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Jan 21, 1997
Songwriter Irwin Levine dies at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey. He was responsible for the Billy "Crash" Craddock hits "Knock Three Times" and "'Til The Water Stops Runnin'," plus the Johnny Carver success "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree"
Jan 27, 1997
Pop songwriter Gerald Marks dies in New York. He was best known for penning "All Of Me," which became a country hit for Willie Nelson in 1978
Mar 5, 1997
Western-swing guitarist Zeke Campbell dies at his home in Hurst, Texas. Joining the Light Crust Doughboys in 1935, he was one of the first musicians in country or western music to use an electric guitar
Mar 6, 1997
Bass player Bobby Dyson dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital following a stroke. A longtime "Hee Haw" band member, he played on hits by Dolly Parton, Jerry Reed and Waylon Jennings, and was likely the first to play electric bass on the Grand Ole Opry
Mar 10, 1997
R&B singer LaVern Baker dies in New York City of a diabetes-related heart attack. Nearly four decades prior, she scored a pop hit with "I Cried A Tear," re-recorded for the country audience by Ernest Tubb
Mar 18, 1997
Music executive George Albert dies in Encino, California. His trade magazine, Cash Box, rivaled Billboard as an industry chart source for many years until it slipped in the industry's eyes during the 1980s
Mar 21, 1997
Songwriter Fred Spielman dies at his home in New York City. He wrote Marie Osmond's 1973 country hit "Paper Roses" and Margo Smith's 1978 single "It Only Hurts For A Little While"
Apr 5, 1997
Frenchy "Stoney" Edwards dies. The African-American singer/songwriter had only minor success during the 1970s, but one of his singles, "Hank And Lefty Raised My Country Soul," is ranked among country's 500 greatest in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Apr 9, 1997
Mae Boren Axton dies at home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. She was best known for writing Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel"
Apr 12, 1997
Banjo player Lewis Crook, the last remaining member of The Crook Brothers, dies in Castalian Springs, Tennessee. The Crooks played the Grand Ole Opry for 62 years
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