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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 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 27, 1994
Songwriter Howard Hausey dies in Fort Worth, Texas. Alternately known as rockabilly artist Howard Crockett, he authored the Johnny Horton hits "All Grown Up" and "Honky-Tonk Man"
Jan 19, 1995
Canadian songwriter Gene MacLellan commits suicide in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. He wrote Anne Murray's introductory hit "Snowbird," plus Ocean's 1971 pop title "Put Your Hand In The Hand"
Feb 2, 1995
Joe Nixon dies of leukemia in La Crescenta, California. He wrote Vern Gosdin's "Mother Country Music" and Freddie Hart's "The Pleasure's Been All Mine"
Feb 10, 1995
Songwriter Kendall Hayes dies from cancer in Kentucky. He wrote Leroy Van Dyke's 1961 country hit "Walk On By"
Mar 31, 1995
Carl Story dies in Greenville, South Carolina, from complications following triple bypass heart surgery. Considered the Father of Bluegrass Gospel, he played fiddle with Bill Monroe and wrote Mickey Gilley's "I Overlooked An Orchid"
May 6, 1995
Songwriter and fiddler Billy Hughes dies. He wrote the Red Foley hit "Tennessee Saturday Night" and played on Jack Guthrie's "Oklahoma Hills"
Aug 12, 1995
Singer/songwriter Jean Chapel dies of cancer at her home in Port Orange, Florida. A former recording artist for Sun Records, she wrote Eddy Arnold's "Lonely Again" and Jerry Wallace's "To Get To You"
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