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Oct 22, 1943Bobby Fuller is born in Baytown, Texas. His band, The Bobby Fuller Four, has a 1966 pop hit with "I Fought The Law," written by Sonny Curtis, who will join the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The song becomes a country hit for Hank Williams Jr.Jul 18, 1966Pop singer Bobby Fuller dies in Los Angeles of asphyxiation, just months after scoring a hit with "I Fought The Law." The song, written by former Buddy Holly cohort Sonny Curtis, is remade in a 1978 country hit by Hank Williams Jr.
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