Apr 5, 1967

Singer/songwriter Bill Nettles dies of a heart attack in Monroe, Louisiana. Allegedly the original composer of Jimmie Davis' "Nobody's Darling But Mine," he netted a hit with the 1949 single "Hadacol Boogie"

Apr 7, 1967

Tammy Wynette marries songwriter Don Chapel in Ringgold, Georgia

Apr 21, 1967

Tom T. Hall records his first charted single, "I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew," at Columbia's Nashville studio

Apr 26, 1967

Monte Warden is born in Houston, Texas. The Austin-based singer fronts the alt.country band The Wagoneers in the 1980s, records as an indie solo artist in the '90s and nabs a hit as a songwriter in 2004 when George Strait records "Desperately"

May 9, 1967

Singer/songwriter Jason White is born in Cleveland, Ohio. He writes the Tim McGraw hit "Red Ragtop"

May 10, 1967

Songwriter Barry Dean is born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He pens Little Big Town's "Pontoon," Martina McBride's "God's Will," Jon Pardi's "Heartache Medication" and Jason Aldean's "1994"

Jun 4, 1967

Don Gibson marries Bobbi Patterson, whom he credits for steering him away from eight years of dependency on alcohol and pills, in Charlotte, North Carolina

Jun 9, 1967

John Denver marries Annie Martell, the namesake of his 1974 hit "Annie's Song"

Jun 12, 1967

Songwriter Sylvia Dee dies in New York City. Among her credits are Willie Nelson's "Bring Me Sunshine," Billy Walker's "I Taught Her Everything She Knows" and Skeeter Davis' "The End Of The World"

Jun 17, 1967

Songwriter Rivers Rutherford is born in Germantown, Tennessee. His credits include Kenny Chesney's "Living In Fast Forward," Brooks & Dunn's "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You," Rodney Atkins' "These Are My People" and Tim McGraw's "Real Good Man"