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    • Dec 25, 1973
    Steve Goodman and his wife, Nancy, host a Christmas dinner party at their home in Chicago for a handful of friends. They include David Allan Coe, who hears "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" for the first time
    Aug 20, 1974
    David Allan Coe records "the perfect country & western song," "You Never Even Called Me By My Name," at Nashville's Columbia Studio A, namechecking Waylon Jennings, Charley Pride, Merle Haggard and songwriter Steve Goodman
    Aug 14, 1984
    Steve Goodman opens at the last minute for Linda Ronstadt at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California. The performance turns out to be his last public appearance, coming just as Willie Nelson reaches the country charts with Goodman's "City Of New Orleans"
    Aug 31, 1984
    "City Of New Orleans" songwriter Steve Goodman has bone marrow transplanted from brother David Goodman at University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle
    Sep 20, 1984
    Singer/songwriter Steve Goodman dies at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle of complications from leukemia. He wrote "You Never Even Called Me By My Name," by David Allan Coe; and "City Of New Orleans," by Willie Nelson
    Nov 3, 1984
    Willie Nelson sings "City Of New Orleans" as Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash, John Prine, Jackson Browne and Kris Kristofferson lead more than two dozen artists paying tribute to the late Steve Goodman in a show at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California
    Feb 26, 1985
    Months after Willie Nelson had a hit with it, "City Of New Orleans," written by the late Steve Goodman, wins Best Country Song during the 27th annual Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles
    Feb 24, 1987
    The album "Tribute To Steve Goodman" wins Best Contemporary Folk Recording for producers Al Bunetta, Dan Einstein and Hank Neuberger during the 29th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Among the album's contributors: Bonnie Raitt, Arlo Guthrie, John Hartford, John Prine and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
    Mar 2, 1988
    Steve Goodman's "Unfinished Business" album wins Best Contemporary Folk Recording during the 30th annual Grammy Awards in New York
    Mar 16, 2010
    Illinois congressman Mike Quigley introduces a bill to rename the Lakeview Post Office in Chicago after "City Of New Orleans" songwriter Steve Goodman
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