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Dec 26, 1995
Former Billboard magazine executive Bob Austin dies of heart failure in New York. He was responsible for developing the first record charts in the magazine
Jan 6, 1996
Fiddler Chubby Wise dies of heart failure in Bowie, Maryland. He played professionally more than 50 years, working with Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs and Hank Snow. Wise was best-known to the public for his frequent performances of "Orange Blossom Special" on the Grand Ole Opry
Jan 15, 1996
Keyboard player and arranger Les Baxter dies in Newport Beach, California, of heart and kidney problems. Known for his work with Bob Hope and Nat King Cole, his Les Baxter Chorus backed Jimmy Wakely on the 1951 country hit "Beautiful Brown Eyes"
Jan 15, 1996
Organ player Artie Dunn, of the pop instrumental trio The Three Suns, dies in Palm Springs, California. The group crafted one country hit in 1950, teaming with Rosalie Allen and Elton Britt on "Beyond The Sunset"
Jan 20, 1996
Booking agent Joe Harris dies at his home in Nashville. He worked with such acts as Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, George Strait, Clay Walker, Johnny Cash and The Oak Ridge Boys, among others
Jan 29, 1996
Fiddler Tommy Ewing Wair dies when an F-14 fighter plane crashes into a Nashville home where he was visiting. He worked as a sideman for his brother-in-law, Stonewall Jackson, from 1960-1965
Feb 17, 1996
Gus Hardin dies in a head-on collision near Lake Hudson, Oklahoma. The rowdy vocalist earned Top 10 releases in the mid-1980s with "After The Last Goodbye" and a duet with Earl Thomas Conley, "All Tangled Up In Love"
Feb 29, 1996
Songwriter Wes Farrell dies in Fisher Island, Florida. The author of several Partridge Family hits, Farrell also wrote Jay & The Americans' "Come A Little Bit Closer," a country hit for Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke
Mar 3, 1996
Kyle Bailes dies. He played bass behind Hank Williams on "The Louisiana Hayride," and was one of four siblings who performed in various lineups of the Grand Ole Opry duo The Bailes Brothers
Mar 4, 1996
Minnie Pearl dies in Nashville of complications from a stroke. Noted for her homespun humor, the country comic spent more than 50 years with the Grand Ole Opry, becoming a regular on the syndicated TV show "Hee Haw" and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
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