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Sep 7, 1957
Elvis Presley records "Santa Claus Is Back In Town" at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles. The song is written in the midst of eight hours of sessions by producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Mar 3, 1959
Lefty Frizzell records "The Long Black Veil" during an evening session at Nashville's Bradley Film & Recording Studio, hours after Marijohn Wilkin and Danny Dill wrote it
Nov 1, 1959
The day Bill Anderson turns 22, he's disappointed that his girlfriend fails to recognize his red-letter day. As a result, he writes "Happy Birthday To Me," a future hit for Hank Locklin. By the end of the day, he receives a surprise party
Jan 23, 1962
Ray Stevens writes the pop novelty "Ahab, The Arab" in Nashville
Feb 27, 1962
Mel Tillis and Danny Dill help Carl Perkins finish writing "So Wrong" in Nashville. Patsy Cline records it the next day
Nov 12, 1964
Neil Young writes "Sugar Mountain" on his 19th birthday. The song is eventually tabbed in the Country Music Foundation's book "Heartaches By The Number" among the 500 greatest country singles of all-time
May 22, 1966
Bruce Springsteen writes his first song in the back seat of a Mercury on the way to a recording session. A future Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, he will also write the Mel McDaniel country hit "Stand On It"
Feb 19, 1967
Dallas Frazier writes the George Jones hit "If My Heart Had Windows," later remade by Patty Loveless
Aug 28, 1968
Tammy Wynette writes and records "Stand By Your Man" at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville
Oct 19, 1969
Kris Kristofferson and Shel Silverstein write "Once More With Feeling" with the help of a little wine in Nashville. Jerry Lee Lewis records the song the next day
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