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    • Nov 14, 2000
    Sax player David Wilson dies of cancer. He was a former member of The Cascades, a pop group best known for the 1963 single "Rhythm Of The Rain." Jacky Ward remade that song as a country hit in 1978
    Dec 19, 2000
    Roebuck "Pops" Staples dies in Chicago. He headed The Staple Singers, who joined Marty Stuart to sing "The Weight" on the album "Rhythm Country & Blues." They also preceded The Oak Ridge Boys in recording "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend"
    Jan 7, 2001
    Soul singer James Carr dies of cancer in Memphis, Tennessee. Two years later, his song "The Dark End Of The Street" is cited among country's 500 greatest singles of all-time in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Apr 24, 2001
    R&B vocalist Al Hibbler dies at Chicago's Holy Cross Hospital. He recorded one of the first versions of the standard "Unchained Melody," earning a pop hit with it in 1955. It also became a country hit for Elvis Presley and for LeAnn Rimes
    Jun 21, 2001
    Blues musician John Lee Hooker dies in Los Altos, California. His 1966 recording "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" will be referenced in Eric Church's 2016 country hit "Record Year"
    Jul 27, 2001
    Bass player Leon Wilkeson dies in his sleep at home in Jacksonville, Florida. He was a longtime member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, a Southern rock band that influenced many country performers and was the subject of the 1994 tribute album "Skynyrd Frynds"
    Aug 23, 2001
    Trombone player Eric Allendale dies. He was a member of the pop band The Foundations, whose 1960s hit "Baby, Now That I've Found You" became a 1996 country Grammy-winner for Alison Krauss
    Nov 29, 2001
    Ex-Beatle George Harrison dies in Los Angeles from cancer. During his tenure with The Beatles, he authored "Something," a ballad that had a second life as a country hit in 1974 for Johnny Rodriguez
    Jan 28, 2002
    Horn player Steven Caldwell, formerly of The Swingin' Medallions, dies of cancer. The band had a 1966 pop hit with "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)," covered for the country charts in 1983 by Joe Stampley
    Oct 12, 2002
    Pop arranger Ray Conniff dies at the Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, California. An influence on the instrumentation of the Nashville Sound, he arranged several Marty Robbins hits, including "A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)" and "The Story Of My Life"



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