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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
Jun 9, 1993
Soul singer Arthur Alexander dies of a heart attack in Nashville. Two of the songs he wrote became country hits: "You Better Move On," for Billy "Crash" Craddock; and "Everyday I Have To Cry Some," for Joe Stampley
Nov 11, 1993
Big band figure Erskine Hawkins dies at his home in Willingboro, New Jersey. A trumpet player and band leader, he appeared on the country charts during 1944 with his crossover hit "Don't Cry, Baby"
Jan 15, 1994
Singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson dies in his sleep in Agoura Hills, California, nearly a year after suffering a heart attack. His song "Everybody's Talkin'" is ranked one of the 500 greatest country singles in a Country Music Foundation book
Jun 23, 1994
Kin Vassy dies of lung cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. A former member of Kenny Rogers & The First Edition as well as Frank Zappa & The Mothers, he sang on many of Rogers' solo hits, including "Scarlet Fever," "Morning Desire" and "Love Will Turn You Around"
Aug 25, 1994
Creadel "Red" Jones, former bass vocalist for The Chi-Lites, dies. He participated in the 1972 pop hit "Oh Girl," remade as a 1982 country hit by Con Hunley
Dec 23, 1994
Pop singer Dan Hamilton dies in Sherman Oaks, California. He was a member of Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, whose 1971 hit "Don't Pull Your Love" was remade in 1976 as part of a Glen Campbell medley with "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"
Aug 9, 1995
Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia dies of a heart attack at a San Francisco rehab center. Two years later, his version of "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner)" appears on "The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute"
Aug 26, 1995
Ronnie White, of The Miracles, dies of leukemia at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. The Motown group had two songs remade as country hits: Linda Ronstadt's "The Tracks Of My Tears" and Mickey Gilley's "You've Really Got A Hold On Me"
Oct 5, 1995
Big-band leader Dick Jurgens dies of cancer at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento. His orchestra's recording of "(Oh Why, Oh Why, Did I Ever Leave) Wyoming" crossed into the country Top 10 in 1947
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