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    • Mar 1, 1974
    Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show perform the Shel Silverstein-written "Marie Laveau" on NBC-TV's "The Midnight Special." The installment also features Melissa Manchester and Peter Yarrow
    Jun 29, 1975
    Susan Hastings dies in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the mother of Shoshanna, the only daughter of songwriter Shel Silverstein, known for such songs as "A Boy Named Sue," "Daddy What If," "One's On The Way" and "Marie Laveau"
    Apr 24, 1982
    Songwriter Shel Silverstein's only daughter, Shoshanna, dies of a cerebral aneurysm in Baltimore, Maryland. He wrote such country hits as "One's On The Way," "Marie Laveau," "The Winner" and "A Boy Named Sue"
    Feb 26, 1985
    Shel Silverstein and producer Ron Haffkine share the trophy for Best Recording for Children, honoring "Where The Sidewalk Ends," during the 27th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
    Jul 3, 1997
    Bobby Bare, Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed take over the Masterfonics studio in Nashville, where they record a live album, "Old Dogs." The audience includes Shel Silverstein, Jan Howard, Carl Smith and Bobby Bare Jr.
    May 10, 1999
    Songwriter Shel Silverstein is found dead at his Key West, Florida, home following a heart attack. The multi-talented cartoonist and author wrote Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue," Bobby Bare's "Marie Laveau" and Loretta Lynn's "One's On The Way"
    Nov 9, 2001
    "Dr. Demento's 20th Anniversary Collection" is certified gold by the RIAA. The compilation includes Homer & Jethro's "Battle Of Kookamonga," Ray Stevens' "Gitarzan," Sheb Wooley's "Purple People Eater" and Shel Silverstein's "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out"
    Nov 3, 2002
    Bob Dylan ("To Make You Feel My Love"), Shel Silverstein ("A Boy Named Sue") and Dean Dillon ("Ocean Front Property") enter the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame during ceremonies at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza
    Jun 1, 2008
    Fire destroys thousands of master recordings at the Universal Music Group in Los Angeles, including music by Jan Howard, Shel Silverstein, The Louvin Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bobby Helms, Kate Smith, Jack Greene, George Hamilton IV, Nanci Griffith, Fats Domino and Sheryl Crow
    Jan 4, 2018
    "There is a voice inside of you, that whispers all day long, I feel this is right for me, I know that this is wrong": The opening words from "The Voice," a poem by "A Boy Named Sue" songwriter Shel Silverstein, provide the answer for the Cryptoquote puzzle in daily newspapers
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