Along with The Everly Brothers, Don Gibson and Roy Orbison, Mickey and I were in the same stable in Nashville of Acuff/Rose Publishing Company and Hickory Recording label under the direction of Wesley Rose and I have recorded several of his songs. He wrote a song especially for me called Maurie and I also recorded his Good Morning Dear, Sweet Memories, You Only Live Once In A While and Looking For The Sunshine.

We shared many memorable times together: Whether it was just drifting and dreaming while fishing from his boat on the Hickory Lake, or in England where I was privileged to have him stay with me at my home when we last worked together at the Wembley Country Music Festival. He will go down in my memory as a dear friend and an extremely gifted and warm human being whose loss will be greatly felt by all those who were lucky to have known him and by those who simply listened to his beautiful songs."

The flagship event at the heart of all this activity was the unveiling, for the first time, of the official Top 100 singles of all time (based on the actual sales) in a three hour primetime, network television extravaganza. With Frank's song I Remember You being in the official Top 100, he appeared on the program in November 2002.