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    • Oct 12, 1971
    Gene Vincent dies of a bleeding ulcer in Los Angeles. The rockabilly pioneer earned a pop and country hit with his 1956 recording of "Be-Bop-A-Lula"
    Oct 29, 1971
    Rock guitarist Duane Allman dies in a motorcycle crash in Macon, Georgia. He was a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, namechecked in Conway Twitty's 1978 recording "Boogie Grass Band"
    Nov 18, 1971
    Bluesman Junior Parker dies during surgery for a brain tumor in Chicago. A cousin of soul singer Al Green, he wrote and first recorded "Mystery Train," taken to wider acclaim by Elvis Presley
    Dec 13, 1971
    Tiny Hill dies in Denver, Colorado. The 350-pound comic, nicknamed America's Biggest Bandleader, mixed novelty tunes and country songs with his big band. Continuing his penchant for humor, his tombstone reads: "Forgotten by many, remembered by few"
    Dec 20, 1971
    Roy O. Disney dies of a brain hemorrhage in Burbank, California. With brother Walt, he co-founded the Disney corporation. The company eventually establishes Lyric Street Records, a country recording home for SHeDAISY, Rascal Flatts and others
    Jan 2, 1972
    Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley dies in Richmond, Virginia. The guitarist was one-half of the successful 1950s bluegrass duo Reno & Smiley
    Jan 23, 1972
    T. Texas Tyler dies in Springfield, Missouri, with stomach cancer. Nicknamed "The Man With A Million Friends," he enjoyed a series of hit singles from 1946-1954, including "Bumming Around," "Filipino Baby" and the recitation "Deck Of Cards"
    Jan 24, 1972
    Pop singer Gene Austin dies at Desert Hospital in Palm Springs, California. Hugely popular in the late 1920s, he earned major hits with 1927's "My Blue Heaven" and 1928's "Ramona." The latter was remade as a country hit in 1968 by Billy Walker
    Feb 27, 1972
    Bass player Pat Brady dies in a car accident near Colorado Springs, Colorado. He replaced Roy Rogers as a member of The Sons Of The Pioneers, and had three different stints with the group, in addition to playing sidekick on Rogers' TV show
    Apr 30, 1972
    Bass player Jack Drake dies of emphysema at General Hospital in Nashville. As a member of the Texas Troubadours, he played on more than 50 Ernest Tubb hits, including "Thanks A Lot," "Rainbow At Midnight," "Blue Christmas," "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" and "Filipino Baby"



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