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    • Oct 3, 1924
    Joe Allison is born in McKinney, Texas. Allison writes such hits as Jim Reeves' "He'll Have To Go" and Faron Young's "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" and serves as the head of Liberty Records' country division in the 1960s
    Sep 30, 1951
    The Weavers, "He'll Have To Go" songwriter Joe Allison and Foy Willing & The Riders Of The Purple Sage are featured in the movie debut of "Disc Jockey," a musical that also stars Tommy Dorsey, Herb Jeffries and Sarah Vaughan
    Apr 13, 1970
    Producer, record executive and "He'll Have To Go" songwriter Joe Allison receives the first Jim Reeves Memorial Award during the fifth annual Academy Of Country & Western Music awards, hosted by actor Buddy Ebsen at the Hollywood Palladium
    Oct 15, 1978
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Joe Allison ("He'll Have To Go"), Tom T. Hall ("Harper Valley P.T.A."), Hank Snow ("I'm Moving On") and Don Wayne ("Country Bumpkin")
    Aug 22, 1998
    The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame opens in Carthage, Texas. The inaugural six members: Gene Autry, Willie Nelson, Jim Reeves, Tex Ritter, and songwriters Cindy Walker and Joe Allison
    Aug 2, 2002
    Producer/songwriter Joe Allison dies in Nashville, following a lengthy illness. A former head of Liberty's country division, he wrote "He'll Have To Go" and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young," entering the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1978
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