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    • Dec 22, 1970
    Willie Nelson and Hank Cochran write "What Can You Do To Me Now." As if in answer to the question, Nelson's house burns to the ground the next day
    May 24, 1971
    Steve Goodman writes "You Never Even Called Me By My Name," with uncredited assistance from John Prine, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York after leaving Paul Anka's show
    Nov 23, 1972
    Bored and lonely in a hotel room on Thanksgiving, Tom T. Hall writes "Spokane Motel Blues." The city is angered when the song later appears on an album
    Jan 21, 1974
    George Richey, Carmol Taylor and Norro Wilson finish writing "The Grand Tour," a song Richey started the previous weekend on a trip to Memphis
    Dec 31, 1976
    Roger Cook and Bobby Wood write the Crystal Gayle hit "Talking In Your Sleep"
    Mar 4, 1977
    Songwriters Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman begin writing a future George Jones hit, "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
    Aug 16, 1977
    Within hours of hearing that Elvis Presley has died, Ronnie McDowell writes a tribute, "The King Is Gone," destined to become his first hit
    Oct 18, 1977
    Songwriters Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman finish writing their first version of the funereal ballad "He Stopped Loving Her Today," then wait more than two years to see it recorded by George Jones
    Mar 24, 1983
    A day after losing a Grammy award to Juice Newton, Rosanne Cash writes "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" in Los Angeles
    Sep 1, 1983
    The Soviet Union downs Korean Air Lines flight 007, killing 269 people, including a U.S. congressman. The event inspires Lee Greenwood to write "God Bless The U.S.A." Johnny Cash also cancels a Soviet tour in protest



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