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May 17, 1987
An arsonist sets fire to Tom Petty's house in Los Angeles while his family eats breakfast, doing $800,000 worth of damage. Petty wrote Rosanne Cash's "Never Be You" and goes on to write Roy Orbison's "You Got It"
Jun 2, 1987
Gene Autry receives the Spirit of Los Angeles Award from the Los Angeles Headquarters City Association, recognizing his success in business. The California Angels owner says the only thing better would be "a 20-game winning pitcher"
Jun 30, 1987
The Desert Rose Band and Lyle Lovett play the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles. Among the faces in the crowd: Rose Maddox, Bernie Taupin, Bruce Hornsby and Elton John
Jul 1, 1987
Pop songwriter Jerry Livingston dies at his home in Beverly Hills. His career included plenty of movie work, plus country hits with Jim Reeves' "Adios Amigo" and The Hoosier Hot Shots' "She Broke My Heart In Three Places"
Jul 25, 1987
Left-handed fiddler Joe Holley dies of pneumonia in Fresno, California. During his tenure in Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, he appeared on such recordings as "Stay A Little Longer," "Smoke On The Water" and "Heart To Heart Talk"
Aug 10, 1987
Leo Fender, creator of the Fender guitar, takes his place in the Hollywood RockWalk
Aug 14, 1987
Dolly Parton begins filming her ABC-TV variety show, "Dolly!," in Los Angeles
Aug 30, 1987
Monique Peer dies in West Hollywood, California. The wife of late record producer and Country Music Hall of Fame member Ralph Peer, she ran the peer music group after his death in 1960
Sep 11, 1987
Actor Lorne Greene dies of cardiac arrest at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California. Greene's 1964 pop recording of the recitation "Ringo" also found minor success in country music. Greene was best known for his role in "Bonanza," which featured a theme song by guitarist Joe Maphis
Sep 17, 1987
Banjo player Kenny "Rudy" Trietsch dies in Los Angeles, California. He was a member of the comedic "WLS Barn Dance" band The Hoosier Hot Shots, who scored a trio of mid-1940s hits and appeared in a string of westerns
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