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Mar 6, 1964
Skip Ewing is born in Redlands, California. After several hits as a recording artist in the late-1980s, he scores his biggest successes as a songwriter. Among his titles: Collin Raye's "Love, Me," Diamond Rio's "I Believe," Kenny Chesney's "Me And You" and Randy Travis' "If I Didn't Have You"
Mar 11, 1964
Songwriter Jerry Abbott and his wife, Carolyn, have a son, Vincent Abbott, in Dallas, Texas. Dad goes on to write the Buck Owens & Emmylou Harris hit "Play Together Again Again." As Vinnie Paul, son goes on to play in the metal band Pantera
May 13, 1964
Songwriter Neal Coty is born in Maryland. He pens Mark Chesnutt's "She Was"
May 19, 1964
Songwriter Horatio Nicholls dies in London, England. The best known of his 600 compositions is "Among My Souvenirs," remade a dozen years later as a country hit by Marty Robbins
Jun 1, 1964
Songwriter Shelly Lee Alley dies in Houston. He wrote the Jimmie Rodgers singles "Gambling Bar Room Blues" and "Travelin' Blues"
Jun 2, 1964
Pop label executive and songwriter Lou Adler weds actress Shelly Fabares. They remain married for nine years, though separated for much of it. During the early part of the relationship, he writes Joe Stampley's 1983 country hit "Poor Side Of Town"
Jun 8, 1964
Alton Delmore, of The Delmore Brothers, dies in Huntsville, Alabama. The Delmores' blues-tinged country netted such classics as "Hillbilly Boogie" and "Blues Stay Away From Me" on their way to a 2001 induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame
Jun 12, 1964
Broadway composer Cole Porter, a co-writer of the country hit "Don't Fence Me In," checks into Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York with a fractured hip and a bladder infection. He remains for 10 days
Jun 22, 1964
"Don't Fence Me In" songwriter Cole Porter leaves New York's Columbia Presbyterian Hospital following 10 days of treatment for a hip fracture and a bladder infection
Jul 2, 1964
Hank Cochran and his first wife, Shirley, are divorced
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