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    • Jun 13, 1972
    R&B singer Clyde McPhatter dies of a heart attack in the Bronx. A former member of The Dominoes and The Drifters, he grabbed a solo pop hit in 1958 with "A Lover's Question," remade as a country hit in 1978 by Jacky Ward
    Nov 10, 1972
    R&B songwriter Raymond Jackson dies from burns suffered when he tried to kill a rat by dousing a hole in his yard with gasoline. Two of his songs become country hits: "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" and "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend"
    Nov 11, 1972
    Bass player Berry Oakley, of the Southern rock act The Allman Brothers Band, dies in Macon, Georgia, when his motorcycle collides with a bus. Five years later, the band is celebrated in the Conway Twitty hit "Boogie Grass Band"
    Mar 8, 1973
    Grateful Dead keyboard player Ron "Pigpen" McKernan dies of an abdominal hemorrhage at his apartment in Corte Madera, California. The Dead gets referenced in the 1996 Lonestar hit "No News"
    May 21, 1973
    Trumpeter and bandleader Vaughn Monroe dies in Stuart, Florida. With more than 60 pop hits to his credit from 1940-1954, he also landed in country music with his 1949 recording "Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)"
    Jul 15, 1973
    Guitarist Clarence White dies after being hit by a drunk driver in a nightclub parking lot. He spent three years as a member of the country-rock pioneers The Byrds
    Dec 20, 1973
    Pop singer Bobby Darin dies of heart failure at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. His "Splish Splash" crossed into the country charts, and his "Dream Lover" was remade as a country hit by Billy "Crash" Craddock
    Mar 28, 1974
    Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup dies in Nassawadox, Virginia, following a stroke. The blues singer/songwriter wrote the Elvis Presley recordings "That's All Right, Mama" and "My Baby Left Me"
    Nov 8, 1974
    Rhythm & blues singer/songwriter Ivory Joe Hunter dies of lung cancer in Memphis. Sonny James collected country hits by recording two of his songs: "Empty Arms" and "Since I Met You Baby"
    Feb 4, 1975
    Jazz and blues musician Louis Jordan dies following a heart attack in Los Angeles. Jordan landed three different titles on the Billboard country singles chart during 1944, the list's first year of existence



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