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    • Feb 7, 1946
    Singer/songwriter Sammy Johns is born in Charlotte, North Carolina. Best known for his pop hit "Chevy Van," he goes on to write "Common Man," by John Conlee; "America," by Waylon Jennings; and "Desperado Love," by Conway Twitty
    May 5, 1975
    Sammy Johns earns a gold single from the RIAA for his pop hit "Chevy Van." He goes on to write the country hits "Common Man," by John Conlee; "America," by Waylon Jennings; and "Desperado Love," by Conway Twitty
    Aug 17, 1981
    Elektra releases Sammy Johns' single "Common Man." John Conlee has a hit with the song in 1983
    Mar 5, 2004
    The movie version of "Starsky & Hutch" debuts with airings of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" and Waylon Jennings' "I'm A Ramblin' Man." Also on the soundtrack: The Starland Vocal Band, Sammy Johns, The Band, Eric Clapton and Aerosmith
    Jan 4, 2013
    Sammy Johns dies at Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, North Carolina. The artist behind the 1975 pop hit "Chevy Van," Johns also wrote Waylon Jennings' "America," John Conlee's "Common Man" and Conway Twitty's "Desperado Love"
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