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    • Aug 8, 2008
    Singer/songwriter Chester Smith dies at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, California. He wrote and recorded the first version of Carl Smith's 1955 hit "Wait A Little Longer Please, Jesus"
    Aug 10, 2008
    R&B legend Isaac Hayes is pronounced dead at Memphis' Baptist East Hospital after suffering a stroke. He wrote "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby," a Sam & Dave classic remade as a 1976 country hit by Sonny James
    Sep 1, 2008
    Jerry Reed dies of emphysema at home in Brentwood, Tennessee. Best known for the singles "When You're Hot, You're Hot" and "East Bound And Down," the singer, songwriter and guitarist extended his music career with a series of acting roles. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2017
    Oct 23, 2008
    Songwriter Danny Dill dies in Nashville. A 1975 addition to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he penned such hits as Bobby Bare's "Detroit City," Patsy Cline's "So Wrong" and Lefty Frizzell's "The Long Black Veil"
    Nov 22, 2008
    Pop songwriter Alan Gordon dies of cancer in Scottsdale, Arizona, 30 years after T.G. Sheppard had a country hit with his song "Happy Together." Gordon also wrote Three Dog Night's "Celebrate" and Barbra Streisand's "My Heart Belongs To Me"
    Dec 23, 2008
    Songwriter Clint Ballard dies at home in Denton, Texas. Best known for writing Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" and Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders' "Game Of Love," he also penned Faron Young's country hit "Nightmare"
    Dec 27, 2008
    Delaney Bramlett dies of complications from gall bladder surgery at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles. He co-wrote the Dickey Lee country hit "Never Ending Song Of Love"
    Jan 1, 2009
    Producer and steel guitarist Walter Haynes dies in Tyler, Texas. He oversaw the sessions that yielded Jeanne Pruett's "Satin Sheets" and Cal Smith's "Country Bumpkin"; wrote Del Reeves' "Girl On The Billboard"; and played on hits by Connie Smith, Billy Walker and Patsy Cline
    Jan 26, 2009
    Songwriter Arthur Kent dies in Florence, South Carolina. He wrote several 1960s country hits, including Willie Nelson's "Bring Me Sunshine," Sonny James' "Take Good Care Of Her" and Skeeter Davis' "The End Of The World"
    Feb 2, 2009
    Traditional pop songwriter Sunny Skylar dies in Las Vegas. He authored the Johnny Rodriguez hit "Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol)"



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