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    • Mar 26, 1955
    Songwriter Dean Dillon is born in Lake City, Tennessee. He writes the George Strait hits "Ocean Front Property," "The Chair" and "Unwound," plus Keith Whitley's "Miami My Amy," Vern Gosdin's "Set 'Em Up Joe" and George Jones' "Tennessee Whiskey" on his way to membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Dec 18, 1976
    Merle Haggard hosts the week's installment of "Music Hall America." Also featured are Johnny Tillotson, La Costa, Dr. Hook and Dean Dillon
    Jan 15, 1977
    Moe Bandy, Crystal Gayle and Dean Dillon join guest host Frank Gorshin on an installment of the syndicated TV show "Music Hall America"
    Jun 14, 1978
    Songwriter Dean Dillon--using his given name, Dean Rutherford--has his first recording session at Music City Music Hall, formerly known as RCA Studio A, in Nashville. The masters will be sold to RCA
    Oct 3, 1980
    RCA releases Dean Dillon's "Nobody In His Right Mind Would've Left Her." George Strait's version becomes a hit six years later
    Feb 2, 1988
    Tanya Tucker enters the Betty Ford Center, at the urging of friends and family, to deal with a cocaine problem. Among those who attended the intervention: Paul Overstreet, songwriters Dean Dillon and Royce Porter, and producer Jerry Crutchfield
    Aug 3, 1991
    Vern Gosdin opens the Rocket City Music Amphitheatre in Ardmore, Alabama, with seating for more than 12,000 people. Gosdin headlines the inaugural show with opening act Dean Dillon
    Nov 3, 2002
    Bob Dylan ("To Make You Feel My Love"), Shel Silverstein ("A Boy Named Sue") and Dean Dillon ("Ocean Front Property") enter the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame during ceremonies at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza
    Jun 15, 2009
    "I Fall To Pieces" songwriter Hank Cochran receives a surprise party at BMI honoring 50 years in Nashville. The guests include Merle Haggard, Jamey Johnson, Lee Ann Womack, Bobby Bare, Elvis Costello, Gene Watson, Dean Dillon and Jeannie Seely
    Mar 31, 2012
    Songwriters Paul Overstreet, Mike Reid and Dean Dillon play a fundraiser at the Scottish Rite Temple Theater for the Junior League of El Paso
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