Country Composer, Performer Hank Cochran Dies – ABC News
July 16th, 2010
NASHVILLE , Tennessee Reuters – Hank Cochran, who wrote a cascade of country music hits, died on Thursday at his home near Nashville, according to his family. He was 74.The cause of death was pancreatic cancer, his family said.
Cochran gave Willie Nelson his first break in Nashville, persuading his employer, Pamper Music, to hire Nelson. When Cochran was offered a recording deal by Liberty Records, he successfully lobbied for Nelson to be signed too.
Cochran turned out hits for Eddy Arnold including “Make the World Go Away,” Patsy Cline’s “I Fall to Pieces,” and George Jones’s; “You Comb Her Hair.”
Cochran also wrote Loretta Lynn’s “Why Can’t He Be You?” and Merle Haggard’s “It’s Not Love,” as well as songs for Grammy-winner Burl Ives.
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Nashville flood takes a heavy toll on the home of Country Music – Times Online
May 15th, 2010
What they’re saying in the UK about the Nashville floods:
As the floodwaters rose Buddy Messer ran around his wax museum removing the heads of America’s country music greats.
By the time the water was knee-deep Mr Messer had decapitated 70 stars including Willie Nelson, Taylor Swift, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Roy Acuff and Dolly Parton. He put their heads on a shelf to survive the deluge, leaving their bodies to soak in their rhinestone-studded costumes.
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