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    • Nov 23, 1968
    Wide receiver Larry Gatlin scores a touchdown as the University of Houston Cougars swamp the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, 100-6, in the Astrodome
    Aug 9, 1969
    Larry Gatlin marries Janis Ross
    Jan 5, 1972
    Larry Gatlin holds his first recording session at the Monument Studios in Nashville
    Apr 14, 1972
    Larry Gatlin is fired from his job as a janitor at a Nashville television station. In a stroke of perfect timing, he finds himself working in a recording studio three days later with Johnny Cash
    Apr 16, 1972
    Larry Gatlin sings "Help Me" during a service at Nashville's Evangel Temple, attended by Johnny Cash and June Carter. Cash meets Gatlin for the first time and asks him to come by his studio the next morning to help record the song
    Apr 17, 1972
    Johnny Cash holds the first session at his new House Of Cash recording studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Among the songs he tackles is "Help Me," a future Elvis Presley hit written by Larry Gatlin, who is present at the session
    Jul 8, 1972
    Kris Kristofferson records "Why Me" at the Monument Studios in Nashville. The session also yields a performance of Larry Gatlin's song "Help Me," featuring Gatlin and Rita Coolidge, for Johnny Cash's movie "The Gospel Road"
    Jul 30, 1973
    Johnny Cash plays the Nevada State Prison in Carson City with Carl Perkins and Larry Gatlin. Songs in the set include "Daddy Sang Bass," "A Boy Named Sue," "Sunday Morning Coming Down" and "Folsom Prison Blues"
    Mar 13, 1974
    Larry Gatlin records his first hit, "Delta Dirt," during a pair of three-hour recording sessions at Monument Studio in Nashville
    Jul 4, 1974
    Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic is marked by a female streaker who jogs across stage while Waylon Jennings performs at the Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas. Others on the bill include Larry Gatlin, Michael Martin Murphey, "Kung Fu" star David Carradine and Sammi Smith
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