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    • Apr 14, 1949
    Songwriter Kostas Lazarides is born in Thessaloniki, Greece. Known professionally as Kostas, he nabs hits as the author of Martina McBride's "Life #9," Dwight Yoakam's "Ain't That Lonely Yet" and The Dixie Chicks' "I Can Love You Better," among others
    Dec 15, 1987
    Kostas writes the Patty Loveless hit "Timber, I'm Falling In Love"
    Sep 9, 1997
    Warner Bros. releases the soundtrack to the Steven Seagal film "Fire Down Below." Among the artists: Randy Travis, Marty Stuart, Travis Tritt, Alabama, Mark Collie, Richie Sambora, Aaron Tippin, The Lynns, Kostas, Randy Scruggs and Earl Scruggs
    Aug 25, 2003
    Sofia Lazarides, the daughter of "Blame It On Your Heart" songwriter Kostas, is abducted in Tennessee. More than five years later, his ex-wife, Hope Lazarides, is charged with the crime
    Feb 24, 2009
    Hope Lazarides, the ex-wife of "Ain't That Lonely Yet" songwriter Kostas, is arrested in Dallas on child-abduction charges. Sofia Lazarides, 14, is returned to live with her dad in Montana after a six-year separation
    Aug 29, 2011
    Connie Smith plays the second of three artist-in-residence concerts at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame, where her surprise guests include Marty Stuart and songwriters Kostas and Dallas Frazier
    Aug 7, 2019
    Dwight Yoakam and Larry Gatlin are announced as 2019 inductees in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Also named are composers Marcus Hummon, Sharon Vaughn, Kostas and Rivers Rutherford
    Oct 14, 2019
    Dwight Yoakam and Larry Gatlin join the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame during an event at the Music City Center. The 2019 class also includes composers Rivers Rutherford, Marcus Hummon, Sharon Vaughn and Kostas
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