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    • Sep 6, 1925
    Blues singer/songwriter Jimmy Reed is born in Dunleith, Mississippi. Sonny James remakes Reed's 1961 release "Bright Lights, Big City" as a country hit in 1971
    May 30, 1965
    The Animals play the Jimmy Reed song "Bright Lights, Big City" on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The song will become a country hit for Sonny James in 1971. Sullivan's entertainment for the evening also includes Wayne Newton and Connie Francis
    Apr 28, 1971
    Sonny James records Jimmy Reed's "Bright Lights, Big City" in an evening session at the Jack Clement Recording Studios in Nashville
    Jul 24, 1971
    Sonny James tops the Billboard country singles chart with a remake of Jimmy Reed's "Bright Lights, Big City"
    Aug 29, 1976
    Blues man Jimmy Reed dies of an epileptic seizure while on tour in Oakland, California. His 1961 recording "Bright Lights, Big City" became a country hit after Sonny James recorded it in 1971
    Apr 2, 1982
    The movie "Diner" opens, with a soundtrack that includes Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel," Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" and Carl Perkins' "Honey Don't," plus Eddie Cochran, Dion, Jimmy Reed and Fats Domino, among others
    Jan 16, 1991
    Country-rock pioneers The Byrds are inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, alongside Ike & Tina Turner, LaVern Baker, Wilson Pickett, bluesman Jimmy Reed and songwriter Dave Bartholomew
    May 28, 2002
    DMZ releases the soundtrack to the Ashley Judd movie "The Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood." It includes music from Ray Charles, Alison Krauss, Bob Dylan, Lauryn Hill, Jimmy Reed and Taj Mahal, among others
    Sep 22, 2006
    "All The King's Men," a Sean Penn movie about Louisiana politics, debuts in theaters. Hank Williams' "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" is heard during the film, as are bluesmen Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf and Keb' Mo', who appears on-screen, his back to the camera
    Dec 28, 2007
    "I Forgot To Remember To Forget" songwriter Charlie Feathers joins the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame along with blues man Jimmy Reed
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