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    • Feb 4, 1959
    Webb Pierce records the Mel Tillis-penned "A Thousand Miles Ago"
    Mar 5, 1959
    Bill Phillips and Mel Tillis record "Sawmill," three years before the Tillis-penned song becomes a hit for Webb Pierce
    May 15, 1959
    Webb Pierce records the Mel Tillis-penned "I Ain't Never" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
    Jun 15, 1959
    Columbia releases Bill Phillips & Mel Tillis' "Sawmill." It doesn't chart, but Tillis earns a hit with a solo version in 1973
    Oct 13, 1959
    Webb Pierce records the Mel Tillis-penned "No Love Have I" at Nashville's Bradley Film & Recording Studio
    Jan 11, 1960
    Webb Pierce headlines the first of two nights of benefit concerts in Memphis for Red Sovine and his band, seven weeks after a car accident. Also on the bill are Mel Tillis, Wayne Walker, Bobby Sykes and Bill Phillips
    Jan 27, 1960
    Webb Pierce records a cover of Warner Mack's "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" at Nashville's Bradley Film & Recording Studio, with Mel Tillis playing guitar
    Dec 4, 1960
    Webb Pierce records "Sweet Lips" and a Mel Tillis song, "Honey (Open That Door)." The latter becomes a hit for Ricky Skaggs 24 years later
    May 29, 1961
    Mel Tillis holds his last Columbia recording session. Two of the songs become hits for him when he remakes them in the 1970s: "Heart Over Mind" and "I Ain't Never"
    Aug 25, 1961
    Patsy Cline records "Strange," written by Mel Tillis, and "You're Stronger Than Me" at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville. Michelle Branch covers the former song and Rebecca Lynn Howard remakes the latter one 40 years later on the tribute album "Remembering Patsy Cline" 
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