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    • Oct 10, 1914
    Ivory Joe Hunter is born in Kirbyville, Louisiana. A rhythm & blues singer and songwriter, he pens two songs that become country hits for Sonny James: "Empty Arms" and "Since I Met You Baby"
    Nov 19, 1955
    Ivory Joe Hunter records "A Tear Fell" in New York. In 1977, Billy "Crash" Craddock re-records the song as a country hit
    Jan 20, 1957
    Sonny James performs "Young Love" on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show." Also appearing is R&B singer Ivory Joe Hunter, who renders "Since I Met You Baby," which James will cover a dozen years later
    Jan 24, 1957
    Ivory Joe Hunter records "Empty Arms" in New York. Fourteen years later, Sonny James releases his own version as a country hit
    Mar 1, 1957
    Teresa Brewer records the Ivory Joe Hunter-penned "A Tear Fell." Sonny James gets a country hit by remaking it in 1970
    Mar 20, 1957
    Coral releases Teresa Brewer's version of Ivory Joe Hunter's "Empty Arms," a future country hit for Sonny James
    Oct 29, 1962
    Wanda Jackson records Ivory Joe Hunter's "Empty Arms." The song becomes a country hit for Capitol labelmate Sonny James in 1971
    Nov 1, 1962
    Wanda Jackson records Ivory Joe Hunter's "Since I Met You, Baby." The song becomes a country hit for Sonny James in 1969
    Oct 4, 1969
    Sonny James' remake of Ivory Joe Hunter's "Since I Met You Baby" climbs to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Jul 23, 1970
    Sonny James records Ivory Joe Hunter's "Empty Arms" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
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