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  • Oct 24, 1934
    Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer is born in Whitney, Texas. He pens George Strait's "All My Ex's Live In Texas," Merle Haggard's "That's The Way Love Goes," Moe Bandy's "Bandy The Rodeo Clown" and Keith Whitley's "I Wonder Do You Think Of Me"
    Oct 8, 1989
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Maggie Cavender, longtime leader of the Nashville Songwriters Association International, plus songwriters Rory Bourke ("The Most Beautiful Girl") and Whitey Shafer ("That's The Way Love Goes")
    Mar 7, 2010
    Clint Black, Mac Davis and Whitey Shafer are added to the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame at the Paramount Theatre in Austin
    Oct 7, 2014
    Jerrod Niemann and Corey Frizzell hold a benefit for "All My Ex's Live In Texas" songwriter Whitey Shafer at Honky Tonk Central in Nashville. The show also features Ken Mellons, Lee Roy Parnell, Daryle Singletary and songwriters Dallas Davidson and Rob Hatch, among others
    Mar 18, 2015
    Moe Bandy organizes a benefit for songwriter Whitey Shafer at the Nashville Palace that also features Joe Stampley, David Frizzell, Jeannie Seely, Gene Watson, John Conlee and T. Graham Brown
    Jun 9, 2015
    "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" songwriter Billy Yates hosts his Countriest of the Country benefit at the George Jones Museum in Nashville. Guests include Jeannie Seely, Stella Parton, Buddy Jewell, T. Graham Brown, John Berry and songwriters Whitey Shafer and Dallas Frazier
    Jan 12, 2019
    Songwriter Whitey Shafer dies. A member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, his legacy includes George Strait's "All My Ex's Live In Texas," Keith Whitley's "I Wonder Do You Think Of Me" and Merle Haggard's "That's The Way Love Goes"

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