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    • Apr 24, 2001
    R&B vocalist Al Hibbler dies at Chicago's Holy Cross Hospital. He recorded one of the first versions of the standard "Unchained Melody," earning a pop hit with it in 1955. It also became a country hit for Elvis Presley and for LeAnn Rimes
    May 5, 2001
    Bud Messner dies at Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. His only country hit came with a 1950 recording that paid homage to two other hits, "Slipping Around With Jole Blon"
    Jun 4, 2001
    John Hartford dies of lymphoma at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. The bluegrass- and folk-influenced singer, banjo player and fiddler was best known for writing the Glen Campbell classic "Gentle On My Mind"
    Jun 6, 2001
    Light Crust Doughboys guitarist Marvin Montgomery dies of leukemia in Dallas. He co-wrote the western swing band's "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy," hailed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jun 17, 2001
    Western-swing guitarist Bob Kiser dies at his home in Purcell, Oklahoma. He played with Johnnie Lee Wills and Leon McAuliffe, participating in McAuliffe's 1949 recording of "Panhandle Rag"
    Jun 21, 2001
    Blues musician John Lee Hooker dies in Los Altos, California. His 1966 recording "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" will be referenced in Eric Church's 2016 country hit "Record Year"
    Jun 30, 2001
    Chet Atkins dies at home after a long bout with cancer. An influential guitarist and producer who helped create "The Nashville Sound," he entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973 and earned a Lifetime Achievement award from the Grammys
    Jul 3, 2001
    Johnny Russell dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital after a lengthy battle with diabetes. The Grand Ole Opry member had three hits in the early-1970s, and wrote Buck Owens' "Act Naturally" and George Strait's "Let's Fall To Pieces Together"
    Jul 3, 2001
    Roy Nichols, longtime guitarist for Merle Haggard, dies at Bakersfield's Mercy Hospital. Nichols played on "Mama Tried" and "Big City," among Haggard hits, plus Johnny Cash's "Tennessee Flat-Top Box." He also wrote Haggard's "Street Singer"
    Jul 7, 2001
    Songwriter Fred Neil is found dead at his home in Summerland Key, Florida. He's best known for writing Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'," ranked in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 greatest singles



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