oct 7, 1970
    The movie "Ned Kelly" opens, featuring the acting debut of Mick Jagger and songs by country songwriter Shel Silverstein. Also performing on the soundtrack: Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson
    Oct 10, 1970
    The Kris Kristofferson song "Sunday Morning Coming Down" takes Johnny Cash to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Oct 14, 1970
    Songwriter Kris Kristofferson walks off with Song of the Year honors for "Sunday Morning Coming Down" during the fourth annual Country Music Association awards at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville
    Nov 18, 1970
    Maybelle and Sara Carter perform "You Are My Flower" on ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show." Cash and Mama Cass Elliot cover "Act Naturally." Also aboard are The Statler Brothers, Lorne Greene and Kris Kristofferson, who sings "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" and "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
    Nov 18, 1970
    Ray Price records "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)." The Kris Kristofferson song is destined to become a hit for Tompall & The Glaser Brothers in 1981
    Dec 30, 1970
    Kris Kristofferson performs at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York with Ian & Sylvia. His band includes Billy Swan, Donnie Fritts and Norman Blake, plus The Lovin' Spoonful's Zal Yanovsky
    Jan 1, 1971
    Former Air Force general and Pan Am executive Henry Kristofferson dies of heart failure in Fallbrook, California. His passing comes as his son, Kris Kristofferson, is enjoying hits as the writer of "Me And Bobby McGee," "Sunday Morning Coming Down" and "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
    Jan 19, 1971
    Kris Kristofferson is named Songwriter of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Association International. His composition "For The Good Times" is recognized as the organization's Song of the Year
    Feb 13, 1971
    Sammi Smith goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
    Feb 26, 1971
    Kris Kristofferson records "From The Bottle To The Bottom" for the first time at the Quad Studios in Nashville. A duet version with Rita Coolidge earns a Grammy nomination three years later
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