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    • Jan 29, 1992
    Blues musician Willie Dixon dies in Burbank, California. Influential in both R&B and rock, he played bass on Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," ranked among the 500 greatest country singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Feb 19, 1992
    Hiram "Biff" Collie dies in Brentwood, Tennessee. He was a major force for country music at radio, working at stations in San Antonio, Houston and Southern California. His second wife, Shirley Collie, eventually married and recorded with Willie Nelson
    Apr 17, 1992
    Western swing performer Hank Penny dies of heart failure in Camarillo, California, while raking leaves. He founded Los Angeles' Palomino Club in 1949
    May 4, 1992
    Banjo player Hubert Davis dies from a heart attack at Memorial Hospital in Nashville. A former member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, he appeared on Monroe's 1954 recording of "Wheel Hoss"
    May 15, 1992
    Barbara Lee Jones, of The Chiffons, dies of a heart attack, one day before her 45th birthday. The female quartet was best known for the 1963 pop single "He's So Fine," which also became a country hit for Jody Miller in 1971
    May 17, 1992
    Bandleader, accordion player and TV host Lawrence Welk dies of pneumonia at home in Santa Monica, California. Noted for his easy-listening "champagne music," he had a country hit in 1945 when Red Foley sang on his recording of "Shame On You"
    May 24, 1992
    Music publisher Jean Aberbach dies at New York's Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. With brother Julian, he founded the Hill & Range publishing company, which represented most titles recorded by Elvis Presley
    Jun 18, 1992
    Singer/songwriter Peter Allen dies of AIDS in San Diego. A former husband of Liza Minnelli, Allen was known for his cabaret-influenced performances. He also co-wrote Olivia Newton-John's 1974 hit "I Honestly Love You"
    Jul 1, 1992
    Cecile Ham, the wife of Clint Black's manager Bill Ham, is abducted outside a Houston drugstore by a paroled felon, who kills her and steals her credit cards. Spencer Goodman is found guilty a year later and receives the death sentence
    Aug 5, 1992
    Drummer Jeff Porcaro dies of a heart attack, spurred by years of cocaine use, at his home in Los Angeles. A founding member of the rock band Toto, he also played on pop hits by Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald and Don Henley, as well as Dolly Parton's singles "Starting Over Again" and "Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You"



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