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Sep 6, 1995

Brooks & Dunn and Kris Kristofferson play the final Harlan Howard Birthday Bash in Nashville, along with Rodney Crowell and songwriters Gretchen Peters and Pat Alger

Sep 29, 1995

Songwriter Victoria Shaw sings the national anthem at New York's Shea Stadium, where the Mets defeat the Atlanta Braves, 6-3

Oct 1, 1995

Waylon Jennings, Dickey Lee and Dave Loggins are added to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame during an induction ceremony at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel in Nashville

Oct 31, 1995

Bryan White, Derek George and John Tirro write "So Much For Pretending" on Halloween, distracted periodically by trick-or-treaters

Dec 25, 1995

Songwriter Pierce Pettis spends Christmas alone in the aftermath of a divorce. He discovers the day is surprisingly positive, inspiring him to write the Garth Brooks hit "You Move Me"

Jan 5, 1996

With a recording session three days away, David Lee Murphy writes the future hit "Every Time I Get Around You"

Jan 25, 1996

Despite a dire financial situation, Rivers Rutherford writes a note to himself honoring his choice to be a songwriter. Eventually, his career path pays off with such hits as Brooks & Dunn's "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You," Kenny Chesney's "Living In Fast Forward" and Tim McGraw's "Real Good Man"

Jan 28, 1996

Songwriter Jerry Capehart appears on Nashville's WRLT-FM, in what turns out to be his last public performance. Capehart wrote the rock classic "Summertime Blues," reprised as a country hit in 1994 by Alan Jackson

Feb 7, 1996

Mike Reid's opera, "Different Fields," opens at the Victory Theater in New York

Feb 25, 1996

Carolyn Dawn Johnson passes her audition at Nashville's historic songwriter venue The Bluebird Cafe

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