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Jul 8, 1997

Songwriter Everett Ellis files suit against songwriters Kerry Kurt Phillips, Rick Blaylock and Howard Perdew, charging they infringed upon his song "Lay Me Out Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)" when they wrote the Joe Diffie hit "Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)." A judge rules against Ellis in December

Jul 23, 1997

"Strawberry Wine" takes Song of the Year for its composers, Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison, at the Nashville Songwriters Association International's 30th Songwriter Achievement Awards. Vince Gill wins Songwriter/Artist of the Year for the third time. Mark D. Sanders claims Top Songwriter

Sep 21, 1997

Hank Thompson, Roger Cook ("I Believe In You") and Wayne Carson ("Always On My Mind") are inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame during ceremonies at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza

Sep 24, 1997

Brenda Lee and songwriters Harlan Howard and Cindy Walker are inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame during the Country Music Association Awards show

Sep 24, 1997

"Strawberry Wine" wins twice at the 31st annual Country Music Association awards, broadcast by CBS from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House. "Wine" earns Single of the Year for Deana Carter and producer Chris Farren, and Song of the Year for writers Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison

Oct 11, 1997

Ben and Melissa Hayslip are married. He goes on to become an award-winning country songwriter, penning Blake Shelton's "Honey Bee," Jason Aldean's "When She Says Baby" and Luke Bryan's "I Don't Want This Night To End"

Oct 12, 1997

Singer/songwriter John Denver dies in a plane crash near Monterey, California, when the engine quits on the test plane he's piloting. Denver leaves a string of folk-tinged pop-country hits, including "Thank God I'm A Country Boy," "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Annie's Song" and "Back Home Again"

Oct 24, 1997

Songwriter Bob DiPiero files for divorce from Pam Tillis in Nashville, citing irreconcilable differences. Among his credits: Vince Gill's "Worlds Apart," Reba McEntire's "Little Rock" and George Strait's "Blue Clear Sky"

Nov 16, 1997

Atlanta doctors discover songwriter Carole Joyner Gourley, best known for writing Sonny James' "Young Love," has advanced cancer. She dies three weeks later

Dec 7, 1997

Songwriter Carole Joyner Gourley dies in Atlanta, of cancer. She wrote the 1956 Sonny James hit "Young Love," also recorded as a pop hit by actor Tab Hunter

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