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Jan 9, 1999
Chic Doherty, a longtime MCA executive, dies in Nashville. He worked with the likes of George Strait, Reba McEntire, Barbara Mandrell and The Oak Ridge Boys
Jan 12, 1999
Tiny Stokes dies in Florida. He was the lead singer and bass player for Captain Stubby & The Buccaneers, a country comedy act that scored hits in 1949 with "Money, Marbles And Chalk" and "Come Wet Your Mustache With Me"
Jan 20, 1999
Trombone player Lew McCreary dies in Tarzana, California. In addition to work with Henry Mancini, The Monkees and Steely Dan, he played on several Glen Campbell hits, including "Galveston," "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "True Grit"
Jan 22, 1999
Steel guitarist Jimmy Day dies at Houston's Hermann Hospital from heart failure following a bout with cancer. He played on hits by The Everly Brothers, Webb Pierce, George Jones, Ray Price, Charlie Walker and Jim Reeves, among others
Feb 5, 1999
Steel guitarist Ray "Kemo" Head dies in Nashville. A former member of Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys, he played on Ernest Tubb's "I'll Step Aside" and "It's Been So Long Darling"
Feb 7, 1999
"Route 66" songwriter Bobby Troup dies of a heart attack in Sherman Oaks, California. An Asleep At The Wheel performance of his song was nominated for a Grammy in 1977
Feb 8, 1999
Lulu Belle Wiseman Stamey dies in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. With her husband, she formed the duo Lulu Belle & Scotty, a musical comedy team that rose to prominence on Chicago radio station WLS
Feb 14, 1999
Nightclub owner Doug Weston dies of pneumonia in Los Angeles. He ran The Troubadour, an L.A. venue that provided important exposure to Kris Kristofferson and served as a developmental setting for Linda Ronstadt and The Eagles
Mar 2, 1999
Pop singer Dusty Springfield dies of breast cancer at her home in England. Her 1968 recording of "Son-Of-A Preacher Man" is named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Mar 4, 1999
Silver screen cowboy Eddie Dean dies of emphysema in Westlake Village, California. An actor in numerous western movies, he wrote Tex Ritter's "I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven" and Jimmy Wakely's "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)"
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