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    • May 26, 1953
    Meridian, Mississippi, dedicates a monument to the late Jimmie Rodgers, following a drive engineered by Hank Snow and Ernest Tubb. On hand for the ceremonies are Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Charlie Monroe, Minnie Pearl and Lefty Frizzell
    Jun 25, 1956
    Decca releases Webb Pierce's remake of Jimmie Rodgers' "Any Old Time"
    Feb 3, 1961
    Tex Ritter records "I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven," namechecking late country stars Carson Robison, Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers. Also referenced: Red Foley, Ernest Tubb, Eddy Arnold, Gene Autry and Eddie Dean, among others
    Nov 3, 1961
    Hank Williams, music publisher Fred Rose and Jimmie Rodgers are the first inductees in the Country Music Hall Of Fame
    Nov 28, 1961
    Jimmie Rodgers' widow, Carrie, dies of cancer in San Antonio, Texas, 25 days after his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Feb 12, 1962
    Johnny Cash records the Jimmie Rodgers classic "In The Jailhouse Now" in Nashville at the Columbia Recording Studio
    Jun 5, 1962
    Jerry Lee Lewis records Jimmie Rodgers' "Waiting For A Train (All Around The Watertank)." It becomes a hit more than eight years later
    Feb 26, 1969
    Merle Haggard records "Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Los Angeles. It's the last track he cuts for the Jimmie Rodgers tribute album "Same Train, A Different Time"
    May 1, 1969
    Capitol Records releases Merle Haggard's Jimmie Rodgers tribute album, "Same Train, A Different Time"
    Jul 19, 1969
    Merle Haggard tops the Billboard country albums chart with "Same Train, A Different Time," built on the songs of the late Jimmie Rodgers
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