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    • Jul 8, 1981
    Ervin T. Rouse dies from a heart attack in Miami, Florida. As a member of The Rouse Brothers, he wrote the fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special" and recorded the first version of the song
    Aug 20, 1981
    Record producer and Capitol executive Lee Gillette dies after a fall at his home in California. He produced hits for Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmy Wakely, Leon Payne and Hank Thompson while overseeing the label's country releases from 1944-1950
    Aug 26, 1981
    Singer/songwriter Lee Hays dies in Croton-On-Hudson, New York. He was the bass singer for the controversial folk group The Weavers, and co-wrote Billy Grammer's "Gotta Travel On" and Jimmie Rodgers' "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
    Aug 31, 1981
    Grady Cole dies. One-half of a duo with wife Hazel Cole, he co-wrote Molly O'Day's "Tramp On The Street," ranked among the 500 greatest singles in country music history in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Sep 3, 1981
    Mary Jane DeZurik dies in Melrose Park, Illinois. Teamed with sibling Caroline, she was one-half of The Cackle Sisters, a yodeling duo that spent two decades with "The National Barn Dance" and the Grand Ole Opry
    Sep 22, 1981
    Songwriter Harry Warren dies at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. A 1971 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, he wrote "Jeepers Creepers," "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "I Only Have Eyes For You," which Mandy Barnett revives for the soundtrack of the 2000 movie "Space Cowboys"
    Oct 8, 1981
    Guitarist Oscar Moore dies in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a member of The King Cole Trio, he played on "Straighten Up And Fly Right" and "I Can't See For Lookin'," two songs that appeared in 1944 on an early version of the Billboard country chart
    Oct 17, 1981
    David Wendell Guion dies in a Dallas hospital. He wrote the western classic "Home On The Range"
    Nov 1, 1981
    Songwriter Steve Nelson dies in Armonk, New York. A 1973 inductee in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he created Mickey Gilley's "Bouquet Of Roses," Red Foley's "Hang Your Head In Shame" and Gene Autry's "Frosty The Snowman"
    Nov 17, 1981
    Former big-band singer Bob Eberly dies with cancer at his daughter's home in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Noted for his work with the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra, he also earned a country hit in 1949 with a version of "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)"



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