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  • Aug 26, 1937
    Don Bowman is born in Lubbock, Texas. The singer and comedian begins a recording career in the 1960s, though he's best remembered for co-writing the Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson hit "Just To Satisfy You"
    May 11, 1966
    "The Las Vegas Hillbillys" makes its debut in theaters. The movie features Ferlin Husky, Jayne Mansfield, Don Bowman, Wilma Burgess, Del Reeves, Connie Smith, Roy Drusky, Sonny James, the Duke of Paducah and Bill Anderson, who performs "Bright Lights And Country Music"
    Apr 6, 1967
    Nineteen artists band together to record a tribute to Chet Atkins, titled "Chet's Tune," including Bobby Bare, Homer & Jethro, Connie Smith, Archie Campbell, Jimmy Dean, Jim Ed Brown, Jerry Reed, Floyd Cramer, Don Bowman and George Hamilton IV
    Oct 20, 1967
    Don Bowman wins the Country Music Association's inaugural Comedian of the Year award in Nashville
    Jun 5, 2013
    Songwriter and comedian Don Bowman dies at a nursing home in Forsyth, Missouri. He wrote the Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson duet "Just To Satisfy You" and Jim Stafford's pop hit "Wildwood Weed"

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