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    • Jul 18, 2008
    Paul Simon sues a Japanese clock maker and its U.S. subsidiary for $1 million for selling timepieces that use his song "Bridge Over Troubled Water" without permission. The title was a Buck Owens country hit in 1971
    Aug 6, 2008
    Charlie Robison's divorce from Dixie Chick Emily Robison is finalized at the Bexar County Courthouse in San Antonio, Texas
    Aug 8, 2008
    Singer/songwriter Chester Smith dies at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto, California. He wrote and recorded the first version of Carl Smith's 1955 hit "Wait A Little Longer Please, Jesus"
    Aug 10, 2008
    R&B legend Isaac Hayes is pronounced dead at Memphis' Baptist East Hospital after suffering a stroke. He wrote "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby," a Sam & Dave classic remade as a 1976 country hit by Sonny James
    Aug 15, 2008
    "I Fall To Pieces" songwriter Hank Cochran is released from a Nashville hospital one month after having surgery for cancer
    Sep 1, 2008
    Jerry Reed dies of emphysema at home in Brentwood, Tennessee. Best known for the singles "When You're Hot, You're Hot" and "East Bound And Down," the singer, songwriter and guitarist extended his music career with a series of acting roles. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2017
    Oct 1, 2008
    Songwriters Victoria Shaw and Gary Burr lead Obamarama, a concert rally for Barack Obama at Nashville's 12th & Porter. Also appearing: Billy Kirsch, Angela Kaset, Rissi Palmer, Georgia Middleman and Jim Photoglo
    Oct 1, 2008
    "Ocean Front Property" songwriter Hank Cochran begins chemotherapy treatment weeks after surgery for pancreatic cancer
    Oct 2, 2008
    J.D. Souther, Radney Foster, Beth Nielsen Chapman and "The Trouble With The Truth" songwriter Gary Nicholson play The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville on the second night of Obamarama rallies for Barack Obama
    Oct 2, 2008
    Martina McBride's "Independence Day" is used to introduce vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin at a St. Louis speech. Songwriter Gretchen Peters, suggesting Palin policies contradict the song's spirit, vows to donate royalties from the song during the election cycle to Planned Parenthood



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