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    • Jul 15, 1921
    Pop musician and songwriter Erroll Garner is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best known for writing "Misty," a classic that becomes a 1959 hit for Johnny Mathis and a 1975 country hit for Ray Stevens
    Jul 27, 1954
    The Erroll Garner Trio records "Misty" at the Universal Recording Studios in Chicago. The song is revived as a banjo-laden country hit two decades later by Ray Stevens
    May 26, 1957
    Marty Robbins performs "A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)" on "The Steve Allen Show." The NBC telecast also features Dean Martin, Martha Raye, Erroll Garner and Andy Griffith
    Jan 2, 1977
    Pop musician and songwriter Erroll Garner dies of emphysema in Los Angeles. He wrote the classic "Misty," which Ray Stevens remade as a country hit in 1975
    Feb 20, 1991
    The Errol Garner Trio's original version of "Misty" is added to the Grammy Hall of Fame during the Grammy awards presentation in New York
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