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    • Dec 26, 1980
    Jim McBride quits his job at the post office in Huntsville, Alabama, to become a Nashville songwriter. He amasses such credits as Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee," Tammy Cochran's "Angels In Waiting" and Waylon Jennings' "Rose In Paradise"
    Jan 1, 1981
    Former Alabama postal worker Jim McBride begins writing songs in Nashville after moving over the holidays. Among his credits: Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee," Tammy Cochran's "Angels In Waiting" and Waylon Jennings' "Rose In Paradise"
    Apr 10, 1992
    While on tour in Tallahassee, Alan Jackson starts writing "Chattahoochee" with Jim McBride. They continue working on the song in Pensacola the next day and finish it in Thibodeaux, Louisiana, on April 12
    Apr 12, 1992
    After finishing the song on the bus with co-writer Jim McBride, Alan Jackson plays "Chattahoochee" on stage for the first time in Thibodeaux, Louisiana
    Aug 24, 1993
    Honoring their success with "Chattahoochee," Alan Jackson and Jim McBride's wives give them a plaque for "Best Use Of The Word 'Hoochie Coochie' In Song Since 1937" during a #1 party in Nashville
    Mar 9, 1994
    Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee," co-written with Jim McBride, is named Song of the Year in The Music City News' Country Songwriter awards, hosted on TNN by Lorrie Morgan and George Jones at the Grand Ole Opry House
    Oct 5, 1994
    Co-writers Alan Jackson and Jim McBride share Song of the Year honors, for "Chattahoochee," during the 28th annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House
    Aug 9, 2017
    The late Vern Gosdin is named a 2017 inductee in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, along with "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" writer Walt Aldridge, "Live Like You Were Dying" author Tim Nichols and "Chattahoochee" composer Jim McBride
    Oct 23, 2017
    The late Vern Gosdin enters the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Music City Center. Also inducted are "Friends In Low Places" author Dewayne Blackwell, "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" writer Walt Aldridge, "Chattahoochee" composer Jim McBride and "Live Like You Were Dying" writer Tim Nichols
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