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  • Apr 14, 1977
    Vito Pellettieri dies in Nashville after suffering a stroke. A longtime stage manager of the Grand Ole Opry, he helped George D. Hay develop the radio show's format after his appointment in 1934. During his tenure, Pellettieri also co-wrote Roy Acuff's hit "Unloved And Unclaimed"
    Sep 9, 1978
    Jack Warner, the founder of Warner Bros. Records, dies at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. At the time, the Warner/Reprise family's country acts include Emmylou Harris, Margo Smith and Donna Fargo
    Dec 20, 1980
    Jack Stapp dies in Nashville. A longtime program director for WSM Radio, where he worked with the Grand Ole Opry, he also co-wrote "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" and co-founded Tree Music Publishing, one of Music City's first publishers. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989
    Aug 20, 1981
    Record producer and Capitol executive Lee Gillette dies after a fall at his home in California. He produced hits for Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmy Wakely, Leon Payne and Hank Thompson while overseeing the label's country releases from 1944-1950
    Mar 1, 1982
    Booking agent Grover "Shorty" Lavender dies. He worked with such acts as The Statler Brothers, George Jones and Tammy Wynette, but only after playing fiddle on hits by Marty Robbins and Ray Price, including "Heartaches By The Number"
    May 8, 1982
    Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart dies of cancer. Known for breaking such acts as Donna Summer, Kiss and Parliament, the label also handled Mac Davis just prior to Bogart's passing
    Dec 20, 1982
    Record producer Don Law dies in La Marque, Texas. A longtime Columbia executive, he oversaw such hits as Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John," Lefty Frizzell's "Saginaw, Michigan," Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire" and Ray Price's "For The Good Times"
    May 9, 1983
    Manager Bob Neal dies at Park View Medical Center in Nashville. A disc jockey and booking agent, he served as a personal manager for Elvis Presley before Colonel Tom Parker signed the singer. Neal also worked with Sonny James, Johnny Cash, Johnny Rodriguez and Barbara Mandrell
    Mar 10, 1985
    Pioneering country executive Polk Brockman dies at Florida Hospital in Orlando. Working in Atlanta, he aided Ralph Peer in recording Fiddlin' John Carson's first session in 1924, making him one of the genre's earliest record producers
    Nov 12, 1985
    "Renfro Valley Barn Dance" founder John Lair dies at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. The show, established in 1937, spent 20 years on radio stations WLW, in Cincinnati, followed by WHAS, in Louisville




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