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  • Sep 18, 2017
    Songwriter/guitarist Mark Selby dies of cancer. He authored The Dixie Chicks' "There's Your Trouble" and Tammy Cochran's "I Cry"
    Sep 30, 2017
    Banjo player Tom Paley dies in Brighton, England. He was a founding member of the string band The New Lost City Ramblers, whose 1961 recording of "On Some Foggy Mountain Top" will be used in the an episode of the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Oct 1, 2017
    Songwriter Kenny Beard dies in Tennessee. His credits include Tracy Lawrence's "Is That A Tear," Aaron Tippin's "Where The Stars And Stripes And The Eagle Fly" and Trace Adkins' "The Rest Of Mine"
    Oct 2, 2017
    Rocker Tom Petty dies of cardiac arrest at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles following an accidental overdose of painkillers for multiple ailments, including a broken hip. The author of Rosanne Cash's "Never Be You" and Roy Orbison's "You Got It," he sang on Hank Williams Jr.'s remake of "Mind Your Own Business"
    Oct 24, 2017
    Fats Domino dies in New Orleans. The R&B singer/songwriter was best known for "Blueberry Hill" and "Ain't That A Shame." His recording "Walking To New Orleans" is ranked among country's 500 greatest singles of all-time in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 28, 2017
    Songwriter and Southern California TV host Billy Mize dies at a nursing home in Pleasanton, California. He authored Charlie Walker's hit "Who Will Buy The Wine" and played steel guitar on Merle Haggard's "The Bottle Let Me Down"
    Nov 18, 2017
    AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young dies in Sydney, Australia, after battling dementia. The hard-rock band was referenced in Craig Morgan's 2009 single "Bonfire"
    Nov 19, 2017
    Mel Tillis dies at Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he earned the CMA's Entertainer of the Year in 1976. The self-proclaimed stutterin' boy had hits as an artist and as the writer of "Detroit City" and "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town"
    Nov 19, 2017
    Bass singer Warren "Pete" Moore dies in Las Vegas. As a member of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, he participated in the first recording of "You've Really Got A Hold On Me," a song that was remade as a 1984 country hit by Mickey Gilley
    Dec 9, 2017
    Guitarist Leon Rhodes dies at his Nashville home. A longtime member of the "Hee Haw" and Grand Ole Opry bands, he played on hit singles by Ernest Tubb, George Strait, Lefty Frizzell and Waylon Jennings




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