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  • Aug 2, 1935
    Songwriter Hank Cochran is born in Isola, Mississippi. His credits include Vern Gosdin's "Set 'Em Up Joe," Patsy Cline's "I Fall To Pieces," George Strait's "Ocean Front Property" and Eddy Arnold's "Make The World Go Away," among others. Cochran joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014
    Oct 2, 1946
    Hank Cochran's parents are divorced. The boy grows up to be a significant songwriter, penning "I Fall To Pieces," "Ocean Front Property," "Make The World Go Away" and "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)"
    Jan 1, 1959
    Ray Price founds the Pamper Music publishing company with Hal Smith and Claude Caviness. It develops songwriters Hank Cochran, Willie Nelson and Harlan Howard, yielding such titles as "Make The World Go Away," "Crazy" and "I Fall To Pieces"
    Jun 10, 1964
    Buck Owens records "Hello Trouble" and Hank Cochran's "A-11" at the Capitol Studio in Los Angeles. The former song becomes a hit for The Desert Rose Band in 1989; the latter is referenced in Owens' Emmylou Harris duet "Play Together Again Again"
    Jul 2, 1964
    Hank Cochran and his first wife, Shirley, are divorced
    Dec 3, 1964
    Bobby and Jeannie Bare are married. Songwriter Hank Cochran serves as best man
    Apr 1, 1967
    On opening day, the Country Music Hall of Fame unveils its Walkway of Stars. Among the initial honorees: Lefty Frizzell, Hank Williams Jr., Jeannie Seely, Webb Pierce, and songwriters Hank Cochran and Boudleaux Bryant
    Mar 27, 1968
    Ray Price sells his half of Pamper Music to songwriters Willie Nelson and Hank Cochran. The publishing company controls such copyrights as "I Fall To Pieces," "Heartaches By The Number" and "Funny How Time Slips Away"
    Jun 15, 1969
    Jeannie Seely marries songwriter Hank Cochran in Renfro Valley, Kentucky
    Dec 22, 1970
    Willie Nelson and Hank Cochran write "What Can You Do To Me Now." As if in answer to the question, Nelson's house burns to the ground the next day

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