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Mar 30, 1967
Folk artist Paul Clayton commits suicide by pulling a heater into the bathtub of his apartment in New York City. Clayton was a co-writer of Billy Grammer's 1959 country hit "Gotta Travel On"
May 8, 1967
LaVerne Andrews dies of cancer in Los Angeles. With younger siblings Maxene and Patty, she was a part of The Andrews Sisters, a World War II-era pop trio that dented the country charts during the 1940s in pairings with Bing Crosby and Ernest Tubb
Jul 17, 1967
Saxophone player John Coltrane dies of liver cancer at Huntington Hospital in Huntington, New York. The jazz icon is mentioned alongside Frank Sinatra and The Righteous Brothers in the bridge of Brad Paisley's 2011 single "Old Alabama"
Dec 10, 1967
Soul singer Otis Redding dies in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin. Just a month later, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" becomes his biggest recording. The song is later remade as a country hit by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Dec 29, 1967
Bandleader Paul Whiteman dies from a heart attack at Doylestown Hospital in Pennsylvania. Over a decade later, two of his earlier hits are revived for country fans: "Among My Souvenirs" by Marty Robbins, and "Without A Song" by Willie Nelson
May 26, 1968
R&B singer Little Willie John dies in Washington State Prison while serving time for manslaughter. In 1958, he scored a hit with "Talk To Me," revised twice as a country hit: by Freddy Fender and by Mickey Gilley
Nov 8, 1968
Blues singer and songwriter James "Kokomo" Arnold dies in Chicago. He wrote "Milk Cow Blues," a 1941 hit for Johnnie Lee Wills
Jun 14, 1969
Blues singer Wynonie Harris dies from throat cancer in Los Angeles. One of the colorful figures of early R&B, he was the lead singer for Lucky Millinder's 1944 single "Hurry, Hurry," a hit on an early version of Billboard's country chart
Jun 22, 1969
Singer and actress Judy Garland dies of a drug overdose in London. She is best remembered for her portrayal of Dorothy in "The Wizard Of Oz," singing "Over The Rainbow." Jerry Lee Lewis revives the song for the country audience in 1980
Jun 29, 1969
R&B artist Frederick "Shorty" Long dies in a boating accident in the Detroit River. A co-writer of "Devil With The Blue Dress On," he played piano on several Elvis Presley sessions, including the date in which Presley cut "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel"
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