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    • Feb 27, 1971
    In the midst of sessions for the album "The Silver Tongued Devil And I" at Nashville's Quad Studios, Kris Kristofferson records "Sugar Man," the first of the songs that will eventually appear on his album "Jesus Was A Capricorn"
    Mar 3, 1971
    Bobby Bare records "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" during an afternoon session at Nashville's Mercury Custom Studio. The Kris Kristofferson song becomes a hit 10 years later for Tompall & The Glaser Brothers
    Mar 22, 1971
    "For The Good Times" is a triple-winner during the sixth Academy Of Country & Western Music awards, hosted by Dick Clark at the Hollywood Palladium. It earns Single Record and Album of the Year for Ray Price and Song of the Year for Kris Kristofferson
    Mar 26, 1971
    Strings are overdubbed on six Kris Kristofferson songs, including "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)," at the Monument Studios in Nashville. The session wraps recording for his album "The Silver Tongued Devil And I"
    May 23, 1971
    Kris Kristofferson brings out two surprise guests during a show at New York's Bitter End: John Prine and Steve Goodman, who serves up "City Of New Orleans"
    Jul 1, 1971
    Guitarist Jerry Kennedy holds the first of five sessions at Nashville's Mercury Recording Studio for the Grammy-nominated album "With All Due Respect To Kris Kristofferson." Among the day's songs: "For The Good Times" and "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
    Jul 13, 1971
    Alongside the headline "Country Music Sweeps The USA," Kris Kristofferson is featured on the cover of Look magazine
    Sep 16, 1971
    Eddy Arnold records the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" at RCA Studio A in Nashville. It's another 10 years before the song becomes a hit, for Tompall & The Glaser Brothers
    Nov 8, 1971
    Kris Kristofferson meets his future wife, Rita Coolidge, in Los Angeles
    Jan 30, 1972
    Grammy voters shower Kris Kristofferson with five nominations as a songwriter for three songs: "Help Me Make It Through The Night," "Me And Bobby McGee" and "For The Good Times." Four artists are also nominated for recordings of his tunes
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