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  • Nov 26, 1915
    Songwriter Hal Blair is born in Kansas City, Missouri. He writes Elvis Presley's "I Was The One," Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me, I'm Falling," Jimmy Wakely's "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" and Jim Reeves' "My Lips Are Sealed"
    Jul 20, 1940
    The Judy Canova movie "Scatterbrain" opens, with musical roles for Walter Shrum and songwriter Hal Blair
    Dec 30, 1940
    The ninth Tex Ritter film of the year, "Rollin' Home To Texas," opens, with Ritter singing "Wabash Cannonball." Also in the cast: Eddie Dean, Walter Shrum and songwriter Hal Blair
    Feb 2, 2001
    Songwriter Hal Blair dies at his home in Biggs, California. His credits include: Elvis Presley's "I Was The One," Hank Snow's "Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street)" and Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me, I'm Falling "
    Nov 2, 2003
    Rodney Crowell ("Please Remember Me"), John Prine ("Love Is On A Roll"), Paul Overstreet ("On The Other Hand") and Hal Blair ("Please Help Me, I'm Falling") join the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in a Loews Vanderbilt Plaza ceremony

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