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Jul 7, 1998

Songwriter Paul Williams makes his first appearance on the CBS-TV soap opera "The Bold And The Beautiful." The acting job comes as he's enjoying his first country hit, Diamond Rio's rendition of "You're Gone"

Jul 12, 1998

Songwriter Jimmy Driftwood dies of heart failure at a hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Briefly a member of the Grand Ole Opry, he is best remembered for writing Johnny Horton's "The Battle Of New Orleans" and Eddy Arnold's "Tennessee Stud"

Jul 15, 1998

Actor and songwriter Hal Southern dies in Vista, California, from diabetes-related causes. He appeared in such movies as "Blazing Saddles" and "The Shakiest Gun In The West," and co-wrote Tex Ritter's "I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven"

Aug 3, 1998

Songwriter Tommy Faile dies in Gaston County, North Carolina. He authored the Red Sovine hit "Phantom 309"

Aug 8, 1998

If you ain't lovin', you ain't livin': Songwriter Tommy Collins takes his own advice as he marries Hazel Hampton

Aug 25, 1998

Rockabilly artist Charlie Feathers is admitted to Memphis' St. Francis Hospital after suffering a stroke. Feathers wrote Elvis Presley's "I Forgot To Remember To Forget"

Aug 27, 1998

Phil Vassar's first daughter, Haley, is born. Her arrival is celebrated in the lyrics of his single "American Child"

Aug 29, 1998

Rockabilly performer Charlie Feathers dies at Memphis' St. Francis Hospital. He wrote Elvis Presley's early hit "I Forgot To Remember To Forget"

Sep 8, 1998

Songwriter Dick Heard dies of cancer in Little Rock, Arkansas. He co-wrote Elvis Presley's "Kentucky Rain" and Mel Street's "Smokey Mountain Memories," and worked at GRT Records, which released records by Alabama and Ronnie McDowell

Sep 19, 1998

Eddie Rabbitt, Kent Robbins ("Straight Tequila Night") and Merle Kilgore ("Ring Of Fire") are inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame during ceremonies at the Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel in Nashville

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