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    • Mar 9, 1987
    The Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Carole King, Sam Cooke, Gerry Goffin, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Carole Bayer Sager and Bob Merrill in a New York ceremony
    May 7, 1987
    Russell Dickerson is born in Union City, Tennessee. He collects his first country hit with the 2017 single "Yours"
    May 15, 1987
    Kris Kristofferson and his wife, Lisa, welcome their second baby, naming him John in honor of Johnny Cash
    May 21, 1987
    Singer/songwriter Cody Johnson is born in Sebastopol, Texas. He develops an audience on the red-dirt circuit, achieving his first Top 10 country album in 2014 with "Cowboy Like Me" and his first hit single in 2018 with "On My Way To You." He earns a multi-week #1 with his 2021 release "'Til You Can't"
    Jun 22, 1987
    Songwriter Ammar Malik is born in Virginia. After writing pop hits for Maroon 5 and Gym Class Heroes, he co-writes Lady Antebellum's country hit "Compass"
    Jun 24, 1987
    Actor, comedian and dance band leader Jackie Gleason dies in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Best known for his role as Ralph Kramden in the 1950s TV series "The Honeymooners," he wrote Jimmy Dean's 1962 country hit "To A Sleeping Beauty"
    Jun 25, 1987
    Boudleaux Bryant dies of cancer at Knoxville's Baptist Hospital. Bryant was a pioneering Nashville songwriter, whose credits included "Bye Bye Love," "Come Live With Me" and "Hole In My Pocket." He later joins the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Jul 1, 1987
    Pop songwriter Jerry Livingston dies at his home in Beverly Hills. His career included plenty of movie work, plus country hits with Jim Reeves' "Adios Amigo" and The Hoosier Hot Shots' "She Broke My Heart In Three Places"
    Jul 27, 1987
    Ed Bruce files for divorce from his wife/manager Patsy Bruce in Williamson County, Tennessee, charging her with "cruel and inhuman treatment." The two co-wrote "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys"
    Aug 7, 1987
    Allen Shamblin moves from Texas to Nashville to become a full-time songwriter. He will author such titles as David Ball's "Thinkin' Problem," Keith Urban's "Where The Blacktop Ends" and Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me"



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