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    • Apr 5, 1944
    Songwriter Bob McDill is born in Beaumont, Texas. He writes more than 40 Top 20 singles, including Sammy Kershaw's "She Don't Know She's Beautiful," Don Williams' "Good Ole Boys Like Me," Mel McDaniel's "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On," Alan Jackson's "Gone Country" and Keith Whitley's "Don't Close Your Eyes"
    Nov 11, 1971
    Songwriter Bob McDill records "Come Early Morning" with producer Allen Reynolds in Nashville. Seventeen months later, the song becomes a hit for another Reynolds client: Don Williams
    Dec 27, 1971
    Songwriter Bob McDill records "Catfish John" in Nashville with a band that includes singer/songwriter Dickey Lee. One year later, the song becomes the first country hit for Johnny Russell
    Feb 15, 1977
    Bob McDill is named Songwriter of the Year when the Nashville Songwriters Association International presents its annual awards. His composition "Amanda" takes Song of the Year
    Dec 22, 1978
    "California Suite" makes its theater debut. A line uttered by Maggie Smith in the movie inspires Bob McDill to write "Don't Close Your Eyes" for Keith Whitley
    Dec 31, 1980
    Tom T. Hall and his wife, Dixie Hall, host a New Year's Eve party at their Fox Hollow home in middle Tennessee. The guest list includes Billy Carter and songwriters Bob McDill and Harlan Howard
    Oct 13, 1985
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame adds Carl Perkins and Bob McDill. Perkins wrote "Blue Suede Shoes" and Johnny Cash's "Daddy Sang Bass." McDill's credits include "Gone Country," "Don't Close Your Eyes" and "Good Ole Boys Like Me"
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Songwriters Boudleaux Bryant and Bob McDill land five songs apiece on the list
    May 14, 2008
    The Robert Hicks book "A Guitar And A Pen: Stories By Country Music's Greatest Songwriters" is released. With a foreword by Vince Gill, it includes short stories by Kris Kristofferson, Charlie Daniels, Bob McDill, Hal Ketchum and Tom T. Hall
    Aug 13, 2008
    Arista Records celebrates Alan Jackson's sales of 50 million albums at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Party-goers include Mel Tillis, Trace Adkins, Jack Greene, Jimmy C. Newman and songwriters Tim Nichols, Bob McDill and Charlie Craig
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