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Dec 15, 1987
Tiny Moore dies from a heart attack suffered on stage in Jackpot, Nevada. Moore played fiddle and mandolin for Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys and for Merle Haggard, appearing on "Bubbles In My Beer," "Mama Tried" and "Big City"
Jan 3, 1988
John Dopyera, who invented the Dobro along with his brother Emil Dopyera, dies in Grand Pass, Oregon
Feb 29, 1988
Songwriter Vaughn Horton dies of a heart attack at his home in New Port Richey, Florida. He wrote Red Foley's "Sugarfoot Rag" and Little Jimmy Dickens' "Hillbilly Fever," and was a member of The Pinetoppers, who had a country hit with the 1950 single "Mockin' Bird Hill"
Mar 1, 1988
Pearl Butler dies in Nashville. She joined her husband, Carl, on the 1962 hit "Don't Let Me Cross Over"
Mar 17, 1988
Guitarist Sammy Pruett dies in Birmingham. He appeared on a ream of hits by Hank Williams, Carl Smith and Ray Price, including "Hey, Good Lookin'," "City Lights" and "I've Got A New Heartache"
Mar 19, 1988
Fiddler Sid Harkreader dies in Nashville. A former sideman for Uncle Dave Macon, he was a regular on the Grand Ole Opry during the radio show's early years
Apr 9, 1988
R&B singer Dave Prater dies in a car accident near Sycamore, Georgia. As one-half of Sam & Dave, he sang on the 1967 hit "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby," translated as a country single by Sonny James in 1976
Apr 9, 1988
R&B singer Brook Benton dies of pneumonia at New York's Mary Immaculate Hospital. Several of Benton's songs were remade in country, including Hank Williams Jr.'s "Rainy Night In Georgia," Sonny James' "Endlessly" and Randy Travis' "It's Just A Matter Of Time"
Apr 23, 1988
Ocie Stockard, a former member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, dies in a Fort Worth, Texas, nursing home. He played banjo on such recordings as "Keeper Of My Heart," "Bubbles In My Beer" and "Texarkana Baby" during his tenure from 1945-1952
Apr 28, 1988
Pop singer B.W. Stevenson dies in Nashville from an infection following heart surgery. The singer scored a hit in 1973 with "My Maria," which Brooks & Dunn revive as a country single in 1996
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