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    • Nov 15, 1938
    Vanderbilt uses its fight song, "Dynamite," for the first time in Knoxville against state football rival Tennessee. The song is written by Francis Craig, who also writes the 1947 pop hit "Near You," a country hit for George Jones & Tammy Wynette in 1977
    Jan 20, 1947
    Francis Craig records the pop hit "Near You" at Nashville's WSM Studios. It becomes a country hit 30 years later for George Jones & Tammy Wynette
    Mar 7, 1947
    Bullet Records releases the Francis Craig pop single "Near You." Thirty years later, the song becomes a country hit for George Jones & Tammy Wynette
    May 4, 1947
    Francis Craig's orchestra plays live for the last time on NBC Radio, after a 15-year run. The same year, he earns a pop hit with "Near You," which becomes a country hit for George Jones & Tammy Wynette 30 years later
    Aug 4, 1947
    The Andrews Sisters record "Near You," becoming one of six acts to have a pop hit with the Francis Craig song during the year
    Sep 15, 1947
    Decca releases The Andrews Sisters' recording of "Near You"
    Nov 19, 1966
    Francis Craig dies following a heart attack in Sewanee, Tennessee. The Nashville orchestra leader wrote "Near You," the first million-seller recorded in Music City. The song is remade as a country hit by George Jones & Tammy Wynette in 1977
    Mar 7, 2001
    The Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts cite 365 titles as Songs of the Century, including Francis Craig's recording of "Near You," later a country hit for George Jones & Tammy Wynette
    Nov 21, 2012
    Buck Owens' "Act Naturally" and Ernest "Pop" Stoneman's "The Titanic" are announced as new additions to the Grammy Hall of Fame, along with W.H. Stepp's "Bonaparte's Retreat" and Flatt & Scruggs' album "Foggy Mountain Banjo." Also enshrined: Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog" and Francis Craig's "Near You"
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