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Oct 21, 1995
Maxene Andrews, of The Andrews Sisters, dies at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The sisters were a significant pop harmony trio in the 1930s and '40s, but also teamed with Ernest Tubb and Bing Crosby on country hits during the 1940s, including the Crosby effort "Pistol Packin' Mama"
Jan 15, 1996
Keyboard player and arranger Les Baxter dies in Newport Beach, California, of heart and kidney problems. Known for his work with Bob Hope and Nat King Cole, his Les Baxter Chorus backed Jimmy Wakely on the 1951 country hit "Beautiful Brown Eyes"
May 31, 1996
Bass singer Elsbeary Hobbs dies in New York. In the 1950s, he joined The Drifters, contributing to "Save The Last Dance For Me," remade on three occasions as a country hit--by Buck Owens, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton
Jun 15, 1996
Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald dies of diabetes in Beverly Hills, California. She made one brief appearance in the Top 10 of the Billboard country chart, with her 1944 single "When My Sugar Walks Down The Street"
Jul 17, 1996
Bass player Chas Chandler dies in England. A former member of the rock band The Animals, he took part in the 1964 pop hit "The House Of The Rising Sun." Dolly Parton earns a country hit with a cover of the song in 1981
Aug 11, 1996
Following a struggle with cancer, drummer Mel Taylor dies of heart failure in Tarzana, California. A longtime member of the pop instrumental group The Ventures, he also played on two Buck Owens hits: "Together Again" and "My Heart Skips A Beat"
Aug 21, 1996
Alyce King, of The King Sisters, dies in Los Angeles. Noted for its 1940s pop recordings and its 1960s variety show, the family act also collected a country hit in 1946 with a cover of "Divorce Me C.O.D."
Sep 13, 1996
Rapper Tupac Shakur dies of a head wound in Las Vegas, six days after he was shot in a drive-by shooting on Flamingo Road. He will be referenced 20 years later in the chorus of a Florida Georgia Line collaboration with Tim McGraw, "May We All"
Mar 10, 1997
R&B singer LaVern Baker dies in New York City of a diabetes-related heart attack. Nearly four decades prior, she scored a pop hit with "I Cried A Tear," re-recorded for the country audience by Ernest Tubb
Aug 4, 1997
Pop vocalist Louise King dies in Sandy, Utah. In addition to a string of pop recordings in the 1940s and a 1960s network TV show, The King Sisters realized a country hit with a 1946 remake of Merle Travis' "Divorce Me C.O.D."
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