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    • Dec 31, 1980
    Tom T. Hall and his wife, Dixie Hall, host a New Year's Eve party at their Fox Hollow home in middle Tennessee. The guest list includes Billy Carter and songwriters Bob McDill and Harlan Howard
    Oct 10, 1981
    Alabama performs "Feels So Right" and "Love In The First Degree" on TV's syndicated "Hee Haw." Songwriter Harlan Howard does a medley of his hits: "She Called Me Baby," "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down," "Heartaches By The Number," "The Key's In The Mailbox," "Busted" and "I Fall To Pieces"
    Sep 7, 1984
    The first Harlan Howard Birthday Bash is held at BMI
    May 6, 1985
    The Judds win Top Vocal Duet and "Why Not Me"--written by Brent Maher, Harlan Howard and Sonny Throckmorton--Song of the Year in the 20th annual Academy Of Country Music awards, aired on NBC from Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California
    Aug 5, 1986
    Songwriter Harlan Howard files suit against Merle Haggard, claiming Hag borrowed parts of his 1960 song, "Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today," in writing "Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room Tonight"
    Sep 9, 1987
    Emmylou Harris and Bobby Bare co-host the fifth annual Harlan Howard Birthday Bash at BMI on Music Row in Nashville with Rodney Crowell, K.T. Oslin, Townes Van Zandt and Nanci Griffith
    Sep 25, 1991
    Songwriter Harlan Howard files suit against Randy Travis and Alan Jackson, claiming their song "Better Class Of Losers" is a copy of his song with the same title
    Sep 6, 1995
    Brooks & Dunn and Kris Kristofferson play the final Harlan Howard Birthday Bash in Nashville, along with Rodney Crowell and songwriters Gretchen Peters and Pat Alger
    Jun 10, 1997
    Harlan Howard is added to the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the Sheraton New York Hotel, along with Phil Spector and Joni Mitchell. Howard wrote "Busted" and "I Fall To Pieces," among many others
    Jun 19, 1997
    The Tennessean runs a front-page story heralding Brenda Lee and songwriters Harlan Howard and Cindy Walker as the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame
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