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Jul 11, 1950
Pop songwriter and Capitol Records co-founder Buddy De Sylva dies in Los Angeles. The label has already enjoyed hits with Tex Ritter, Tex Williams, Jimmy Wakely, Hank Thompson and Merle Travis
Dec 4, 1952
Rabon Delmore dies of lung cancer one day after his 36th birthday. Along with older sibling Alton Delmore, The Delmore Brothers were one of the genre's strongest duos during the 1930s, entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
Jan 1, 1953
Hank Williams is pronounced dead at Oak Hill General Hospital in Oak Hill, West Virginia, after passing away in the back seat of a Cadillac, en route to a show in Canton, Ohio. Many believe he died from a mix of alcohol and morphine. He will become one of the three inaugural members of the Country Music Hall of Fame
Apr 23, 1953
Pop songwriter Peter DeRose dies in New York. He authored Ted Lewis' 1933 hit "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)," which is re-configured as a 1981 country duet for two artists after their deaths: Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline
Oct 20, 1953
Songwriter Fred Ahlert dies in New York City. His song "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" has already been a hit for Kate Smith, Tommy Dorsey and The Andrews Sisters, among others, and is destined to score in country for Marty Robbins in 1977
Dec 1, 1954
Fred Rose dies in Nashville of a heart attack. Rose founded Acuff-Rose Publishing with Roy Acuff, produced Hank Williams and wrote "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain." He is one of the first inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Aug 26, 1955
Songwriter Bob Miller dies in Nyack, New York. He authored Ernest Tubb's "Driftwood On The River"
Nov 11, 1955
Broadway composer Jerry Ross dies of a lung infection in New York. His credits include "Hernando's Hideaway," a song from the musical "The Pajama Game" that became a country hit the previous year when parodied by Homer & Jethro
Jan 17, 1956
Blues singer/songwriter Blind Alfred Reed dies in Cool Ridge, West Virginia. His 1929 recording of "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live" is ranked in 2003 among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Oct 19, 1956
Sax player and band leader Isham Jones dies in Hollywood. He wrote "It Had To Be You," "You're In The Army Now" and "My Best To You," an Eddy Howard pop hit that was re-constructed for the country charts by the Sons Of The Pioneers
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