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    • Oct 20, 1990
    Holly Dunn and Hoyt Axton appear on "Hee Haw"
    Dec 29, 1990
    Holly Dunn and Hoyt Axton fill out the guest lineup on TV's "Hee Haw"
    Jun 18, 1994
    Blake Shelton, spending his first week in Nashville, hears a future hit for the first time when singer/songwriter Hoyt Axton plays "Ol' Red" for him
    Feb 11, 1997
    Hoyt Axton is arrested in Hamilton, Montana, when police find more than a pound of marijuana in his home
    Apr 9, 1997
    Mae Boren Axton dies in Nashville. The mother of singer Hoyt Axton, she was best known for writing Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel"
    Aug 28, 1997
    Hoyt Axton marries Deborah Hawkins in Victor, Montana
    Oct 26, 1999
    Hoyt Axton dies in Victor, Montana, following several heart attacks. The son of "Heartbreak Hotel" writer Mae Boren Axton, the singer/songwriter earned two country hits in 1974 and wrote pop hits for Three Dog Night, Ringo Starr and Steppenwolf
    Oct 27, 2004
    Target begins running a holiday advertising campaign featuring interpretations of the Three Dog Night hit "Joy To The World," written by Hoyt Axton. Gretchen Wilson is one of five artists in the campaign, coordinated by producer David Foster
    Mar 17, 2006
    Tex Williams' "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" airs over the opening credits as the satirical movie "Thank You For Smoking" hits theaters in limited release. The movie also features The Kingston Trio on the Hoyt Axton-penned "Greenback Dollar"
    Nov 1, 2007
    Cal Smith, Sammi Smith, Hoyt Axton, Mae Boren Axton and the rock band Hinder are inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame during a public ceremony at the Muskogee Civic Center
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