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    • Nov 22, 2008
    Pop songwriter Alan Gordon dies of cancer in Scottsdale, Arizona, 30 years after T.G. Sheppard had a country hit with his song "Happy Together." Gordon also wrote Three Dog Night's "Celebrate" and Barbra Streisand's "My Heart Belongs To Me"
    Dec 11, 2008
    Songwriters Jeffrey Steele and Miley Cyrus receive a Golden Globe nomination for the song "I Thought I Lost You," from the movie "Bolt"
    Dec 13, 2008

    Songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller attend the opening of "Smokey Joe's Cafe" at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood. The musical features their songs, including "Jailhouse Rock" and "Stand By Me"

    Dec 23, 2008
    Songwriter Clint Ballard dies at home in Denton, Texas. Best known for writing Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good" and Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders' "Game Of Love," he also penned Faron Young's country hit "Nightmare"
    Dec 26, 2008
    "Riding With Private Malone" songwriter Thom Shepherd begins a tour of American military bases in Europe with a troupe of fellow writers. They include Todd Cerney, Wade Kirby, Bob Regan and Jerry Vandiver
    Dec 27, 2008
    Delaney Bramlett dies of complications from gall bladder surgery at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles. He co-wrote the Dickey Lee country hit "Never Ending Song Of Love"
    Dec 27, 2008
    Kenny Chesney and Brett James write a pair of hits, "Out Last Night" and "Reality," on the same day in the Caribbean
    Jan 1, 2009
    Producer and steel guitarist Walter Haynes dies in Tyler, Texas. He oversaw the sessions that yielded Jeanne Pruett's "Satin Sheets" and Cal Smith's "Country Bumpkin"; wrote Del Reeves' "Girl On The Billboard"; and played on hits by Connie Smith, Billy Walker and Patsy Cline
    Jan 7, 2009

    A band of songwriters plays USAG Schinnen in The Netherlands to end a USO tour, leading the soldiers in a sing-along of "Take Me Home, Country Roads." The writers include Wade Kirby, Bob Regan, Jerry Vandiver, Todd Cerney and Thom Shepherd

    Jan 13, 2009
    John Rich and John Anderson write "Shuttin' Detroit Down"



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