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    • Oct 4, 1944
    Songwriter Larry Collins is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His credits include Tanya Tucker's "Pecos Promenade" and "Delta Dawn," and David Frizzell & Shelly West's "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma"
    Dec 25, 1952
    Eight-year-old Larry Collins receives a guitar for Christmas. He grows up to write David Frizzell & Shelly West's "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma"
    Jul 25, 1955
    Columbia signs The Collins Kids to a recording contract. It never amounts to any hits, but it's an important step in the career of California songwriter Larry Collins, who writes such hits as "Delta Dawn" and "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma"
    Aug 6, 1955
    Hank Snow, Lefty Frizzell, Eddie Dean, Freddie Hart and The Collins Kids perform the first-ever country concert at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. The evening is emceed by songwriter Joe Nixon
    Mar 11, 1967
    The CBS variety series "The Jackie Gleason Show" delivers a country episode with appearances by Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys, The Collins Kids, Roy Clark, Homer & Jethro, Boots Randolph, Buck Owens and Sue Thompson
    Nov 21, 1978
    Elektra/Asylum releases the soundtrack to the Clint Eastwood movie "Every Which Way But Loose." Included: Mel Tillis' "Coca Cola Cowboy" and "Send Me Down To Tucson," Eddie Rabbitt's title cut and music from Charlie Rich, Carol Chase, Hank Thompson, Larry Collins and Phil Everly
    Apr 29, 1982
    "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma" wins Song of the Year for David Frizzell & Shelly West and songwriters Sandy Pinkard and Larry Collins during the 17th annual Academy of Country Music Awards at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California
    Jan 5, 2024
    Larry Collins, formerly a member of The Collins Kids, dies at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Santa Clarita, California. He authored Tanya Tucker's "Delta Dawn" and the David Frizzell & Shelly West duet "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma"
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