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    • Oct 10, 1962
    The BBC bans Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "The Monster Mash," including a background vocal appearance by future Nashville songwriter Johnny MacRae. Among MacRae's credits: "I'd Love To Lay You Down" and "I'd Be Better Off (In A Pine Box)"
    Aug 28, 1973
    Bobby "Boris" Pickett receives a gold single from the RIAA for "Monster Mash." The backing group on the graveyard smash, The Crypt-Kickers, includes Leon Russell, country songwriter Johnny MacRae and producer Gary S. Paxton
    Jan 5, 2007
    A bevy of Nashville songwriters celebrate "Burning Love" author Dennis Linde with a New Orleans-style funeral procession. Taking part: Bob Morrison, Johnny MacRae, Layng Martine Jr., clarinetist Sam Levine, Gary Nicholson and trumpeter Don Sheffield
    Jul 3, 2013
    Songwriter Johnny MacRae dies of heart disease at his home in Ashland City, Tennessee. He wrote BlackHawk's "Goodbye Says It All," Highway 101's "Whiskey, If You Were A Woman," Conway Twitty's "I'd Love To Lay You Down" and Doug Stone's "I'd Be Better Off (In A Pine Box)," among others
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