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Dec 1, 1954
Fred Rose dies in Nashville of a heart attack. Rose founded Acuff-Rose Publishing with Roy Acuff, produced Hank Williams and wrote "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain." He is one of the first inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
May 3, 1956
Dallas producer and studio owner Jim Beck dies after inhaling cleaning solution while maintaining a tape machine. Beck influenced the careers of Lefty Frizzell and Ray Price, and had Decca considering moving its country operations to Dallas
Jan 19, 1960
Ralph Sylvester Peer dies in Hollywood. Peer coined the phrase "hillbilly music" and produced the first recordings of Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family. He is inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984
Jun 12, 1960
Record producer Eli Oberstein dies in Westport, Connecticut. Among his credits are pioneering records by Ernest Tubb, The Delmore Brothers, The Blue Sky Boys and The Monroe Brothers
Apr 22, 1968
RCA executive Steve Sholes dies when he suffers a heart attack while driving to the Nashville Airport. A 1967 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame, Sholes produced country hits by Elvis Presley, Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow and Jim Reeves
Apr 1, 1970
Paul Cohen dies in Bryan, Texas. An executive with Decca Records, he was the first producer to record major performers in Nashville, at the Tulane Hotel. He is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976
Jan 3, 1981
Elvis Presley's former producer, Felton Jarvis, dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital two weeks after suffering a stroke. Jarvis had just completed the album "Guitar Man," featuring re-mixed versions of old Presley non-hits
Aug 20, 1981
Record producer and Capitol executive Lee Gillette dies after a fall at his home in California. He produced hits for Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmy Wakely, Leon Payne and Hank Thompson while overseeing the label's country releases from 1944-1950
Dec 20, 1982
Record producer Don Law dies in La Marque, Texas. A longtime Columbia executive, he oversaw such hits as Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John," Lefty Frizzell's "Saginaw, Michigan," Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire" and Ray Price's "For The Good Times"
Aug 15, 1984
Record producer Norman Petty dies in Lubbock, Texas. Buddy Holly's producer also directed "I'm Stickin' With You" by future Nashville producer Jimmy Bowen and "Sugar Shack" by The Fireballs, plus Billy Walker's "On My Mind Again." Petty also co-wrote "True Love Ways" and "Maybe Baby"
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