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Jan 25, 1984
MCA releases George Strait's remake of the Bob Wills classic "Right Or Wrong"
Jan 28, 1984
Al Dexter dies of a heart attack in Denton, Texas. His career, which included both western swing and honky-tonk, was best known for 1944's "Pistol Packin' Mama"
Feb 21, 1984
Guitarist Herman Arnspiger dies in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, nursing home. During his tenure with Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, he took part in recording "Maiden's Prayer," "Right Or Wrong" and "New San Antonio Rose," among others
Apr 28, 1984
George Strait's version of the western-swing classic "Right Or Wrong" hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
Aug 10, 1984
Banjo player Bill Mounce dies in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He joined Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys in 1945, playing on "White Cross On Okinawa"
Sep 18, 1984
Lefty Perkins, a member of The Light Crust Doughboys and Milton Brown's Musical Brownies, dies of cancer. The guitarist joined the Brownies in 1936 after the departure of steel player Bob Dunn
Oct 25, 1984
Johnnie Lee Wills dies at Tulsa's St. John Medical Center. The younger brother of Bob Wills, he played with the Texas Playboys prior to starting his own band, which earned a 1941 hit with the original version of "Milk Cow Blues"
Aug 21, 1985
Fiddler and songwriter Hoyle Nix dies at his home in Big Spring, Texas. He authored the Bob Wills western swing classic "Big Ball's In Cowtown"
Oct 11, 1985
Tex Williams dies of pancreatic cancer at Newhall Community Hospital in California. His talking novelty "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" provided Capitol Records its first million-selling country single in 1947
Apr 13, 1986
Johnny Dollar dies from cancer in Nashville. A former disc jockey and latter-day member of the Light Crust Doughboys, he earned one minor hit as a recording artist, the 1966 release "Stop The Start (Of Tears In My Heart)"
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