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Feb 20, 1977
Music executive and songwriter Troy Martin dies of a stroke. He helped discover Lefty Frizzell, Ray Price and Carl Smith, and co-wrote Ernest Tubb's "Daddy When Is Mommy Coming Home"
Apr 11, 1977
Songwriter Eddie Miller dies of a heart attack at his Nashville home. A 1975 addition to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, his credits include: Ray Price's "Release Me," Eddy Arnold's "After Loving You" and Ernest Tubb's "Thanks A Lot"
Nov 15, 1977
Albert E. Brumley dies in Powell, Missouri. He wrote the gospel classic "I'll Fly Away"
Dec 3, 1977
Jimmy Heap dies in a boating accident four months after entering retirement. The western swing figure earned a 1954 hit with his recording of "Release Me" and was a co-writer of Hank Thompson's classic "The Wild Side Of Life"
Jan 10, 1978
Zeb Turner dies from cancer at the Montreal Chest Hospital. Along with brother Zeke, he was a member of Red Foley's band and recorded on such classics as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and "Honky Tonkin'." He also wrote Eddy Arnold's "It's A Sin" and his own 1949 hit "Tennessee Boogie"
Feb 5, 1978
Singer/songwriter Armand "Eddie" Noack dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Houston. He fashioned a lengthy recording history but is best known as the writer of Hank Snow's 1955 hit "These Hands"
Jun 3, 1978
"Back Street Affair" songwriter Billy Wallace dies
Jun 12, 1978
Johnny Bond dies of a heart attack at the St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. A movie sidekick to Gene Autry and Tex Ritter, as well as an artist and songwriter in his own right, he lands a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame two decades later
Jun 19, 1978
Mabel Wayne, hailed as America's first female songwriter, dies in Glen Cove, New York. Fifty years prior, she had a pop hit when Gene Austin covered "Ramona," which Billy Walker converted into a country hit in 1968
Aug 24, 1978
Bandleader and trumpet player Louis Prima dies in a New Orleans nursing home. He wrote the pop standard "Sunday Kind Of Love," destined to become a country hit 10 years later for Reba McEntire
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