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    • Jan 1, 1972
    Songwriter Bucky Jones moves to Nashville after graduating from the University of Georgia's pharmacy school. He pens T.G. Sheppard's "Only One You," Doug Stone's "In A Different Light" and Janie Fricke's "Your Heart's Not In It," among others
    Jan 1, 1971
    Former Air Force general and Pan Am executive Henry Kristofferson dies of heart failure in Fallbrook, California. His passing comes as his son, Kris Kristofferson, is enjoying hits as the writer of "Me And Bobby McGee," "Sunday Morning Coming Down" and "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
    Jan 1, 1971
    John Denver and Shirley Bassey guest on ABC's "This Is Tom Jones." Denver covers The Beatles' "Let It Be," while Bassey does "Something." Jones performs "My Way"
    Jan 1, 1971
    Songwriter Joseph Lilley dies in North Hollywood, California. A composer for several Elvis Presley movie soundtracks, he's best known for co-writing the western standard "Jingle! Jangle! Jingle!"
    Jan 1, 1970
    Guitarist Floyd "Salty" Holmes dies in Elwood, Indiana. He was an original member of The Prairie Ramblers, who formed in 1932 and backed Patsy Montana on the 1935 hit "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart." He left the act in 1942
    Jan 1, 1970
    Penn State defeats the Missouri Tigers, 10-3, at the Orange Bowl in Miami to finish the season ranked #2. It's the final college game for Nittany Lion defensive tackle Mike Reid, a future country songwriter who's named defensive player of the game
    Jan 1, 1969
    Penn State defeats the Kansas Jayhawks, 15-14, at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Playing for the Nittany Lions: defensive tackle Mike Reid, who goes on to become a country artist and write hits for Ronnie Milsap, Conway Twitty and Tim McGraw
    Jan 1, 1968
    On the 15th anniversary of Hank Williams' death, the original Drifting Cowboys play together for the first time in 14 years
    Jan 1, 1968
    Little Jimmy Dickens' wife, Ernestine, dies in a car accident in Sherman, Texas, when her car veers off an icy overpass
    Jan 1, 1967
    Yodeller Kenny Roberts has a daughter, his eighth child
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