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    • Apr 29, 1929
    Steel guitarist Billy Mize is born in Kansas City, Kansas. He writes Charlie Walker's 1960 hit "Who Will Buy The Wine" and plays on Merle Haggard's 1966 single "The Bottle Let Me Down"
    Jun 15, 1955
    Singer/songwriter Billy Mize records "Who Will Buy The Wine." Five years later, it becomes a hit for Charlie Walker
    Feb 28, 1966
    Billy Mize is named Top Television Personality in the inaugural Academy of Country & Western Music awards at the Palladium in Hollywood
    Jun 18, 1966
    Billy Walker, Lorne Greene and Boots Randolph headline a country show at the historic Hollywood Bowl. The bill also features Justin Tubb, Stonewall Jackson, Pat Buttram, Joe & Rose Lee Maphis, Warner Mack, Billy Mize, Skeets McDonald, Tex Williams, Marion Worth, Billy Wallace and Bonnie Guitar
    Mar 6, 1967
    Billy Mize joins Merle Haggard and Bob Morris as double-winners in the second annual Academy of Country & Western Music awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Mize takes Most Promising Male Vocalist and repeats as Top Television Personality
    Mar 4, 1968
    Billy Mize makes it a three-peat by lassoing the Top Television Personality honor in the third annual Academy of Country & Western Music awards at Los Angeles' Century Plaza Hotel
    Mar 20, 1994
    Buck Owens performs for a half-hour in Bakersfield, making his first live appearance since undergoing surgery for throat cancer the previous August. The show is a benefit for singer Billy Mize, also recovering from cancer
    Jan 27, 2017
    Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Bonnie Owens, Billy Mize and Red Simpson are the inaugural inductees in the Bakersfield Music Hall of Fame
    Oct 28, 2017
    Songwriter and Southern California TV host Billy Mize dies at a nursing home in Pleasanton, California. He authored Charlie Walker's hit "Who Will Buy The Wine" and played steel guitar on Merle Haggard's "The Bottle Let Me Down"
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