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    • Oct 13, 1962
    Months after Jimmy Dean netted a country hit with his song "To A Sleeping Beauty," comedian and songwriter Jackie Gleason appears on the cover of TV Guide
    Oct 16, 1962
    "Requiem For A Heavyweight" debuts in movie theaters, featuring Anthony Quinn, Mickey Rooney and Jackie Gleason. Just six months earlier, Gleason had a hit as a country songwriter on Jimmy Dean's "To A Sleeping Beauty"
    Feb 6, 1965
    Jackie Gleason, who wrote Jimmy Dean's country hit "To A Sleeping Beauty," makes the cover of TV Guide
    Sep 25, 1965
    "To A Sleeping Beauty" songwriter Jackie Gleason takes the cover of TV Guide
    Mar 11, 1967
    The CBS variety series "The Jackie Gleason Show" delivers a country episode with appearances by Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys, The Collins Kids, Roy Clark, Homer & Jethro, Boots Randolph, Buck Owens and Sue Thompson
    Mar 18, 1967
    TV Guide gives the cover to comedian Jackie Gleason, five years after he earned a country hit as the songwriter of Jimmy Dean's "To A Sleeping Beauty"
    Mar 21, 1970
    Jackie Gleason, the songwriter of the Jimmy Dean hit "To A Sleeping Beauty," graces the cover of TV Guide
    May 19, 1977
    "Smokey & The Bandit" has its premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The movie stars Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed, who sings "East Bound And Down." John Schneider also appears in a teeny walk-on role
    May 27, 1977
    "Smokey & The Bandit" opens nationally. The movie stars Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed, who sings "East Bound And Down"
    Aug 15, 1980
    "Smokey & The Bandit II" debuts in movie theaters with Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Terry Bradshaw, Don Williams, Jerry Reed, Mel Tillis, The Statler Brothers and Brenda Lee. The soundtrack album includes The Statlers' "Charlotte's Web" and Tanya Tucker's "Pecos Promenade"
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