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    • Jul 13, 2011
    Songwriter Jerry Ragovoy dies following a stroke in New York City. Faith Hill had a country hit with his song "Piece Of My Heart." Ragovoy also penned The Rolling Stones' "Time Is On My Side"
    Aug 22, 2011
    Pop songwriter Jerry Leiber dies at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He wrote the Elvis Presley hits "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock," Mickey Gilley's "Stand By Me" and the Johnny Cash & June Carter duet "Jackson"
    Aug 22, 2011
    R&B songwriter Nickolas Ashford dies in New York. He co-wrote "I'm Every Woman," "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing," recorded by Vince Gill & Gladys Knight for the album "Rhythm Country & Blues"
    Aug 28, 2011
    Songwriter George Green dies of lung cancer in Albuquerque. A frequent John Mellencamp collaborator, he authored The Oak Ridge Boys' "Come On In (You Did The Best You Could Do)"
    Sep 12, 2011
    Songwriter Don Wayne dies from cancer at his Nashville home. Among his hits: Lefty Frizzell's "Saginaw, Michigan," Jean Shepard's "If Teardrops Were Silver" and Cal Smith's "Country Bumpkin"
    Sep 27, 2011
    Country Johnny Mathis dies of pneumonia in Tennessee. He wrote the Ray Price hit "Please Talk To My Heart" and joined Jimmy Lee Fautheree in the duo Jimmy & Johnny, earning a Top 10 single with "If You Don't Somebody Else Will"
    Sep 30, 2011
    "Tracks Of My Tears" songwriter Marvin Tarplin dies at his home in Las Vegas. The Motown figure also authored such R&B hits as "Going To A Go-Go," "Cruisin'" and "Ain't That Peculiar"
    Oct 12, 2011
    Keyboard player Joel "Taz" DiGregorio dies in a car accident en route to meet The Charlie Daniels Band's tour bus in Nashville. A 40-year member, he co-wrote such CDB hits as "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" and "In America"
    Oct 31, 2011
    Songwriter Liz Anderson dies at Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital. The mother of Lynn Anderson, she wrote Merle Haggard's "The Fugitive," among others, and had her own hit with "Mama Spank"
    Nov 14, 2011
    "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" songwriter Lee Pockriss dies at his home in Bridgewater, Connecticut. His credits also include Faron Young's 1957 country hit "Love Has Finally Come My Way"



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