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    • Sep 8, 1961
    Webb Pierce records the Mel Tillis-written "Take Time"
    Feb 27, 1962
    Mel Tillis and Danny Dill help Carl Perkins finish writing "So Wrong" in Nashville. Patsy Cline records it the next day
    Mar 1, 1962
    Webb Pierce records "Crazy Wild Desire," co-written by Mel Tillis
    Jul 19, 1962
    Mel Tillis has a son, Mel Tillis Jr. The senior Tillis begins thinking seriously about his future and gives up cigarettes. The boy, nicknamed Sonny, becomes a songwriter as an adult, co-writing Jamie O'Neal's "When I Think About Angels"
    Aug 24, 1962
    Webb Pierce records the Mel Tillis-penned "Sawmill"
    Apr 6, 1963
    The Mel Tillis-penned "Mary Don't You Weep" is performed by Bob Gibson, The Limeliters and the rest of the guests as the finale for ABC-TV's premiere of the folk music show "Hootenanny"
    Nov 26, 1964
    Mel Tillis and Red Foley find songwriter Marijohn Wilkin, co-writer of "The Long Black Veil," barely conscious at her rural Tennessee home. Wilkin had attempted to commit suicide with sleeping pills and aspirin
    May 6, 1966
    Mel Tillis records "Stateside" during his first session after signing a new contract with Kapp Records. The song provides his touring band with its name: The Statesiders
    May 10, 1966
    Mel Tillis records "Mental Revenge." The song becomes a hit for Waylon Jennings the following year, and Tillis has his own hit with it in 1976
    Dec 8, 1966
    Mel Tillis records "Life Turned Her That Way"
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