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    • Feb 17, 1935
    Johnny Bush is born in Houston, Texas. A longtime cohort of Ray Price and Willie Nelson, his biggest hit comes with his 1969 version of Marty Robbins' "You Gave Me A Mountain." He also writes Nelson's "Whiskey River"
    Feb 8, 1972
    Johnny Bush records "Whiskey River" at RCA Studio B in Nashville
    Feb 9, 1972
    Johnny Bush records the Harlan Howard song "These Lips Don't Know How To Say Goodbye" shortly after midnight at Nashville's RCA Studio B. It's nearly 20 more years before the song becomes a hit, for Doug Stone
    Mar 21, 1973
    Johnny Bush records "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)" at RCA Studio B in Nashville. Three years later, it becomes a hit for the guy who wrote it, Eddie Rabbitt
    Nov 3, 1973
    George Jones & Tammy Wynette perform "We're Gonna Hold On" on "Hee Haw." Jones does "Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half As Bad As Losing You)," and Wynette sings "Kids Say The Darndest Things." Hosts Roy Clark and Buck Owens also welcome Johnny Bush and Susan Raye
    Jan 18, 1974
    Johnny Bush records "Two Dollars In The Jukebox" at Nashville's RCA Studio B. It's the second time that Bush cut the first version of a future Eddie Rabbitt hit
    May 23, 1978
    Johnny Bush records "Play Together Again Again" at Gusto Recording Studio in Nashville. The song will be a hit one year later for Emmylou Harris & Buck Owens
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Johnny Bush makes the list with "You Gave Me A Mountain," and Willie Nelson adds the Bush-penned "Whiskey River"
    Jul 4, 2003
    Willie Nelson holds his Fourth of July Picnic at the Two River Canyon Amphitheatre in Spicewood, Texas. The two-day event features Toby Keith, Neil Young, Leon Russell, Johnny Bush, The Dead, Merle Haggard, Pat Green and Billy Bob Thornton
    Aug 16, 2003
    Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Bush and Lefty Frizzell enter the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in Carthage
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