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    • Aug 9, 1963
    Stuart Gorrell, a public relations director for Chase Manhattan Bank, dies in Ridgewood, New Jersey. He was credited as a co-writer of "Georgia On My Mind," destined to become a country hit 15 years later for Willie Nelson
    Aug 23, 1963
    Banjo player Milton Estes dies in Oklahoma City. A former member of Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys, he also wrote Jimmy Martin's "20/20 Vision"
    Dec 13, 1963
    Songwriter Stan Jones dies in Los Angeles, California. He wrote "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky," which became a hit for Vaughn Monroe and for Johnny Cash, as well as the theme song to a Gene Autry western movie
    Feb 25, 1964
    Lyricist Johnny Burke dies in New York. Known for such standards as "Pennies From Heaven" and "Swing On A Star," he also co-wrote Erroll Garner's "Misty," which becomes a country hit for Ray Stevens in 1975
    May 19, 1964
    Songwriter Horatio Nicholls dies in London, England. The best known of his 600 compositions is "Among My Souvenirs," remade a dozen years later as a country hit by Marty Robbins
    Jun 1, 1964
    Songwriter Shelly Lee Alley dies in Houston. He wrote the Jimmie Rodgers singles "Gambling Bar Room Blues" and "Travelin' Blues"
    Jun 8, 1964
    Alton Delmore, of The Delmore Brothers, dies in Huntsville, Alabama. The Delmores' blues-tinged country netted such classics as "Hillbilly Boogie" and "Blues Stay Away From Me" on their way to a 2001 induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Aug 14, 1964
    Singer/songwriter Johnny Burnette drowns in a boating accident on California's Clear Lake. With his Rock 'N' Roll Trio in the mid-1950s, he helped define rockabilly. The Trio's "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" will be named one of the 500 greatest country singles in history in the 2003 Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Sep 28, 1964
    Songwriter Nacio Herb Brown dies in San Francisco. A tailor for Rudolph Valentino and Charlie Chaplin, he co-wrote "Temptation," a Bing Crosby success that was parodied successfully in country music by Red Ingle & The Natural Seven
    Oct 15, 1964
    Pop songwriter Cole Porter dies in Santa Monica, California. Noted for such classics as "I Get A Kick Out Of You," "Begin The Beguine" and "I've Got You Under My Skin," Porter also wrote "Don't Fence Me In," a country hit for Gene Autry



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