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Oct 9, 1977
Singer/songwriter Brandy Clark is born in Chehalis, Washington. Nominated for Best New Artist in the 57th Grammy Awards, she earns a Top 10 country album in 2016 with "Big Day In A Small Town." She pens The Band Perry's "Better Dig Two," Kacey Musgraves' "Follow Your Arrow" and Miranda Lambert's "Mama's Broken Heart"
Oct 18, 1977
Songwriters Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman finish writing their first version of the funereal ballad "He Stopped Loving Her Today," then wait more than two years to see it recorded by George Jones
Oct 21, 1977
Singer/songwriter Matthew Ramsey is born in Buchanan, Virginia. He becomes the lead singer of Old Dominion and writes Dierks Bentley's "Say You Do," Sam Hunt's "Make You Miss Me" and Kenny Chesney's "Save It For A Rainy Day"
Oct 28, 1977
Franklin, Tennessee, resident Gene Hood files a lawsuit against Conway Twitty, claiming "Linda On My Mind" is derived from his song "Too Much Of You." Twitty wins the suit four years later
Nov 15, 1977
Albert E. Brumley dies in Powell, Missouri. He wrote the gospel classic "I'll Fly Away"
Dec 3, 1977
Jimmy Heap dies in a boating accident four months after entering retirement. The western swing figure earned a 1954 hit with his recording of "Release Me" and was a co-writer of Hank Thompson's classic "The Wild Side Of Life"
Jan 10, 1978
Zeb Turner dies from cancer at the Montreal Chest Hospital. Along with brother Zeke, he was a member of Red Foley's band and recorded on such classics as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and "Honky Tonkin'." He also wrote Eddy Arnold's "It's A Sin" and his own 1949 hit "Tennessee Boogie"
Jan 23, 1978
Singer/songwriter Josh Thompson is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "Beer On The Table" and the title track lead his first album, "Way Out Here," to a Top 10 debut in 2010. He also authors Blake Shelton's "I'll Name The Dogs," Thomas Rhett's "Be A Light" and Jason Aldean's collaboration with Miranda Lambert, "Drowns The Whiskey"
Feb 5, 1978
Singer/songwriter Armand "Eddie" Noack dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Houston. He fashioned a lengthy recording history but is best known as the writer of Hank Snow's 1955 hit "These Hands"
Feb 23, 1978
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" claims two honors--Best Country Song, for songwriter Richard Leigh; and Best Country Vocal Performance, Female, for Crystal Gayle--during the 20th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles
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