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    • Mar 4, 2013
    Big-band singer Fran Warren dies at her home in Brookfield, Connecticut. She was the lead vocalist when Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra recorded the first version of "Sunday Kind Of Love," which became a country hit when Reba McEntire released a new version in 1988
    Jun 23, 2013
    R&B artist Bobby "Blue" Bland dies at his home in Memphis. His 1964 single "Share Your Love With Me" was covered as a country hit by Kenny Rogers in 1981
    Jul 26, 2013
    Singer/songwriter J.J. Cale dies in La Jolla, California. The author of Eric Clapton's "After Midnight" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Call Me The Breeze," he also wrote Waylon Jennings' 1980 country hit "Clyde"
    Jan 27, 2014
    Folk artist Pete Seeger dies at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. A member of The Weavers, he co-wrote Jimmie Rodgers' "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" and Billy Grammer's "Gotta Travel On"
    Apr 11, 2014
    Singer/songwriter Jesse Winchester dies of bladder cancer at his home in Charlottesville, Virginia. He authored Michael Martin Murphey's 1987 country hit "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl"
    Jun 27, 2014
    R&B singer/songwriter Bobby Womack dies at his home in Tarzana, California. He wrote The Rolling Stones' "It's All Over Now," which John Anderson turned into a country hit in 1985
    Jan 31, 2015
    R&B singer/songwriter Don Covay dies in Franklin Square, New York. He wrote "Chain Of Fools," an Aretha Franklin hit covered by Clint Black & The Pointer Sisters for a CMA Album of the Year nominee, "Rhythm Country & Blues"
    Apr 3, 2015
    Drummer Robert Burns dies in a single-car accident near Cartersville, Georgia. During his tenure in Lynyrd Skynyrd, he played on "Sweet Home Alabama," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Apr 30, 2015
    R&B singer/songwriter Ben E. King dies in Hackensack, New Jersey. A former member of The Drifters, he co-wrote his signature solo single, "Stand By Me," which became a country hit in 1980 in the hands of Mickey Gilley
    May 21, 2015
    Bass player Louis Johnson dies in Las Vegas. One-half of the R&B band The Brothers Johnson, he played on recordings by Michael Jackson and Michael McDonald, plus country hits by T.G. Sheppard and Bill Anderson



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