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    • Nov 26, 1973
    Bass player John Rostill dies in Radlett, England, electrocuted by a guitar in his home studio. An ex-member of The Shadows, he wrote the Olivia Newton-John hits "Please Mr. Please," "Let Me Be There" and "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)"
    Dec 16, 1973
    The Cincinnati Bengals close out Mike Reid's fourth season with the team in Houston, defeating the Oilers, 27-24, at the Astrodome. Reid eventually establishes himself in Nashville, writing hits for Ronnie Milsap, The Judds and Lee Roy Parnell
    Dec 20, 1973
    Pop singer Bobby Darin dies of heart failure at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. His "Splish Splash" crossed into the country charts, and his "Dream Lover" was remade as a country hit by Billy "Crash" Craddock
    Dec 23, 1973
    The Cincinnati Bengals play their second playoff game during Mike Reid's career, losing to the Miami Dolphins, 34-16, in Florida. Reid eventually leaves the NFL for country music, becoming a singer, songwriter and piano player
    Dec 28, 1973
    Mel Tillis plays a songwriter who needs romantic tragedy to write songs in an episode of ABC's "Love, American Style"
    Jan 8, 1974
    The Cincinnati Bengals' Mike Reid is named alongside Pittsburgh's Joe Greene as defensive tackles on the AFC All-Pro team by the Associated Press. Ten years later, Reid is spotted on the country charts as the writer of Ronnie Milsap's "Show Her"
    Jan 21, 1974
    George Richey, Carmol Taylor and Norro Wilson finish writing "The Grand Tour," a song Richey started the previous weekend on a trip to Memphis
    Feb 12, 1974
    Kim Williams is among three people who suffer electrical burns during a freak fire at the ASG Industries glass plant in Johnson City, Tennessee. He will undergo 200 surgeries. Eventually, Williams becomes a country songwriter, penning "Three Wooden Crosses," "Papa Loved Mama" and "Warning Labels"
    Feb 20, 1974
    Phil Spector's office announces the pop producer, who wrote the country hit "To Know Him Is To Love Him," was injured in a car accident between Los Angeles and Phoenix and will require plastic surgery. No record of the crash is found
    Feb 23, 1974
    Songwriter Harry Ruby dies in Woodland Hills, California. His song, "Who's Sorry Now?," became a 1923 pop hit before it was recorded by Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies. The song also became a pop hit for Connie Francis



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