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    • Nov 22, 1959
    Broadway lyricist Sam Lewis dies in New York. The author of "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" and "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl?)," he also wrote the Jimmie Rodgers country hit "In The Hills Of Tennessee"
    Feb 6, 1960
    R&B singer Jesse Belvin dies in a car crash in Fairhope, Arkansas. A co-writer of The Penguins' hit "Earth Angel," he earns a country hit 10 years later as a songwriter after Slim Whitman covers "Guess Who"
    Jul 21, 1960
    Pop songwriter Al Hoffman dies in New York City. Two years prior, he strung together a trio of hits for country/pop singer Jimmie Rodgers: "Secretly," "Are You Really Mine" and "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again"
    Aug 23, 1960
    Oscar Hammerstein II, who co-wrote the music for "Oklahoma!" and "The Sound Of Music," dies of cancer at home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. In the 1950s, Slim Whitman had country hits with two of his songs: "Indian Love Call" and "Rose-Marie"
    Nov 7, 1960
    A.P. Carter dies in Kingsport, Tennessee. With his wife Sara and her cousin, Maybelle Carter, The Original Carter Family became one of the genre's pioneering groups with A.P. credited as a writer of such titles as "Keep On The Sunny Side" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." They join the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970
    Apr 29, 1961
    Gilbert "Cisco" Houston dies of cancer in San Bernardino, California. A longtime drinking buddy and singing partner of Woody Guthrie, he co-wrote "Cocaine Blues," a hit for Roy Hogsed in 1948
    Dec 15, 1961
    Gospel songwriter James B. Coats dies. His 1942 title "The Sweetest Gift" is destined to become a 1977 country hit for Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
    Sep 9, 1962
    Songwriter Tex Owens dies of a heart attack in New Baden, Texas. The brother of Texas Ruby, he wrote the cowboy classic "The Cattle Call"
    Jan 24, 1963
    Pop songwriter Otto Harbach dies in New York City. Best known for co-writing "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," he experienced country hits in the 1950s when Slim Whitman revived "Indian Love Call" and "Rose-Marie"
    Mar 21, 1963
    Songwriter Arthur Q. Smith is found dead in the Knoxville hotel room he rents. His legacy includes Ernest Tubb's "Missing In Action" and the future Ricky Skaggs hit "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could"



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