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May 17, 1976
"Ring Of Fire" songwriter Merle Kilgore performs before presidential candidate Jimmy Carter delivers a speech at the National Guard Armory in Nashville
Jun 18, 1976
Songwriter/producer Michael Ryan is born in California. Known professionally as busbee, he directs sessions by Maren Morris, Keith Urban and Carly Pearce, and pens such hits as Lady Antebellum's "You Look Good," Rascal Flatts' "Summer Nights" and Florida Georgia Line's "H.O.L.Y."
Jun 25, 1976
Songwriter Johnny Mercer dies in Los Angeles. Noted for writing such pop classics as "Days Of Wine And Roses" and "Moon River," he also co-founded Capitol Records, a launching pad for such acts as Keith Urban, Merle Haggard and Garth Brooks. Tom T. Hall will have a country hit with Mercer's song "P.S. I Love You"
Jul 31, 1976
Kris Kristofferson hosts "Saturday Night Live" from New York City on NBC-TV with musical guest Rita Coolidge. Kristofferson sings "Help Me Make It Through The Night"
Aug 11, 1976
Songwriter Hillary Lindsey is born in Washington, Georgia. She authors such titles as Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take The Wheel," Martina McBride's "This One's For The Girls," Little Big Town's "Girl Crush" and Keith Urban's "Blue Ain't Your Color"
Aug 29, 1976
Blues man Jimmy Reed dies of an epileptic seizure while on tour in Oakland, California. His 1961 recording "Bright Lights, Big City" became a country hit after Sonny James recorded it in 1971
Sep 1, 1976
Angaleena Presley is born in Beauty, Kentucky. She joins Miranda Lambert and Ashley Monroe to create Pistol Annies, releasing their first album in 2011. Presley also co-writes Lambert's hit "Fastest Girl In Town"
Sep 3, 1976
Singer/songwriter Wayne Carson records "Barstool Mountain" at Nashville's Sound Stage. The song becomes a Moe Bandy hit three years later
Sep 5, 1976
"Sweet Home Alabama" co-writer Gary Rossington suffers multiple broken bones when the Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, driving drunk, crashes into a telephone pole, a tree and a house in Jacksonville, Florida
Sep 7, 1976
Ex-Beatle George Harrison loses a copyright infringement suit that charges his "My Sweet Lord" borrows from Lonnie Mack's "He's So Fine." Harrison's "Something" had become a country hit two years prior for Johnny Rodriguez
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