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    • Sep 2, 2004
    Songwriter Billy Davis dies in New Rochelle, New York. Also using the alias Tyran Carlo, he penned Jackie Wilson's R&B hit "Lonely Teardrops," which became a country hit for Narvel Felts, as well as Dottie West's "Country Sunshine"
    Sep 7, 2004
    Songwriter L.E. White dies at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He wrote numerous solo and duet hits for Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, including "After The Fire Is Gone," "To See My Angel Cry" and "We've Come A Long Way, Baby"
    Sep 11, 2004
    Broadway lyricist Fred Ebb dies of a heart attack in New York. The author of "New York, New York" and the musical "Chicago," he also wrote Eddy Arnold's 1955 country hit "That Do Make It Nice"
    Sep 23, 2004
    Grand Ole Opry member Roy Drusky dies at the Highland Manor Nursing Home in Portland, Tennessee. A silky vocalist, he earned a dozen hits in the early-1960s and wrote the Faron Young singles "Alone With You" and "Country Girl"
    Sep 26, 2004
    Songwriter Jim Hurt dies of liver cancer at his Nashville home. He wrote Alabama's "Love In The First Degree," Razzy Bailey's "I Keep Coming Back," Lee Greenwood's "Ain't No Trick" and John Conlee's "Working Man," among others
    Nov 4, 2004
    Songwriter Dale Noe dies in Mesa, Arizona. Among his credits were Wynn Stewart's "It's Such A Pretty World Today" and Jim Reeves' posthumous hits "Missing You" and "Angels Don't Lie"
    Nov 25, 2004
    Songwriter Bob House dies in Hollister, Missouri. Best known for writing Anne Murray's "Urban Cowboy" track "Could I Have This Dance," he also penned T.G. Sheppard's "Mister D.J." and Gene Watson's "Sometimes I Get Lucky And Forget"
    Nov 29, 2004
    Keyboard player Thomas "Bunky" Keels dies at his home in Madison, Tennessee. Following his membership in Jim Reeves' Blue Boys, he became a session musician, appearing on hits by Moe Bandy, Waylon Jennings and Jerry Lee Lewis
    Dec 16, 2004
    R&B songwriter Freddie Perren dies in Los Angeles. Two of his numerous songs became minor country hits: "I Will Survive," for Billie Jo Spears; and "Reunited," for Louise Mandrell & R.C. Bannon
    Dec 16, 2004
    Country gospel singer Martha Carson dies in Nashville. The former Grand Ole Opry member is best known for her hit "Satisfied," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"



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