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    • Mar 30, 1923
    Laverna Lawless is born in Sobol, Oklahoma. Her children will include Grand Ole Opry member Mel McDaniel
    Apr 29, 1923
    Olan McDaniel is born. He will become the father of country singer Mel McDaniel
    Sep 6, 1942
    Mel McDaniel is born in Checotah, Oklahoma. He develops a series of rowdy, good ol' boy successes in the 1980s, including "Louisiana Saturday Night" and "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On," while earning a spot in the Grand Ole Opry
    Oct 31, 1958
    Mel McDaniel makes money for performing for the first time when he appears at a talent contest in school in Okmulgee, Oklahoma
    Jun 10, 1961
    Mel and Mary McDaniel get married
    Feb 18, 1976
    Mel McDaniel holds his first Nashville recording session
    Nov 1, 1976
    Conway Twitty records the Grand Ole Opry-themed "The Grandest Lady Of Them All," written by Mel McDaniel, overnight at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
    Jun 29, 1977
    Mel McDaniel records his first hit, "God Made Love," in Nashville
    Jul 5, 1977
    Percussionist Farrell Morris and an eight-piece string section are overdubbed on Mel McDaniel's "God Made Love" in Nashville
    Oct 14, 1983
    Capitol releases Mel McDaniel's "I Call It Love"
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