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Feb 19, 1980
Hard-rock singer/songwriter Bon Scott dies after a night of heavy drinking in London. He sang "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" and "Highway To Hell" for AC/DC, referenced in Craig Morgan's 2009 country hit "Bonfire"
Mar 17, 1980
A year after Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius got a country hit with their song "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," Alan and Marilyn Bergman are inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York
Apr 1, 1980
Singer/songwriter Kip Moore is born in Tifton, Georgia. With a gravelly voice and a Springsteen intensity, he snags Top 5 singles with "Somethin' 'Bout A Truck," "Beer Money," "Hey Pretty Girl" and "More Girls Like You"
Apr 8, 1980
Songwriter Ross Golan is born in Evanston, Illinois. In addition to writing songs for pop stars Nicki Minaj, CeeLo Green and Justin Bieber, he pens the Lady Antebellum country hit "Compass"
Apr 11, 1980
Cousin Emmy dies in Sherman Oaks, California. Born Cynthia May Carver in Lamb, Kentucky, she taught Grandpa Jones to play the banjo, and became a significant singer and bawdy comedian in concert and on radio from the 1920s to the 1950s. Additionally, she penned Buck Owens' "Ruby (Are You Mad)"
Jun 16, 1980
Bob Nolan, of the original Sons Of The Pioneers, dies of a heart attack while boating in California. The western vocal group, for whom Nolan co-wrote "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," enters the Country Music Hall of Fame four months later
Jun 21, 1980
Pop musician and songwriter Bert Kaempfert dies of a stroke in Switzerland. He wrote "Strangers In The Night," "Wooden Heart," "Danke Schoen" and "Spanish Eyes," the latter a 1988 country hit for Willie Nelson with Julio Iglesias
Jul 3, 1980
Singer/songwriter Sarah Buxton is born in Lawrence, Kansas. Signed for a time to the Lyric Street label, she earns hits as a writer with Keith Urban's "Stupid Boy," Florida Georgia Line's "Sun Daze," Chris Lane's "Fix" and The Band Perry's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely." She also provides supporting vocals on David Nail's "Let It Rain"
Jul 4, 1980
Songwriter Josh Osborne is born in Kentucky. His successes will include Sam Hunt's "Body Like A Back Road," Blake Shelton's "Sangria," Kacey Musgraves' "Merry Go 'Round," Old Dominion's "One Man Band" and Kenny Chesney's "Come Over"
Jul 16, 1980
Donna Summer marries Bruce Sudano at the Church On The Way in Van Nuys, California. The pair co-wrote "Starting Over Again," which had become a hit for Dolly Parton just months earlier
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