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    • Mar 1, 1975
    Songwriters Billy Sherrill and Norro Wilson win Best Country Song, for the Charlie Rich hit "A Very Special Love Song," during the 17th annual Grammy Awards at the Uris Theater in New York
    Jun 30, 1976
    Producer Billy Sherrill overdubs a string section on Barbara Fairchild's "Cheatin' Is" at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studios
    Mar 8, 1977
    Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard talk about environmental issues with Robert Redford at producer Billy Sherrill's Nashville home. Other party guests include Marty Robbins, Charlie Rich, Johnny Paycheck, Charlie Daniels, Mel Tillis and Ray Stevens. Months later, Redford casts Nelson in the film "The Electric Horseman"
    Feb 6, 1980
    George Jones records "He Stopped Loving Her Today" at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, then bets producer Billy Sherrill that the record won't go to #1
    Apr 30, 1981
    George Jones wins three times in the 16th Academy Of Country Music awards at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. Jones takes Top Male Vocalist, and "He Stopped Loving Her Today"--produced by Billy Sherrill--is Song and Single Record of the Year
    Oct 7, 1984
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Hal David and Billy Sherrill. David's credits include "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" and "It Was Almost Like A Song." Sherrill wrote "Almost Persuaded" and "Stand By Your Man"
    Jun 10, 1985
    George Jones shoots his first video, for "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes," in Nashville with producer Billy Sherrill playing a bus driver
    Apr 21, 1986
    Billy Sherrill receives the Master Award from the Nashville Entertainment Association. His credits as a producer include: Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man," George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today," Johnny Paycheck's "Take This Job And Shove It" and Charlie Rich's "The Most Beautiful Girl"
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Former Columbia producer Billy Sherrill places 20 titles on the list, six of which also credit him as a songwriter
    Sep 12, 2007
    George Jones gets a surprise birthday party at Logan's Roadhouse in Franklin, Tennessee. The guest list includes Dierks Bentley, Tom T. Hall, Mark Chesnutt, Sonny James, Trace Adkins, Billy Sherrill, Tracy Lawrence, Buddy Jewell, Naomi Judd and Little Jimmy Dickens
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