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    • Jul 7, 1975
    George Morgan dies in Nashville, five days after having open heart surgery. Voted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the smooth-voiced Grand Ole Opry member was best known for his 1949 hit "Candy Kisses." He was the father of Lorrie Morgan
    Jul 19, 1975
    Lefty Frizzell dies in Nashville following a stroke. He leaves a trail of honky-tonk classics, such as "If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time" and "Always Late (With Your Kisses)," on his way to membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Aug 21, 1975
    Sam McGee dies in a farming accident, run over by a tractor while bailing hay on his property in Franklin, Tennessee. The guitarist and banjo player earned acclaim as a sideman for Uncle Dave Macon, and, alongside his brother Kirk, played the Grand Ole Opry from the 1920s until his death
    Sep 9, 1975
    Arkie Shibley, who earned a 1950 country hit with his single "Hot Rod Race," dies in Van Buren, Arkansas
    Sep 18, 1975
    Dobro player Clell Summey dies of cancer. Under the stage name Cousin Jody, he preceded Bashful Brother Oswald in Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
    Sep 27, 1975
    Guitarist/vocalist Charlie Monroe dies of cancer in Reidsville, North Carolina. He joined Bill Monroe in The Monroe Brothers, a mountain duo that became a successful act in the 1930s, prior to Bill's emergence as a bluegrass pioneer
    Oct 1, 1975
    Drummer Al Jackson Jr. is shot five times and killed by burglars at his Memphis home. A member of Booker T. & The MG's, he played on Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," hailed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 3, 1975
    Vocalist Dean Upson dies. He was a former member of The Vagabonds, one of the Grand Ole Opry's leading acts in the 1930s. As an employee at Shreveport radio station KWKH, he also helped establish "The Louisiana Hayride"
    Oct 18, 1975
    Blues artist K.C. Douglas dies of a heart attack in Berkeley, California. He wrote "Mercury Blues," which becomes a country hit for Alan Jackson in 1993
    Nov 4, 1975
    Hank Williams' widow, Audrey Williams, dies in her Nashville home the same day the IRS plans to repossess it



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