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    • Jun 29, 1923
    Helen Pitts is born in Picayune, Mississippi. She gives birth in adulthood to country hitmaker Johnny Sea
    Jul 15, 1940
    Johnny Seay is born in Gulfport, Mississippi. With the stage name Johnny Sea, he crafts three minor hits from 1959-1966, including "Day For Decision," recorded in response to Barry McGuire's protest song "Eve Of Destruction"
    May 13, 1966
    Warner Bros. releases Johnny Sea's "Day For Decision," a conservative recitation in answer to Barry McGuire's pop protest song "Eve Of Destruction." Tracking at more than five minutes, it closes with a chorus of "America, The Beautiful"
    Jul 4, 1966
    Johnny Sea sings his Vietnam-connected "Day For Decision" on Independence Day during a Liberace concert at Las Vegas' Sahara Hotel
    Oct 3, 1966
    Filming begins in Hollywood for the movie "What Am I Bid?" Leroy Van Dyke performs "Auctioneer" in the picture, which also features Tex Ritter, Faron Young, Darrell McCall, Johnny Sea and Al Hirt
    Jul 28, 1967
    "What Am I Bid?" has its world premiere at the Paramount Theater in Nashville. Leroy Van Dyke stars in the picture, also featuring Tex Ritter, Faron Young, Johnny Sea, Darrell McCall and Al Hirt
    May 14, 2016
    Johnny Sea dies in a plane crash when the wing of his flight nicks a cell phone tower near West, Texas. Sea registered three country hits from 1959-1966, including a decidedly conservative patriotic song, "Day For Decision"
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