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    • Aug 9, 1934
    Singer/songwriter Merle Kilgore is born in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He achieves his biggest successes as the writer of Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire" and Claude King's "Wolverton Mountain," but he's best known as Hank Williams Jr.'s manager
    Dec 29, 1957
    Shreveport clairvoyant Bernard Ricks calls "Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore and warns him to check on his daughter. Kilgore finds the baby is being smothered by a pile of clothes
    Nov 8, 1960
    Johnny Horton is buried in Bossier City, Louisiana. Johnny Cash reads John 20 at Rose-Neath Chapel during the funeral, also attended by record producer Don Law, singer/songwriter Merle Kilgore, Tillman Franks and Jimmie Davis
    Nov 2, 1963
    "Country Music On Broadway" premieres in Nashville. The movie features Whitey Ford, Flatt & Scruggs, Roy Drusky, Audrey Williams, Ralph Emery, The Anita Kerr Singers, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Merle Kilgore and The Wilburn Brothers, among others
    May 11, 1964
    Hank Williams Jr. begins three days of recording with MGM labelmate Connie Francis at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studio. The first song they tackle: "Wolverton Mountain," written by Bocephus' future manager, Merle Kilgore
    May 1, 1965
    Merle Kilgore opens for Hank Williams Jr. for the first time. It begins a tradition that lasts for more than 20 years
    Dec 29, 1966
    The movie "Second Fiddle To A Steel Guitar" debuts in theaters, with Minnie Pearl, Sonny James, Carl and Pearl Butler, Pete Drake, George Hamilton IV, Homer & Jethro, Merle Kilgore, Lamar Morris, Bill Phillips, Del Reeves, and Buddy Spicher
    Mar 1, 1968
    Johnny Cash marries June Carter at the Methodist Church, in Franklin, Kentucky. Carter's "Ring Of Fire" co-writer Merle Kilgore is best man
    Aug 8, 1975
    Robert Altman's movie, "Nashville," premieres at Nashville's 100 Oaks Theater. The country parody earns him an Oscar nomination for Best Director. Appearing on screen: fiddler Vassar Clements and songwriters Merle Kilgore and Jonnie Barnett
    May 17, 1976
    "Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore performs before presidential candidate Jimmy Carter delivers a speech at the National Guard Armory in Nashville
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