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    • Aug 5, 1943
    Sammi Smith is born in Orange, California. She receives a Grammy award for her 1971 rendition of Kris Kristofferson's "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
    May 6, 1970
    Sammi Smith records the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Help Me Make It Through The Night" at Nashville's Monument Studio
    Feb 13, 1971
    Sammi Smith goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
    Mar 17, 1971
    Sammi Smith performs "Help Me Make It Through The Night" on ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show." Also appearing: Mickey Newbury, Chris Gantry, Gary Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, The Dillards, The Carter Family and The Statler Brothers
    Mar 22, 1971
    Sammi Smith claims Most Promising Female Vocalist during the sixth annual Academy Of Country & Western Music awards, hosted by Dick Clark at the Hollywood Palladium
    Apr 26, 1971
    Sammi Smith picks up the only gold single of her career, for selling a million copies of "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
    May 8, 1971
    Sammi Smith spends a week atop the Billboard country albums chart with "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
    Aug 28, 1971
    Jerry Reed leads with seven nominations as finalists for the Country Music Association awards are named in Nashville. Loretta Lynn is tabbed four times, while Merle Haggard, Sammi Smith, Conway Twitty and Lynn Anderson are triple-nominees
    Oct 10, 1971
    Sammi Smith's recording of "Help Me Make It Through The Night" claims Single of the Year at the fifth annual Country Music Association awards, held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville
    Oct 23, 1971
    Sammi Smith sings "Help Me Make It Through The Night" on "Hee Haw"
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