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    • Apr 21, 1985
    Songwriter Irving Mills dies in New York. In addition to the jazz classics "Mood Indigo" and "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)," he wrote Hank Williams' breakthrough hit, "Lovesick Blues"
    May 20, 1985
    Singer/songwriter Jon Pardi is born in Dixon, California. He brings a honky-tonk attitude to such country hits as "Up All Night," "Head Over Boots" and "Dirt On My Boots" beginning in 2013, earning New Male Vocalist of the Year from the Academy of Country Music and New Artist of the Year from the Country Music Association
    May 21, 1985
    Songwriter Craig Wiseman arrives in Nashville from Mississippi, sleeping in a van for his first week. He ultimately pens such hits as Kenny Chesney's "The Good Stuff," Blake Shelton's "Boys 'Round Here" and Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying"
    May 28, 1985
    Roy Acuff sells Acuff-Rose Music--including songs written by Hank Williams, Don Gibson, Roy Orbison and The Everly Brothers--to Gaylord Entertainment, which forms the Opryland Music Group
    Jul 17, 1985
    Wynn Stewart dies from a heart attack at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. A major link in the Bakersfield Sound, he had a half-dozen hits from 1960-1976, topped by 1967's "It's Such A Pretty World Today"
    Aug 14, 1985
    Michael Jackson spends $47.5 million, outbidding Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono, for rights to 250 Beatles songs written by McCartney and John Lennon. They include the future country remakes "I Feel Fine" and "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
    Aug 21, 1985
    Fiddler and songwriter Hoyle Nix dies at his home in Big Spring, Texas. He authored the Bob Wills western swing classic "Big Ball's In Cowtown"
    Aug 26, 1985
    Brian Kelley is born in Daytona Beach, Florida. He co-founds the duo Florida Georgia Line, earning a multi-platinum single with its 2012 debut "Cruise." They win Vocal Duo honors from the Country Music Association three straight years and expand their hit list with "Dirt," "H.O.L.Y." and "Anything Goes," among others
    Sep 1, 1985
    Charlie Worsham is born in Jackson, Mississippi. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he earns his first hit in 2013 with "Could It Be." He also plays on Dierks Bentley's "I Hold On" and Eric Church's "Like Jesus Does"
    Sep 3, 1985
    Songwriter Johnny Marks dies in a New York hospital. Marks was best known for the Christmas classics "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer," "A Holly Jolly Christmas" and "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"



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