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    • Apr 5, 1967
    Singer/songwriter Bill Nettles dies of a heart attack in Monroe, Louisiana. Allegedly the original composer of Jimmie Davis' "Nobody's Darling But Mine," he netted a hit with the 1949 single "Hadacol Boogie"
    Jun 12, 1967
    Songwriter Sylvia Dee dies in New York City. Among her credits are Willie Nelson's "Bring Me Sunshine," Billy Walker's "I Taught Her Everything She Knows" and Skeeter Davis' "The End Of The World"
    Oct 3, 1967
    Woody Guthrie dies in Queens after a 15-year struggle with Huntington's disease. The folk singer/songwriter influenced the social content of several 20th-century genres, including country, and is eventually added to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
    Oct 19, 1967
    Songwriter Joe Beal dies, 10 years after Bobby Helms recorded his best-known song, "Jingle Bell Rock"
    Dec 10, 1967
    Soul singer Otis Redding dies in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin. Just a month later, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" becomes his biggest recording. The song is later remade as a country hit by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
    Dec 31, 1967
    Songwriter Bert Berns dies of a heart attack at the Oliver Cromwell Hotel in New York City. His pop classic "Piece Of My Heart" is recorded by Janis Joplin before becoming a country hit for Faith Hill
    Mar 5, 1968
    Syd Nathan dies of heart disease in Miami Beach, Florida. He founded King Records, which contributed to the careers of Moon Mullican, Hawkshaw Hawkins and The Delmore Brothers. Nathan also wrote "I'll Sail My Ship Alone" and "Goodnight Irene"
    Apr 17, 1968
    Songwriter Dorsey Dixon dies of heart failure in Plant City, Florida. He wrote Roy Acuff's classic "Wreck On The Highway"
    May 14, 1968
    Songwriter Beasley Smith dies in Nashville. He co-wrote Roy Acuff's 1942 classic "Night Train To Memphis"
    Aug 5, 1968
    Guitarist Luther Perkins dies at Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center of injuries sustained in a fire two days prior. As a member of Johnny Cash's Tennessee Two, he played rhythm on numerous recordings and inspired "Luther Played The Boogie"



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