- RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
- December 22, 2024 CST
Miscellaneous-
Slice and dice country music history by a specific kind of event: birth, death, gold album, Macy�s Thanksgiving Day Parade appearance - more than 250 ways to look at recurring events -
Dec 21, 2004
Songwriter Mack Vickery dies of a heart attack at his Nashville home. Among his credits: George Strait's "The Fireman," John Anderson's "Let Somebody Else Drive" and Johnny Paycheck's "I'm The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)"
Feb 6, 2005
"Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore dies of congestive heart failure in Mexico, where he sought radical cancer treatment. The manager of Hank Williams Jr., he also wrote "More And More," "Wolverton Mountain" and "Let Somebody Else Drive"
Feb 10, 2005
Lyricist Jack Segal dies at his home in Los Angeles' Tarzana neighborhood. A political science major at the University of Wisconsin, Segal co-wrote The Browns' 1959 hit "Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)"
Feb 20, 2005
Songwriter Larry Kingston dies in a Nashville hospital, three days after a heart attack. His credits include The Kendalls' "Pittsburgh Stealers," Jerry Lee Lewis' "He Can't Fill My Shoes" and Roy Clark's "Thank God And Greyhound"
Mar 25, 2005
Paul Henning, the creator of "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Petticoat Junction," dies at Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center in Burbank, California. He wrote the theme song to "Hillbillies," which became a country hit for Flatt & Scruggs
Apr 1, 2005
Pop songwriter Jack Keller dies of leukemia at Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center. Known for the themes to "Bewitched" and "Hazel," he also wrote Debby Boone's "My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own" and Ernest Tubb's "Ev'rybody's Somebody's Fool"
May 15, 2005
Songwriter Wayne Perry dies of throat cancer in Hamilton, Ohio. He wrote such hits as Tim McGraw's "Not A Moment Too Soon," Collin Raye's "Every Second" and Lorrie Morgan's "What Part Of No"
May 25, 2005
Songwriter Ben Peters dies of complications from pneumonia at Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital. He wrote Charley Pride's "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'," Kenny Rogers' "Daytime Friends" and Freddy Fender's "Before The Next Teardrop Falls"
Jun 21, 2005
Songwriter Paul Westmoreland dies after a struggle with dementia in Sacramento. He wrote the western-swing classic "Detour," which was a hit for Spade Cooley, Foy Willing, Wesley Tuttle and Elton Britt
Jun 27, 2005
Songwriter Robert Byrne is found dead in his Nashville home. Among his hits: Shenandoah's "Two Dozen Roses," The Forester Sisters' "Men" and Earl Thomas Conley's "What I'd Say." The loss inspires Phil Vassar to write "Last Day Of My Life"
Displaying : 410 - 420 of 715 / Page << | 1... | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | ...72 | >>
- The Ultimate Country Music Database
RolandNote.com is a detailed country music database compiled by veteran music journalist Tom Roland that chronicles more than 60,000 events and 10,000 recordings.
Discover what happened in country music on a particular date or in a particular month, get the history of your favorite country songs or your favorite country artists.
From George Jones to George Strait, from the Carter Family to Carrie Underwood, from Johnny Cash to Jason Aldean, from Hank Williams to HARDY, from Merle Haggard to Miranda Lambert.
RolandNote.com is the ultimate country music database!