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Apr 10, 1975
Max D. Barnes' 18-year-old son, Dwayne, is killed when he's hit by a car while walking alongside Interstate 29 in Kansas City, Missouri; his death eventually inspires "Chiseled In Stone"
Apr 23, 1975
Badfinger guitarist Pete Ham commits suicide by hanging himself in the garage of his home in London. He co-wrote the Nilsson pop hit "Without You," remade by T.G. Sheppard during the early-1980s
May 14, 1975
The Cincinnati Bengals' Mike Reid announces his retirement from the NFL to focus on music. He writes numerous hits, including Don Williams' "I Wouldn't Be A Man," Tim McGraw's "Everywhere" and Ronnie Milsap's "Stranger In My House"
May 30, 1975
R&B artist Thomas Callaway is born in Atlanta. Known professionaly as CeeLo Green, he co-writes the Gnarls Barkley hit "Crazy." When Brett Eldredge threads part of the melody into one of his songs, Green earns a co-writing credit on the 2015 country hit "Lose My Mind"
Jun 5, 1975
Wayne Kemp records the original version of "Tell Ole I Ain't Here, He Better Get On Home" in the afternoon at Nashville's Soundshop. Five years later, the song is a hit for Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley
Jun 10, 1975
Darrell Edwards, who co-wrote "Why Baby Why" with George Jones, commits suicide, shooting himself in the head with a shotgun
Jun 16, 1975
R&B label executive/songwriter Don Robey dies in Houston. Affiliated with such acts as Bobby "Blue" Bland and Johnny Ace, Robey wrote two songs that become country hits in the 1980s: "Share Your Love With Me," for Kenny Rogers; and "Pledging My Love," for Emmylou Harris
Jul 14, 1975
Singer/songwriter Jamey Johnson is born in Enterprise, Alabama. The author of Trace Adkins' "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" and George Strait's "Give It Away," he breaks through as an artist with the 2008 album "That Lonesome Song." It includes "In Color," the 2009 Song of the Year for both the ACM and the CMA
Jul 22, 1975
Sonya Isaacs is born in LaFollette, Tennessee. Signed as a solo artist to Lyric Street Records in the 1990s, she writes Martina McBride's "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" and provides backing vocals on Reba McEntire's "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain"
Sep 9, 1975
Traditional pop vocalist Michael Buble is born in Burnaby, British Columbia. He writes and records the 2005 pop hit "Home," which will be covered for the country market in 2008 by Blake Shelton
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