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    • Jan 24, 1976
    Cal Smith, wearing a pink leisure suit, performs "She Talked A Lot About Texas" and "Country Bumpkin" on "Hee Haw." The Statler Brothers deliver "The Class Of '57," and weekly co-host Buck Owens covers "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)"
    Jan 3, 1977
    MCA releases Cal Smith's "I Just Came Home To Count The Memories"
    Sep 6, 1984
    Ernest Tubb dies in Nashville's Baptist Hospital in the presence of his son, Justin Tubb, and Porter Wagoner. On hand in hallways and waiting rooms: Mel Tillis, Jack Greene, Cal Smith and Jeannie Seely
    Sep 10, 1984
    More than 500 attend Ernest Tubb's funeral at Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville, including pallbearers Cal Smith, Carl Smith, Teddy Wilburn, Carl Butler, Jack Greene, Hank Williams Jr., Billy Parker, Porter Wagoner, Junior Pruneda and C.R. Tubb Jr.
    Mar 2, 2001
    Garth Brooks hails Cal Smith's "Country Bumpkin" as his favorite country song during a performance for the Country Radio Seminar at Nashville's Convention Center
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Five Bill Anderson-penned songs make the list, including Anderson's "Still" and Cal Smith's "The Lord Knows I'm Drinking"
    Nov 1, 2007
    Cal Smith, Sammi Smith, Hoyt Axton, Mae Boren Axton and the rock band Hinder are inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame during a public ceremony at the Muskogee Civic Center
    Oct 10, 2013
    Cal Smith dies at his home near Branson, Missouri. A former member of Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours, he earned a number of country hits during the 1970s, including his signature song, "Country Bumpkin"
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