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Aug 24, 1988
Nat Stuckey dies of lung cancer in Nashville. The singer had only moderate success as an artist in the 1960s and '70s, but wrote Jim Ed Brown's "Pop A Top" and Buck Owens' "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line"
Aug 30, 1988
Percussionist Thomas "Papa Dee" Allen dies from a brain aneurysm during a concert at Talk Of The Town in Vallejo, California. As a member of War, he co-wrote "Low Rider," bringing him co-writing credit on the Thomas Rhett country hit "Vacation," which uses a similar riff
Sep 6, 1988
Singer/songwriter Autry Inman dies at Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center. As a recording artist, he had hits with 1953's "That's All Right" and 1968's "Ballad Of Two Brothers." He also wrote The Louvin Brothers' "I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby" and Carl Smith's "Mr. Moon"
Oct 8, 1988
Singer/songwriter Harold Dorman dies in Memphis. He wrote and recorded the original version of "Mountain Of Love," which became a 1964 pop hit for Johnny Rivers and a 1981 country hit for Charley Pride
Feb 3, 1989
Film composer Lionel Newman dies of a heart attack at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Among his credits: "North To Alaska," "Hello, Dolly!" and "River Of No Return." The latter's theme became a country hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford
Mar 8, 1989
Singer/songwriter Stuart Hamblen dies of brain cancer in Santa Monica, California. His mix of gospel and cowboy music made him the first western singer to appear on Los Angeles radio, and, in 1976, brought him a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Apr 18, 1989
Tom T. Hall's brother, Hillman Hall, dies in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Hillman wrote Johnny Rodriguez' debut single, "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)"
May 2, 1989
Songwriter Bennie Benjamin dies at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. He authored the Charlie Rich hit "I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore," as well as "I'll Never Be Free," a hit originally for Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie Ford and again for Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius
May 21, 1989
Songwriter Ed Nelson Jr. dies. A 1973 inductee in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he authored several Eddy Arnold hits, including "Show Me The Way Back To Your Heart," "Will Santa Come To Shanty Town" and "I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)"
Sep 22, 1989
Songwriter Irving Berlin dies in New York. He wrote "Blue Skies," which became a hit from Willie Nelson's album "Stardust"; and penned "Annie Get Your Gun," which brings Reba McEntire to Broadway in 2001
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