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    • Mar 13, 1963
    Traditional country singer/songwriter Billy Yates is born in Doniphan, Missouri. He pens the George Jones singles "Choices" and "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair"
    Jun 17, 1997
    Almo Sounds releases Billy Yates' self-titled album. It includes his original version of "Choices," a song that wins George Jones a Grammy three years later
    Nov 11, 2000
    Songwriter Billy Yates makes his Grand Ole Opry debut. He wrote the George Jones titles "Choices" and "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair"
    Jun 8, 2005
    "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" songwriter Billy Yates hosts a Countriest of the Country benefit with Daryle Singletary, Ken Mellons, Kevin Denney, Allen Frizzell, Becky Hobbs and Dean Miller at the Texas Troubadour Theatre in Nashville
    Jun 7, 2006
    David Frizzell, Allen Frizzell, Jimmy Fortune, Kevin Denney and Ken Mellons perform during songwriter Billy Yates' Countriest of the Country benefit concert at Nashville's Texas Troubadour Theatre
    Jun 6, 2007
    "Choices" songwriter Billy Yates hosts his Countriest of the Country benefit with Joe Diffie, Chris Young, Highway 101, Tammy Cochran, Michael Peterson and Ricky Lynn Gregg at the Texas Troubadour Theatre in Nashville
    Jun 4, 2008
    Chris Young, Tammy Cochran, T. Graham Brown and Sunny Sweeney play songwriter Billy Yates' Countriest of the Country benefit at Nashville's Texas Troubadour Theatre with Michael Peterson, Byron Hill and Leslie Satcher
    Apr 24, 2009
    Darryl Worley, Ken Mellons, Billy Yates and Randy Kohrs take part in a benefit concert in Boaz, Alabama, for two children who watched their father kill their mom
    Jun 10, 2009
    Jimmy Fortune, Sunny Sweeney, Michael Peterson and George Ducas play Billy Yates' Countriest of the Country benefit at the Texas Troubadour Theatre in Nashville. Also appearing: Jeff Bates, Paul Overstreet, Wynn Varble and Sherrie Austin
    Sep 2, 2009
    Buddy Jewell performs a benefit concert for a two-year-old with brain cancer, sharing the stage with songwriters Rivers Rutherford, Victoria Shaw, Gary Burr, Dave Berg and Billy Yates at the Listening Room in Nashville
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