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    • Oct 18, 1994
    Recording engineer James "Mort" Thomasson dies in Nashville. His credits included Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree," Roger Miller's "King Of The Road," Sonny James' "Young Love" and Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula"
    Oct 22, 1994
    Rock producer Jimmy Miller dies in Boulder, Colorado. He's best known for his work with The Rolling Stones, including "Honky Tonk Women," tabbed one of country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Nov 7, 1994
    Drummer Monte Mountjoy dies in Decatur, Illinois. As a member of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, he became the first drummer to play in front of the curtain on the Grand Ole Opry, which previously frowned upon percussion. Mountjoy's recording credits include "Roly-Poly," "Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima" and "Stay A Little Longer"
    Nov 7, 1994
    Guitar player Bobby Sykes dies in Nashville. He toured with country stars Marty Robbins and Hank Snow, among others, and wrote a minor 1967 Faron Young hit, "Wonderful World Of Women"
    Nov 8, 1994
    Former "Saturday Night Live" comedy writer Michael O'Donoghue dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in New York City. A dozen years earlier, he earned a country hit as the writer of Dolly Parton's "Single Women"
    Nov 9, 1994
    Songwriter Vera Matson dies in Sherman Oaks, California. She authored the Elvis Presley ballad "Love Me Tender"
    Nov 23, 1994
    Pop songwriter/producer Tommy Boyce dies at his Nashville home from a self-inflicted gunshot. The producer of The Monkees' "Last Train To Clarksville," he wrote Jay & The Americans' "Come A Little Bit Closer," a country hit for Johnny Duncan
    Dec 16, 1994
    Manager E.E. "Si" Siman dies in Springfield, Missouri. He worked with Country Music Hall of Famers Brenda Lee and Chet Atkins, among others
    Dec 17, 1994
    Cuban composer Carlos Rigual dies in Mexico. Along with his brother, Mario Rigual, he wrote the Johnny Rodriguez country hit "Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol)"
    Dec 23, 1994
    Pop singer Dan Hamilton dies in Sherman Oaks, California. He was a member of Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, whose 1971 hit "Don't Pull Your Love" was remade in 1976 as part of a Glen Campbell medley with "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"



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