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    • Sep 19, 1924
    Songwriter Horace "Danny" Dill is born in Dollar Hill, Tennessee. Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975, he writes Lefty Frizzell's "The Long Black Veil," Patsy Cline's "So Wrong" and Bobby Bare's "Detroit City"
    Dec 21, 1945
    Danny Dill and Annie Lou Dill are married the year before they become a regular act on the Grand Ole Opry. He goes on to become a major songwriter, authoring such hits as "Detroit City" and "The Long Black Veil"
    Nov 3, 1952
    Danny and Annie Lou Dill have a daughter, Ava Tyanne Dill. The couple works regularly as an opening act for Ernest Tubb at the time, although Danny Dill goes on to write such hits as "Detroit City" and "The Long Black Veil"
    Mar 3, 1959
    Lefty Frizzell records "The Long Black Veil" during an evening session at Nashville's Bradley Film & Recording Studio, hours after Marijohn Wilkin and Danny Dill wrote it
    Feb 27, 1962
    Mel Tillis and Danny Dill help Carl Perkins finish writing "So Wrong" in Nashville. Patsy Cline records it the next day
    Jul 18, 1974
    "Detroit City" songwriter Danny Dill is injured in an automobile accident. During his 22 days in intensive care, he decides to give up alcohol
    Oct 12, 1975
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Marty Robbins ("El Paso"), Bill Anderson ("City Lights"), Marijohn Wilkin ("The Long Black Veil"), Danny Dill ("Detroit City"), Eddie Miller ("Thanks A Lot") and Wayne Walker ("Leavin' On Your Mind")
    Jan 5, 1979
    "Leavin' On Your Mind" songwriter Wayne Walker is celebrated in a memorial service at Woodlawn Funeral Home in Nashville. Pallbearers include Mel Tillis, Faron Young, Justin Tubb and songwriters Danny Dill and Glenn D. Tubb
    Oct 23, 2008
    Songwriter Danny Dill dies in Nashville. A 1975 addition to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he penned such hits as Bobby Bare's "Detroit City," Patsy Cline's "So Wrong" and Lefty Frizzell's "The Long Black Veil"
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