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Aug 15, 1983
Songwriter Chuck Howard dies of heart disease at Nashville's Baptist Hospital. His credits include Conway Twitty's "Happy Birthday Darlin'," Waylon Jennings' "Come With Me" and Merle Haggard's "I'm Always On A Mountain When I Fall"
Aug 17, 1983
Lyricist Ira Gershwin dies in Beverly Hills, California. Working with brother George, he wrote such hits as "I Got Rhythm," "Summertime" and "A Foggy Day," which Willie Nelson remakes in 1994 with Frank Sinatra for the album "Duets II"
Oct 8, 1983
Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson begin filming the movie "Songwriter"
Oct 9, 1983
The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts blues pioneer W.C. Handy, Loretta Lynn and Beasley Smith, who wrote Roy Acuff's "Night Train To Memphis"
Oct 20, 1983
Merle Travis dies following a massive coronary in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Peaking as an artist during the 1940s, he also wrote Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons," was recognized as a stellar guitarist, and joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977
Oct 25, 1983
Mel Tillis purchases Cedarwood Publishing for $3 million. Cedarwood copyrights include the Tillis-penned songs "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town," "Detroit City" and "Burning Memories"
Nov 19, 1983
Pop songwriter Carolyn Leigh dies of a heart attack in New York City. Seventeen years later, her best-known song, "Young At Heart," is revived by Willie Nelson and included on the "Space Cowboys" soundtrack
Nov 23, 1983
Badfinger bass player Tom Evans commits suicide in New Haw, England, just months after T.G. Sheppard scored a minor country hit with a remake of "Without You," which Evans co-wrote. Evans was reportedly in a battle over royalties on the song
Nov 24, 1983
Paul Overstreet and Albert Gore (the songwriter--not the politician) write the future Randy Travis hit "Diggin' Up Bones"
Dec 3, 1983
Songwriter Irving Taylor dies in Westlake Village, California. A co-writer of Dean Martin's "Everybody Loves Somebody," he also penned a Tennessee Ernie Ford duet with Kay Starr, "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own"
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