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Jun 1, 1964
Songwriter Shelly Lee Alley dies in Houston. He wrote the Jimmie Rodgers singles "Gambling Bar Room Blues" and "Travelin' Blues"
Jun 8, 1964
Alton Delmore, of The Delmore Brothers, dies in Huntsville, Alabama. The Delmores' blues-tinged country netted such classics as "Hillbilly Boogie" and "Blues Stay Away From Me" on their way to a 2001 induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame
Jul 31, 1964
Jim Reeves and pianist Dean Manuel die in a plane crash during a thunderstorm in Brentwood, Tennessee. Numerous locals--including Eddy Arnold, Chet Atkins and Ernest Tubb--search for three days before discovering the wreckage
Aug 14, 1964
Singer/songwriter Johnny Burnette drowns in a boating accident on California's Clear Lake. With his Rock 'N' Roll Trio in the mid-1950s, he helped define rockabilly. The Trio's "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" will be named one of the 500 greatest country singles in history in the 2003 Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Sep 28, 1964
Songwriter Nacio Herb Brown dies in San Francisco. A tailor for Rudolph Valentino and Charlie Chaplin, he co-wrote "Temptation," a Bing Crosby success that was parodied successfully in country music by Red Ingle & The Natural Seven
Oct 15, 1964
Pop songwriter Cole Porter dies in Santa Monica, California. Noted for such classics as "I Get A Kick Out Of You," "Begin The Beguine" and "I've Got You Under My Skin," Porter also wrote "Don't Fence Me In," a country hit for Gene Autry
Nov 5, 1964
Jazz pianist Edwin "Buddy" Cole dies in Hollywood of a heart attack. Noted for his work with Nat "King" Cole, Judy Garland and Louis Armstrong, he also played on the Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely country hit "Slipping Around"
Dec 10, 1964
Soul singer Sam Cooke is shot and killed at Los Angeles' Hacienda Motel. Two of his songs are later remade as country hits: "Bring It On Home To Me," by Mickey Gilley; and "Good Times," by Dan Seals
Jan 14, 1965
Actress Jeanette MacDonald dies of heart failure in Houston, Texas. Her 1936 movie "Rose Marie" introduced the title song and "Indian Love Call," both performed with Nelson Eddy. Slim Whitman revived both numbers as country hits in the 1950s
Jan 20, 1965
Defamed disc jockey Alan Freed, nabbed in a payola scandal, dies in Palm Springs, California. Later named to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, he received co-writer credit for The McGuire Sisters' hit "Sincerely," later covered by The Forester Sisters
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