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    • Feb 16, 1931
    R&B songwriter Otis Blackwell is born in Brooklyn, New York. He writes such classics as Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" and "All Shook Up" and Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls Of Fire"
    Dec 24, 1955
    Otis Blackwell gives up on becoming a star and decides to concentrate on songwriting, selling six songs to Shalimar Music Publishing for $150. One of them becomes a major Elvis Presley hit the following year: "Don't Be Cruel"
    Oct 12, 1986
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Dolly Parton and Otis Blackwell. Parton penned "To Daddy," "9 To 5" and "I Will Always Love You." Blackwell wrote Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" and Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls Of Fire"
    May 29, 1991
    "Don't Be Cruel" composer Otis Blackwell joins the Songwriters Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the New York Hilton Hotel. Also inducted are Howard Greenfield, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich
    May 6, 2002
    Songwriter Otis Blackwell dies in Nashville following a heart attack. He fashioned Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" and "All Shook Up," plus Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls Of Fire," entering the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986
    Dec 15, 2009
    "All Shook Up" songwriter Otis Blackwell is announced as an inductee in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with fellow composers Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry and Mort Shuman, plus The Hollies and executive David Geffen
    Mar 15, 2010
    "Little Sister" songwriter Mort Shuman joins the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in New York with songwriters Jeff Barry, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Ellie Greenwich and Otis Blackwell, plus Asylum founder David Geffen and The Hollies
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