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Aug 16, 1905Air Force general Henry Kristofferson is born in Tacoma, Washington. His children will include Country Music Hall of Fame member Kris KristoffersonSep 8, 1922Mary Ann Ashbrook is born in Ross County, Ohio. Her offspring include a Country Music Hall of Fame member, singer/songwriter Kris KristoffersonJun 22, 1936Kris Kristofferson is born in Brownsville, Texas. He records the 1973 hit "Why Me," becomes a member of The Highwaymen, appears in numerous movies and writes such classics as "Help Me Make It Through The Night" and "For The Good Times," landing in the Country Music Hall of FameNov 1, 1965Kris Kristofferson arrives in Nashville, where he takes a job as a janitor at the Columbia Recording Studios. The gig is an intermediate step before he becomes one of the town's most influential songwritersDec 6, 1967Forty songwriters attend the inaugural meeting of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. They include Kris Kristofferson, Marijohn Wilkin, Eddie Miller, Boudleaux and Felice Bryant and Liz and Casey AndersonFeb 19, 1969Johnny Cash hears songwriter Shel Silverstein's "A Boy Named Sue" for the first time during a songwriters party in Tennessee, also attended by Graham Nash, Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson and Joni Mitchell. Cash records the song five days laterMay 16, 1969Roger Miller records Kris Kristofferson's "Me And Bobby McGee" in NashvilleJul 17, 1969During an appearance at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island, Johnny Cash brings an unknown Kris Kristofferson out of the audience to perform "Me And Bobby McGee." The next day, the local paper identifies the newcomer as "Chris Tofferson"Oct 19, 1969Kris Kristofferson and Shel Silverstein write "Once More With Feeling" with the help of a little wine in Nashville. Jerry Lee Lewis records the song the next dayFeb 25, 1970"The Johnny Cash Show" features the Man in Black's performance of Kris Kristofferson's "Sunday Morning Coming Down." Other guests: The Carter Family, Kenny Rogers, The Statler Brothers, Mama Cass Elliot and Bob Hope
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