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Dec 10, 1964
Soul singer Sam Cooke is shot and killed at Los Angeles' Hacienda Motel. Two of his songs are later remade as country hits: "Bring It On Home To Me," by Mickey Gilley; and "Good Times," by Dan Seals
Apr 3, 1965
Songwriter Hy Heath dies in Los Angeles. His credits included Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Mule Train," Ray Price's "Run Boy," Louis Jordan's "Deacon Jones" and Hank Williams' "Take These Chains From My Heart"
Jul 16, 1965
Retired songwriter Ted Snyder dies in Woodland Hills, California, following abdominal surgery. His compositions included "Who's Sorry Now?," a hit for western swing band Milton Brown & His Brownies as well as Connie Francis
Oct 27, 1965
Native American songwriter Peter La Farge commits suicide by slashing his wrists in a Greenwich Village bathtub. At the time, Johnny Cash has a country hit with the La Farge-penned "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
Nov 6, 1965
Jazz and vaudevillian songwriter Clarence Williams dies in Queens, New York. Associated with Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller, his output included "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It," a country hit for Hank Williams, T. Texas Tyler and Ricky Nelson
Feb 10, 1966
Songwriter Billy Rose dies of pneumonia in Jamaica. His compositions include "Barney Google," "Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight" and "Without A Song," a 1984 country hit for Willie Nelson
May 17, 1966
Wiley Walker dies in Oklahoma City. Along with Gene Sullivan, he made up half a significant duo, which recorded the original version of "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again," and had a hit in 1946 with "Make Room In Your Heart For A Friend"
Jul 1, 1966
Slim Willet dies of a heart attack at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene, Texas. He wrote the classic "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes," a Top 10 hit in 1952 and '53 for Willet, Skeets McDonald, Ray Price and Red Foley
Nov 19, 1966
Francis Craig dies following a heart attack in Sewanee, Tennessee. The Nashville orchestra leader wrote "Near You," the first million-seller recorded in Music City. The song is remade as a country hit by George Jones & Tammy Wynette in 1977
Mar 30, 1967
Folk artist Paul Clayton commits suicide by pulling a heater into the bathtub of his apartment in New York City. Clayton was a co-writer of Billy Grammer's 1959 country hit "Gotta Travel On"
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