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    • Sep 7, 2012
    Dorothy McGuire, of the pop vocal group The McGuire Sisters, dies in Phoenix. The trio developed a number of harmony-heavy hits in the 1950s, including "Sincerely," which The Forester Sisters remade as a country hit in 1988
    Sep 25, 2012
    Pop balladeer and TV personality Andy Williams dies at his home in Branson, Missouri, after a battle with bladder cancer. His 1959 recording of "Lonely Street" was remade as a country hit by Rex Allen Jr. in 1977
    Sep 27, 2012
    R&B singer R.B. Greaves dies of prostate cancer at his Los Angeles home. He wrote the 1969 pop hit "Take A Letter Maria," which became a country hit in 1970 after it was remade by Anthony Armstrong Jones
    Nov 27, 2012
    Songwriter/guitarist Mickey Baker dies in Toulouse, France. As one-half of the duo Mickey And Sylvia, he had a 1957 pop hit with "Love Is Strange." He also wrote Jim Reeves' country hit "Two Shadows On Your Window"
    Jan 1, 2013
    Patti Page dies in Encinitas, California. A traditional-pop star of the 1950s, she landed numerous songs on the country charts across several decades, including her signature hit, "The Tennessee Waltz"
    Jan 4, 2013
    Sammy Johns dies at Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, North Carolina. The artist behind the 1975 pop hit "Chevy Van," Johns also wrote Waylon Jennings' "America," John Conlee's "Common Man" and Conway Twitty's "Desperado Love"
    Jan 30, 2013
    Patty Andrews dies at her home in Northridge, California. She was the last remaining member of The Andrews Sisters, a pop harmony trio that earned country hits in the 1940s and '50s by recording with Bing Crosby and Ernest Tubb
    Feb 21, 2013
    Cleotha Staples, of The Staple Singers, dies with Alzheimer's disease at her home in Chicago. The Staples recorded the original R&B version of "Touch A Hand, Make A Hand," remade as a country hit by The Oak Ridge Boys
    Mar 3, 2013
    R&B vocalist Bobby Rogers dies at his home near Detroit, Michigan. As a member of Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, he sang on the original version of "You've Really Got A Hold On Me," which was remade as a 1984 country hit by Mickey Gilley
    Mar 3, 2013
    Woodwind player and Belmont University professor Timmy Tappan dies of a heart attack in Nashville. He was a musical director for Bobby Goldsboro and wrote Lee Greenwood's 1984 country hit "Fool's Gold"



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