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Oct 28, 1929Ray Hall secures copyright for "Moonlight And Skies," which Jimmie Rodgers records the following summer. Hall later balks when Rodgers tries to pay him a standard fee for the songJun 5, 1931Jimmie Rodgers visits songwriter Ray Hall at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, to work out copyright issues on "Moonlight And Skies." Hall maintains he is owed a royalty, instead of the flat fee Rodgers had offered himJan 20, 1976Songwriter Raymond Hall is paroled from Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, after serving 48 years on charges of manslaughter and killing a prison guard. Hall co-wrote the Jimmie Rodgers hit "Moonlight And Skies"Mar 31, 1977Songwriter Raymond Hall is granted a full pardon, having served 48 years for manslaughter and the alleged murder of a prison guard. Hall co-wrote the Jimmie Rodgers hit "Moonlight And Skies"
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