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    • Jul 23, 1948
    Singer/songwriter John Hall is born in Baltimore, Maryland. As a member of the pop band Orleans, he writes the group's biggest single, "Still The One," which Bill Anderson remakes as a country hit in 1976
    Jul 4, 1975
    Freddy Fender performs his crossover hits "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" during NBC's "The Midnight Special." The lineup also features The Hollies and Orleans
    Apr 28, 1976
    Asylum releases Orleans' pop single "Still The One." Eight months later, Bill Anderson re-records it for country consumption
    Jan 1, 1977
    Loretta Lynn appears on the early-morning NBC special "Doc And Gladys Celebrate," featuring Doc Severinsen, Gladys Knight, Jo Stafford and Orleans
    Oct 29, 2004
    George W. Bush agrees to stop using "Still The One" as a campaign theme when singer/songwriter John Hall, who supports opponent John Kerry, protests that it was used without permission from Hall and his co-writer, Johanna Hall
    Nov 29, 2005
    Pop singer John Hall, the former frontman for Orleans who authored the Bill Anderson hit "Still The One," announces he's running as a Democrat to represent New York's 19th congressional district
    Sep 12, 2006
    Singer/songwriter John Hall wins the Democratic primary in New York state's 19th congressional district, 30 years after Bill Anderson recorded his song "Still The One"
    Nov 7, 2006
    Thirty years after Bill Anderson covered his song "Still The One," singer/songwriter John Hall is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving the 19th congressional district in upstate New York
    Nov 8, 2006
    A day after he was elected a New York delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, "Still The One" songwriter John Hall performs the national anthem in a duet with the host of "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central
    Jun 21, 2008
    New York congressman John Hall performs during a fundraiser at 3rd & Lindsley in Nashville. The bill also features J.D. Souther, Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd, Bill LaBounty and Todd Sharp
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