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    • May 7, 2005
    Pop songwriter Tony Hatch, author of the Sonny James hit "My Love," marries his third wife, Maggie, in London
    May 10, 2005
    Texas observes Robert Earl Keen Day
    May 15, 2005
    Songwriter Wayne Perry dies of throat cancer in Hamilton, Ohio. He wrote such hits as Tim McGraw's "Not A Moment Too Soon," Collin Raye's "Every Second" and Lorrie Morgan's "What Part Of No"
    May 17, 2005
    Tim McGraw's "Live Like You Were Dying," written by Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman, wins Single Record and Song of the Year during the 40th annual Academy of Country Music awards, telecast on CBS from Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay
    May 25, 2005
    Songwriter Ben Peters dies of complications from pneumonia at Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital. He wrote Charley Pride's "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'," Kenny Rogers' "Daytime Friends" and Freddy Fender's "Before The Next Teardrop Falls"
    Jun 9, 2005
    The Songwriters Hall of Fame inducts "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby" songwriters Isaac Hayes and David Porter, plus Steve Cropper and John Fogerty, during a ceremony at New York's Marriott Marquis Hotel
    Jun 18, 2005
    Ashland City, Tennessee, dedicates the Tennessee Waltz Parkway, honoring native Redd Stewart, who co-wrote the classic
    Jun 21, 2005
    Songwriter Paul Westmoreland dies after a struggle with dementia in Sacramento. He wrote the western-swing classic "Detour," which was a hit for Spade Cooley, Foy Willing, Wesley Tuttle and Elton Britt
    Jun 27, 2005
    Songwriter Robert Byrne is found dead in his Nashville home. Among his hits: Shenandoah's "Two Dozen Roses," The Forester Sisters' "Men" and Earl Thomas Conley's "What I'd Say." The loss inspires Phil Vassar to write "Last Day Of My Life"
    Jun 28, 2005
    Big Al Downing's wife announces the singer/songwriter is hospitalized with leukemia and will begin chemotherapy immediately. Downing wrote and performed the original version of the Tom Jones country hit "Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More)"



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