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    • Jun 4, 2001
    John Hartford dies of lymphoma at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. The bluegrass- and folk-influenced singer, banjo player and fiddler was best known for writing the Glen Campbell classic "Gentle On My Mind"
    Jun 6, 2001
    Light Crust Doughboys guitarist Marvin Montgomery dies of leukemia in Dallas. He co-wrote the western swing band's "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy," hailed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jun 12, 2001
    "The Wind Done Gone," a controversial parody of "Gone With The Wind" written by songwriter Alice Randall, hits bookstores. Randall wrote Trisha Yearwood's "XXX's And OOO's (An American Girl)"
    Jun 14, 2001
    Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson are inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Sheraton New York Hotel, along with Eric Clapton, Diane Warren and Paul Williams
    Jun 28, 2001
    SHeDAISY's Kristyn Osborn becomes the first individual songwriter to sue a karaoke company, filing an infringement suit in Nashville against Pocket Songs for unlicensed use of "I Will... But"
    Jul 3, 2001
    Johnny Russell dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital after a lengthy battle with diabetes. The Grand Ole Opry member had three hits in the early-1970s, and wrote Buck Owens' "Act Naturally" and George Strait's "Let's Fall To Pieces Together"
    Jul 3, 2001
    Roy Nichols, longtime guitarist for Merle Haggard, dies at Bakersfield's Mercy Hospital. Nichols played on "Mama Tried" and "Big City," among Haggard hits, plus Johnny Cash's "Tennessee Flat-Top Box." He also wrote Haggard's "Street Singer"
    Jul 3, 2001
    "I Love The Way You Love Me" songwriter Victoria Shaw and husband Bob Locknar have their second daughter, Ava Paris Locknar
    Jul 7, 2001
    Songwriter Fred Neil is found dead at his home in Summerland Key, Florida. He's best known for writing Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'," ranked in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 greatest singles
    Jul 22, 2001
    Bob Ferguson dies at University Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. He wrote "Wings Of A Dove" and "The Carroll County Accident," and produced hits for Connie Smith, Dolly Parton, Jim Ed Brown and Dottie West



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