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  • Oct 27, 1939
    Songwriter Dallas Frazier is born in Spiro, Oklahoma. A 1976 addition to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he writes The Oak Ridge Boys' "Elvira," Patty Loveless' "If My Heart Had Windows" and Gene Watson's "Fourteen Carat Mind," among others
    Jun 22, 1958
    Dallas and Sharon Frazier are married. The groom is destined to write such love songs as "There Goes My Everything," "If My Heart Had Windows" and "All I Have To Offer You (Is Me)"
    Sep 5, 1963
    Songwriter Dallas Frazier moves to Nashville from Los Angeles. He writes Jack Greene's "There Goes My Everything," The Oak Ridge Boys' "Elvira," George Jones' "If My Heart Had Windows" and Gene Watson's "Fourteen Carat Mind," among others
    Nov 11, 1965
    Songwriter Dallas Frazier records his original version of "Elvira," a future country hit for The Oak Ridge Boys
    Dec 27, 1965
    Capitol releases songwriter Dallas Frazier's original version of "Elvira," a song eventually associated with The Oak Ridge Boys
    Feb 19, 1967
    Dallas Frazier writes the George Jones hit "If My Heart Had Windows," later remade by Patty Loveless
    Oct 20, 1967
    Songwriter Dallas Frazier wins the Country Music Association's inaugural Song of the Year award for "There Goes My Everything." The song also earns Single of the Year for Jack Greene and is the title track on Greene's Album of the Year entry
    Jan 1, 1976
    Songwriter Dallas Frazier decides to retire from the music industry and go into the ministry. He leaves behind an impressive trail of titles, including "There Goes My Everything," "What's Your Mama's Name," "If My Heart Had Windows" and "Elvira"
    Oct 10, 1976
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Carl Belew ("What's He Doing In My World"), Dallas Frazier ("Elvira"), Moon Mullican, John D. Loudermilk ("Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"), Curly Putman ("He Stopped Loving Her Today") and Mel Tillis
    Dec 5, 2006
    Marty Stuart and Ferlin Husky play a benefit concert at the Nashville Palace for police officer Danita Marsh, paralyzed after being shot in the line of duty. Other performers include Freddy Weller, Leona Williams and Dallas Frazier

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