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Oct 4, 1994

Pop songwriter Sarah Aarons is born in Melbourne, Australia. After building songs for Demi Lovato, Zedd, Khalid and Camila Cabello, she co-writes Maren Morris' 2019 country hit "Girl"

Oct 14, 1994

"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" songwriter Pete Seeger accepts a National Medal of Arts from president Bill Clinton at the White House

Oct 21, 1994

"Jukebox Junkie" songwriter Janice Gillick has an altercation at Las Vegas' Chapala Mexican restaurant, in which she allegedly smashes a glass in the face of Karen Salamon, a former Miss Nevada, on a date with Gillick's estranged husband

Nov 7, 1994

Guitar player Bobby Sykes dies in Nashville. He toured with country stars Marty Robbins and Hank Snow, among others, and wrote a minor 1967 Faron Young hit, "Wonderful World Of Women"

Nov 8, 1994

Former "Saturday Night Live" comedy writer Michael O'Donoghue dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in New York City. A dozen years earlier, he earned a country hit as the writer of Dolly Parton's "Single Women"

Nov 9, 1994

Songwriter Vera Matson dies in Sherman Oaks, California. She authored the Elvis Presley ballad "Love Me Tender"

Nov 17, 1994

Songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk in Los Angeles. Among their credits are the country hits "Jackson," "Hound Dog," "Stand By Me" and "Jailhouse Rock"

Nov 23, 1994

Pop songwriter/producer Tommy Boyce dies at his Nashville home from a self-inflicted gunshot. The producer of The Monkees' "Last Train To Clarksville," he wrote Jay & The Americans' "Come A Little Bit Closer," a country hit for Johnny Duncan

Dec 4, 1994

Folk singer Pete Seeger, who wrote the country hits "Gotta Travel On" and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," is celebrated by president Bill Clinton at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., along with Aretha Franklin and composer Morton Gould

Dec 17, 1994

Cuban composer Carlos Rigual dies in Mexico. Along with his brother, Mario Rigual, he wrote the Johnny Rodriguez country hit "Love Me With All Your Heart (Cuando Calienta El Sol)"

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