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    • Oct 19, 1986
    Folkways Records founder Moses Asch dies in New York City. He produced Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," cited in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among the 500 greatest country singles of all-time
    Nov 14, 1986
    Fiddler Carl Cotner dies of cancer at home in Buena Park, California. Gene Autry's longtime musical arranger, he played on Autry's version of "You Are My Sunshine" and on Jimmy Wakely's "There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere"
    Dec 2, 1986
    Piano player Marvin Hughes dies during open-heart surgery at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. His credits included: Hank Snow's "I've Been Everywhere," Elvis Presley's "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You," Ray Price's "Heartaches By The Number" and Jim Reeves' "He'll Have To Go," on which he played vibes
    Dec 5, 1986
    Songwriter Carmol Taylor dies of lung cancer in Brilliant, Alabama. Taylor wrote such hits as George Jones' "The Grand Tour," Tammy Wynette's "My Man" and Joe Stampley's "Red Wine And Blue Memories"
    Dec 17, 1986
    Songwriter Oakley Haldeman dies in Mesa, Arizona. He co-wrote the Gene Autry hits "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" and "I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine." As a music publisher, he represented "Deep In The Heart Of Texas"
    Jan 16, 1987
    Art Davis dies. He briefly held a career as a singing cowboy in movies, but was more successful as a fiddler, playing on Bill Boyd's "Under The Double Eagle"
    Jan 21, 1987
    Jim Anglin dies in Nashville. In the 1930s, he teamed with siblings Red and Jack to form The Anglin Brothers, with Jack moving on later to join Johnnie Wright in the duo Johnnie & Jack. Anglin co-wrote the classic "Ashes Of Love," plus a pair of Red Foley/Kitty Wells duets
    Feb 4, 1987
    Entertainer Liberace dies at his home in Palm Springs, California, of AIDS-related pneumonia. The pianist is referenced in the lyrics of Emmylou Harris' "Mister Sandman" and Tim McGraw's "It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You"
    Feb 15, 1987
    Songwriter and R&B vocalist Jimmy Holiday dies of heart failure at University Hospital in Iowa City. He composed "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" and the Kenny Rogers & Dottie West country hit "All I Ever Need Is You"
    Mar 2, 1987
    Whatever happened to Randolph Scott? The western film star--and friend of The Statler Brothers--dies in his home in Beverly Hills at age 89. The Statlers had paid tribute to the actor with their 1974 single "Whatever Happened To Randolph Scott"



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