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  • Nov 26, 1927
    Songwriter Gwen Gordy is born in Detroit, Michigan. A sister of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr., she co-writes Jackie Wilson's classic "Lonely Teardrops," which Narvel Felts refashions as a country hit in 1976
    Nov 8, 1999
    Gwen Gordy dies of cancer at her San Diego home. She was a co-writer on the Jackie Wilson R&B hit "Lonely Teardrops," which found new life in country music when Narvel Felts remade it in 1976

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