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    • Mar 10, 1985
    Pioneering country executive Polk Brockman dies at Florida Hospital in Orlando. Working in Atlanta, he aided Ralph Peer in recording Fiddlin' John Carson's first session in 1924, making him one of the genre's earliest record producers
    Mar 10, 1986
    Record producer "Uncle" Art Satherley dies at his home in Fountain Valley, California. Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1971, he ran Columbia Records' country efforts from 1938-1952, producing Bob Wills, Gene Autry, Bill Monroe and others
    May 1, 1986
    Pop record producer Hugo Peretti dies in Englewood, New Jersey. A co-writer of "Can't Help Falling In Love," he produced records for Sam Cooke, The Stylistics and The Isley Brothers, plus the Jimmie Rodgers crossover hit "Honeycomb"
    Mar 6, 1987
    Don Gant dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital following a stroke. A prominent music publisher, he produced Merle Haggard's "The Way I Am" and the Eddy Raven hits "Shine, Shine, Shine" and "You're Never Too Old For Young Love"
    Dec 5, 1987
    Harry "Pappy" Daily dies in Houston. Daily founded Starday Records and produced The Big Bopper, Gene Pitney and George Jones
    Mar 20, 1989
    The Everly Brothers' former record producer, Archie Bleyer, dies with Parkinson's disease in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Bleyer produced "Wake Up Little Susie," "Bye Bye Love" and "All I Have To Do Is Dream"
    May 25, 1990
    Pop songwriter/record producer Gary Usher dies of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles. Noted for his work with The Beach Boys and The Hondells, he also produced The Byrds' pioneering country-rock album "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo"
    Jan 1, 1991
    Samuel "Buck" Ram dies in Las Vegas. Ram was the producer for The Platters and wrote "Only You (And You Alone)," which Reba McEntire turned into a country hit
    Apr 7, 1991
    African-American songwriter/producer Henry Glover dies of a heart attack in Queens, New York. Affiliated with King Records, he had a hand in such hits as Moon Mullican's "I'll Sail My Ship Alone" and The Delmore Brothers' "Blues Stay Away From Me" and "Freight Train Boogie"
    Apr 29, 1993
    Rock musician Mick Ronson dies of cancer-related liver failure in London. Most closely associated with David Bowie, Mott The Hoople and Lou Reed, he co-produced a pair of country hits for David Lynn Jones in the late-1980s



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