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Dec 13, 2002
Zal Yanovsky dies from a heart attack at his home near Kingston, Ontario. Yanovsky co-founded the Lovin' Spoonful, whose 1966 release "Nashville Cats" is listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
Jan 12, 2003
Maurice Gibb, of The Bee Gees, dies in a Miami Beach hospital, just days after emergency abdominal surgery. He co-wrote three different Kenny Rogers hits, including the blockbuster "Islands In The Stream"
Jan 17, 2003
Horn player Charlie Webber, formerly of The Swingin' Medallions, dies of cancer in Greenwood, South Carolina. 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
Jul 4, 2003
R&B love maestro Barry White dies of kidney failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He's namechecked in the 2011 Brad Paisley hit "Old Alabama"
Jul 12, 2003
Jazz legend Benny Carter dies of bronchitis at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. A significant saxophonist, his 1944 single "Hurry, Hurry!" landed on the Billboard folk hit parade, a predecessor to the country charts
Sep 7, 2003
Singer/songwriter Warren Zevon dies at his Los Angeles home a year after being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. Best known for his rock hit "Werewolves Of London," he wrote Terri Clark's country success, "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me"
Nov 5, 2003
The Righteous Brothers' Bobby Hatfield dies in a Kalamazoo, Michigan, hotel, of a cocaine overdose. Hatfield's rendition of "Unchained Melody" was recut as a country hit by LeAnn Rimes. The Oak Ridge Boys covered the Righteous hit "Dream On"
Feb 16, 2004
Blues singer Ella Johnson dies in New York City. She was the vocalist for brother Buddy Johnson's band, singing lead on 1944's "When My Man Comes Home," which appeared on one of Billboard's first country charts
Feb 24, 2004
Pop guitarist Alvino Rey dies of pneumonia in Draper, Utah. Married to The King Sisters' Louise King, he played on Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling In Love"
Mar 21, 2004
R&B singer/songwriter/producer Johnny Bristol dies in Howell, Michigan. Known for his solo hit "Hang On In There Baby," he worked with many Motown acts, co-writing "Someday We'll Be Together," a country hit for Bill Anderson & Jan Howard
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