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Oct 8, 1988
Singer/songwriter Harold Dorman dies in Memphis. He wrote and recorded the original version of "Mountain Of Love," which became a 1964 pop hit for Johnny Rivers and a 1981 country hit for Charley Pride
Oct 9, 1988
The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Troy Seals and Hoagy Carmichael. Seals wrote Conway Twitty's "Don't Take It Away" and George Jones' "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes." Carmichael penned Willie Nelson's "Georgia On My Mind"
Oct 19, 1988
Lynn Anderson ends a relationship with songwriter Mentor Williams and gets charged with malicious mischief when a waitress claims Anderson stole a purse from her car. The charges are dropped after Anderson agrees to write a letter of apology
Dec 24, 1988
Songwriter Curtis Wright marries Sonja McKim in Calvin, Pennsylvania. Among Wright's compositions are Ronnie Milsap's "A Woman In Love" and Shenandoah's "Next To You, Next To Me"
Dec 25, 1988
A pipe bursts in songwriter Gretchen Peters' Nashville apartment, forcing a plumber to make repairs at 3 a.m. He stays for coffee cake with Peters and her four roommates, and she uses the cracked pipe as a future Christmas tree decoration
Dec 30, 1988
Singer/songwriter John King is born in Demorest, Georgia. Signed to Black River, he co-writes Randy Houser's 2015 single "We Went"
Jan 16, 1989
With his song "You Got It" in circulation, Roy Orbison is announced among the year's inductees in the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Jan 30, 1989
Singer/songwriter Devin Dawson is born in Orangevale, California. He earns his first country hit with the 2017 single "All On Me." He also co-writes Blake Shelton's 2019 hit "God's Country"
Feb 3, 1989
Film composer Lionel Newman dies of a heart attack at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Among his credits: "North To Alaska," "Hello, Dolly!" and "River Of No Return." The latter's theme became a country hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford
Feb 22, 1989
K.T. Oslin's "Hold Me" takes a pair of honors--Best Country Song and Best Country Vocal Performance, Female--during the 31st annual Grammy awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles
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