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    • Dec 12, 1983
    Singer/songwriter Katrina Elam is born in Bray, Oklahoma. She writes "Easy," a 2011 Rascal Flatts collaboration with Natasha Bedingfield; and "Invisible," a 2014 country hit for Hunter Hayes
    Dec 23, 1983
    "Drivin' Nails In My Coffin" songwriter Jerry Irby dies in Gray Hawk, Kentucky. As an artist, he scored a pair of hits in 1948: "Cryin' In My Beer" and "Great Long Pistol"
    Jan 20, 1984
    Pop songwriter Bonnie McKee is born in Vacaville, California. Among her credits is the Katy Perry hit "Teenage Dream," mentioned by Old Dominion in the lyrics of the 2016 country single "Song For Another Time"
    Mar 8, 1984
    Three publishing companies file suit against The Oak Ridge Boys, charging that "Bobbie Sue" infringes on the copyright to "Yakety Yak"
    Mar 17, 1984
    Teenager Wendell Mobley has a daughter, Lexi. The girl dies one year later, but about the time she would have turned 19, her memory inspires him to co-write "There Goes My Life," which becomes a major hit for Kenny Chesney
    Mar 25, 1984
    Songwriter Tom Jans dies in Brentwood, California, months after a significant motorcycle accident. Three years earlier, his song "Lovin' Arms" was a country hit for the late Elvis Presley
    Apr 6, 1984
    Pop songwriter Jimmy Kennedy dies in Cheltenham, England. He wrote Gene Autry's "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)," plus Hank Snow's "Down The Trail Of Achin' Hearts" and Narvel Felts' "My Prayer"
    Apr 15, 1984
    The Songwriters Hall of Fame inducts Neil Diamond, who authored the Glen Campbell hit "Sunflower," during a ceremony in New York. Also inducted: Richard Adler, Al Hoffman, Henry Mancini and George David Weiss
    Apr 19, 1984
    Singer/songwriter Matt Stell is born in Clinton, Arkansas. He earns his first hit in 2019 with "Prayed For You," then makes it two with 2020's "Everywhere But On"
    Apr 24, 1984
    Songwriter and band leader Gordon Jenkins dies of Lou Gehrig's disease in Malibu, California. Five months later, Tom T. Hall earns a country hit with Jenkins' composition "P.S. I Love You"



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