In 1935, singer-songwriter Hank Cochran was born in Mississippi. He is probably best known for his songwriting prowess on the Patsy Cline hits "I Fall To Pieces" and "She's Got You", as well as for "Make The World Go Away" for Eddy Arnold, and "The Chair" and "Ocean Front Property" for George Strait. He was the cowriter on many of Vern Gosdin's top commercial hits.
In 1953, Betty Jack Davis, half of the duo Davis Sisters that also featured Skeeter Davis, was killed in a car wreck in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Davis Sisters had already notched a Number One hit with "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know", and Skeeter went on to a huge career of her own.
In 1975, Johnny Rodriguez hit the top spot on the charts with "Just Get Up And Close The Door". It was his fifth of sixth Number Ones.
In 1980, the Bellamys went to the Number One spot for the third time with "Dancin" Cowboys". They would make the top spot a total of ten times in their career, and they are still popular here, as well as overseas.
In 1986, "Nobody In His Right Mind Would've Left Her" went to Number One for George Strait. Written by Dean Dillon, who also scored a hit with it, it was recorded by many others including Keith Whitley.
In 2002, Joe Allison, songwriter, producer, and music executive, passed away in Nashville, Tennessee. He was best known for "He'll Have To Go" by Jim Reeves and "Live Fast, Love Hard, and Die Young" by Faron Young, both legendary hits that define those artists careers as singers, and Allison's as a songwriter.
In 2003, Redd Stewart died in Louisville, Kentucky from complications after a fall. He was the cowriter of "The Tennessee Waltz" with PeeWee King, and was a major recording artist and songwriter of his time. His memorable compositions include "Soldier's Last Letter" by Ernest Tubb, and he was a charter member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
