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May 17, 1921Songwriter Bob Merrill is born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He pens several country hits, including Ernest Tubb's "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry," Jimmie Rodgers' "Honeycomb" and Rex Allen's "Sparrow In The Tree Top"Mar 9, 1987The Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Carole King, Sam Cooke, Gerry Goffin, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Carole Bayer Sager and Bob Merrill in a New York ceremonyFeb 17, 1998Pop songwriter Bob Merrill dies of a self-inflicted gunshot in his car in Culver City, California. He wrote rockabilly singer Jimmie Rodgers' "Honeycomb" and Ernest Tubb's "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry"
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