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    • Jul 1, 1915
    Blues musician Willie Dixon is born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Influential in R&B and rock, he plays bass on Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    May 21, 1955
    Chuck Berry records "Maybellene," a song inspired by Bob Wills' "Ida Red," at Chicago's Chess Recording Studio, with Willie Dixon on bass. George Jones & Johnny Paycheck have a country hit with the song--with the spelling changed to "Mabellene"--in 1979
    Feb 20, 1964
    Chuck Berry records "Promised Land," with Willie Dixon sitting in, at the Chess Recording Studio in Chicago. The song is destined to climb the country charts after a re-recording by Elvis Presley
    Jan 29, 1992
    Blues musician Willie Dixon dies in Burbank, California. Influential in both R&B and rock, he played bass on Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," ranked among the 500 greatest country singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jan 12, 1993
    Academy Of Country Music awards producer Dick Clark is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, along with Creedence Clearwater Revival, producer Milt Gabler, Van Morrison, Willie Dixon and Cream
    Aug 9, 2003
    Songwriter Hank Cochran, known for "Make The World Go Away" and "I Fall To Pieces," is added to the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, alongside blues legend Willie Dixon and 'N Sync's Lance Bass
    Feb 18, 2015
    Toby Keith and Bobby Braddock are announced as 2015 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees. Also in the class are Cyndi Lauper, Willie Dixon, Linda Perry, Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter
    Jun 18, 2015
    Toby Keith and "He Stopped Loving Her Today" author Bobby Braddock are inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York. Also joining are Cyndi Lauper, Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, Linda Perry and Willie Dixon
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