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    • Dec 22, 1985
    Tommy Thomas, owner of Los Angeles' Palomino Club, dies
    Feb 10, 1986
    Record producer "Uncle" Art Satherley dies at his home in Fountain Valley, California. Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1971, he ran Columbia Records' country efforts from 1938-1952, producing Bob Wills, Gene Autry, Bill Monroe and others
    Jun 15, 1986
    C.F. Martin III, who has run Martin Guitars for more than 40 years, dies
    Jul 9, 1986
    Merle Haggard's first manager, Lewis Talley, dies on Haggard's houseboat in northern California. Talley wrote the 1950s hit "A Dear John Letter," and co-produced several of Haggard's early-'80s hits
    Sep 2, 1986
    Record executive Fabor Robison dies in Minden, Louisiana. He established the Fabor and Abbott labels, aiding the careers of Jim Reeves, Johnny Horton and The Browns
    Oct 19, 1986
    Folkways Records founder Moses Asch dies in New York City. He produced Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," cited in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among the 500 greatest country singles of all-time
    Mar 6, 1987
    Don Gant dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital following a stroke. A prominent music publisher, he produced Merle Haggard's "The Way I Am" and the Eddy Raven hits "Shine, Shine, Shine" and "You're Never Too Old For Young Love"
    Dec 5, 1987
    Harry "Pappy" Daily dies in Houston. Daily founded Starday Records and produced The Big Bopper, Gene Pitney and George Jones
    Mar 15, 1989
    Liberty Records founder Al Bennett dies in Sherman Oaks, California. The label released Willie Nelson's first solo hit, "Touch Me," in 1962, and, after acquisition by United Artists, became associated with Kenny Rogers, Dottie West, Garth Brooks, Billy Dean and Tanya Tucker
    Jul 15, 1989
    Record executive Jim Stanton dies at his home in Johnson City, Tennessee. He founded Rich-R-Tone Records, a label that released a series of significant bluegrass records by The Stanley Brothers in the 1940s



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