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Oct 31, 1958
Songwriter Sandy Knox is born in Houston, Texas. Her credits include the Reba McEntire & Linda Davis duet "Does He Love You" and McEntire's "She Thinks His Name Was John"
Nov 20, 1958
Songwriter Wade Kirby is born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to future session guitarist Dave Kirby. The son goes on to pen Easton Corbin's "All Over The Road," Parmalee's "Already Callin' You Mine," Blake Shelton's "Doin' What She Likes" and George Strait's "I Saw God Today"
Nov 26, 1958
Songwriter Tiny Bradshaw dies in Cincinnati, Ohio, two years after Johnny Burnette recorded his song "The Train Kept A-Rollin'." Burnette's cut ranks among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
Jan 1, 1959
Ray Price founds the Pamper Music publishing company with Hal Smith and Claude Caviness. It develops songwriters Hank Cochran, Willie Nelson and Harlan Howard, yielding such titles as "Make The World Go Away," "Crazy" and "I Fall To Pieces"
Jan 24, 1959
Songwriter Jimmy Driftwood plays "The Louisiana Hayride" in Shreveport, where he works with Johnny Horton to streamline the lyrics to "The Battle Of New Orleans," which Horton records three days later
Feb 3, 1959
Rock pioneer Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash near Mason City, Iowa, along with touring partners The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens. Holly's bass player, Waylon Jennings, gave up a seat on the plane
Feb 26, 1959
Songwriter Kenny Beard is born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He authors Trace Adkins' "The Rest Of Mine," Tracy Lawrence's "Is That A Tear" and Aaron Tippin's "Where The Stars And Stripes And The Eagle Fly"
Feb 26, 1959
"September Song" songwriter Maxwell Anderson suffers a stroke at his residence in Stamford, Connecticut, on the 28th anniversary of his first wife's death. Anderson dies two days later
Feb 28, 1959
Songwriter Mack Gordon dies in New York. His song "At Last" becomes a pop standard when it's covered by Etta James and hits Top 15 on the national country charts after contestant Sundance Head performs it in 2016 on NBC's "The Voice"
Feb 28, 1959
Playwright Maxwell Anderson dies in Stamford, Connecticut, two days after suffering a stroke. Anderson co-wrote "September Song," which becomes a country hit for Willie Nelson 20 years later
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