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  • May 4, 1970
    Dolly Parton records the Jimmie Rodgers classic "Mule Skinner Blues" at Nashville's RCA Studio B
    May 6, 1970
    Merle Haggard sings Jimmie Rodgers' "Nobody Knows But Me" on ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show," and does "In The Jail House Now" with the host. Cash also teams with Brenda Lee on "Bad News." Other performances include Charley Pride's "Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone" and The Statler Brothers' "Flowers On The Wall"
    Oct 12, 1970
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts its first 20 members. The inaugural list includes Ted Daffan, Johnny Bond, Floyd Tillman, Stuart Hamblen, Cindy Walker, Merle Travis, Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, Bob Wills, Fred Rose, Hank Williams, A.P. Carter and Jimmie Rodgers
    Aug 16, 1971
    A monument is dedicated at the corner of 4th & State in Bristol, Tennessee, honoring the site of the first Ralph Peer-produced recording sessions featuring The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers
    Feb 26, 1975
    Tompall Glaser records "T For Texas" in an evening session at Nashville's Glaser Studios. The Jimmie Rodgers cover is one of the tracks Glaser includes on the groundbreaking compilation album "Wanted: The Outlaws"
    May 23, 1975
    The Jimmie Rodgers Museum is dedicated in Meridian, Mississippi
    Mar 30, 1977
    Sonny James records Jimmie Rodgers' "In The Jailhouse Now" during a concert at the Tennessee State Prison in Nashville
    May 24, 1978
    The U.S. Postal Service issues a Jimmie Rodgers commemorative stamp
    Nov 30, 1979
    The University of Illinois Press publishes "Jimmie Rodgers: The Life And Times Of America's Blue Yodeler," written by Nolan Porterfield
    Feb 26, 1985
    Gene Autry's "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" and Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel (T For Texas)" enter the Grammy Hall of Fame

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