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Dec 6, 1949
Huddie Ledbetter dies in New York City. Better known as Lead Belly, the blues pioneer made a mark in country music when his composition "Goodnight Irene" became a hit for both Moon Mullican and the duo of Red Foley & Ernest Tubb
Dec 11, 1949
Fiddlin' John Carson dies of cancer at home in Atlanta, Georgia, with a fiddle in his hands. He was the first country artist to sell a major volume of records following his first recording session, in 1923
Dec 16, 1949
Former blackface comedian Lee "Lasses" White dies in Hollywood. As one-half of Lasses & White, he spent two years as a Grand Ole Opry member, eventually appearing in movies
Apr 3, 1950
Pop songwriter Kurt Weill dies of a heart attack in New York. Two of his songs find new life after his passing: Bobby Darin's recording of "Mack The Knife" and Willie Nelson's version of "September Song"
Jun 9, 1950
Pop songwriter Joe Burke dies of a heart attack in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. The author of "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" and "Rambling Rose," he also wrote the 1925 hit "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight," destined to be a 1979 country duet for Deborah Allen and Jim Reeves
Jul 11, 1950
Pop songwriter and Capitol Records co-founder Buddy De Sylva dies in Los Angeles. The label has already enjoyed hits with Tex Ritter, Tex Williams, Jimmy Wakely, Hank Thompson and Merle Travis
Jul 26, 1950
Blues guitarist Papa Charlie McCoy dies in Chicago. He backed Tommy Johnson on the 1928 recording "Cool Drink Of Water Blues," listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Apr 15, 1951
Texas Playboys guitarist Junior Barnard dies at Fresno County General Hospital in California, after a car crash. He played on "Bob Wills Boogie," "Brain Cloudy Blues" and "White Cross On Okinawa," as well as Johnnie Lee Wills' "Milk Cow Blues"
Jul 17, 1951
Cajun fiddler Harry Choates dies while incarcerated in Austin, Texas. Though the cause of death is listed as cirrhosis of the liver, a jail beating might have been the actual cause. Choates earned acclaim with "Jole Blon"
Mar 22, 1952
Uncle Dave Macon dies at Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The singer/songwriter/comedian/banjo player became one of the Grand Ole Opry's first members while in his 50s, entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1966
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