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    • Sep 2, 1948
    Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw is born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He appears in four Super Bowls, but also nets a recording contract with Mercury in 1975, recording a minor country hit with "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
    Sep 20, 1970
    Terry Bradshaw quarterbacks the Pittsburgh Steelers for the first time in a 19-7 loss to the Houston Oilers at Three Rivers Stadium. He goes on to earn a minor country hit with his 1975 recording of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
    Oct 19, 1975
    Terry Bradshaw quarterbacks the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 34-3 NFL win against the Chicago Bears at Three Rivers Stadium, a day before signing a recording contract with the Nashville division of Mercury Records
    Oct 20, 1975
    Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw signs with Mercury Records. He gains a minor country hit the following year with his version of Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
    Dec 8, 1975
    Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw records Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" in a midday session at Nashville's US Recording Studio
    Dec 18, 1975
    A string section is overdubbed on Terry Bradshaw's remake of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" at Nashville's US Recording Studio
    Nov 13, 1976
    Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw sings "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" on an episode of "Hee Haw," featuring Roy Clark, Buck Owens, Barbi Benton, Minnie Pearl and Grandpa Jones
    Oct 29, 1977
    Don Williams performs "She Never Knew Me" and "Say It Again" on "Pop! Goes The Country," hosted by Ralph Emery. Barbara Mandrell sings "Let Your Love Flow," and Terry Bradshaw covers "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" and "Four Walls"
    Jul 28, 1978
    Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Terry Bradshaw star as "Hooper," a movie about a stunt man, debuts in theaters. Tammy Wynette contributes a song to the soundtrack: "A Player, A Pawn, A Hero, A King"
    Aug 15, 1980
    "Smokey & The Bandit II" debuts in movie theaters with Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Terry Bradshaw, Don Williams, Jerry Reed, Mel Tillis, The Statler Brothers and Brenda Lee. The soundtrack album includes The Statlers' "Charlotte's Web" and Tanya Tucker's "Pecos Promenade"
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