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    • Sep 3, 1989
    Songwriter Jimmy Robbins is born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He authors Maren Morris' "The Bones," Blake Shelton's "Sure Be Cool If You Did," Thomas Rhett's "It Goes Like This" and Jason Aldean's "Lights Come On"
    Sep 22, 1989
    Songwriter Irving Berlin dies in New York. He wrote "Blue Skies," which became a hit from Willie Nelson's album "Stardust"; and penned "Annie Get Your Gun," which brings Reba McEntire to Broadway in 2001
    Sep 22, 1989
    Pop songwriter Paul Williams gives up alcohol and cocaine. He later writes about his sobriety in the Diamond Rio hit "You're Gone"
    Oct 1, 1989
    Singer/songwriter Skip Ewing marries Angel Rollings in Nashville
    Oct 8, 1989
    The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Maggie Cavender, longtime leader of the Nashville Songwriters Association International, plus songwriters Rory Bourke ("The Most Beautiful Girl") and Whitey Shafer ("That's The Way Love Goes")
    Oct 24, 1989
    Songwriters Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland are announced as inductees in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Other additions include Simon & Garfunkel, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darin and The Platters
    Dec 6, 1989
    Songwriter Sammy Fain dies from a heart attack in Los Angeles. Known for "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" and "Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella On A Rainy (Rainy) Day," his "Secret Love" was a country hit for both Slim Whitman and Freddy Fender
    Dec 13, 1989
    Taylor Swift is born in Reading, Pennsylvania. The multi-platinum singer/songwriter wins the Grammy for Album of the Year with "Fearless" and earns the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year twice before turning 22
    Dec 14, 1989
    Songwriter Tommy Brasfield dies in Nashville. Brasfield wrote Earl Thomas Conley's "Holding Her And Loving You," Barbara Mandrell's "Angel In Your Arms" and Ronnie Milsap's "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me," among others
    Jan 17, 1990
    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts Bobby Darin, Simon & Garfunkel, songwriters Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland, and trumpet player Louis Armstrong, a one-time Jimmie Rodgers collaborator



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