Artist Paul Kirby bridged rock, country
PAUL KIRBY | 1963-2011 Paul Kirby, who led Nashville rock band Walk The West and Music City country-rock outfit the Cactus Brothers to major-label record deals and national stages, died Sunday of...
View ArticleMusicians Hall of Famer Billy Strange, songwriter for Elvis and Sinatra, dies...
Sept. 29, 1930 - Feb. 22, 2012 Musicians Hall of Famer Billy Strange, a songwriter, guitarist and arranger who aided the hit-making efforts of Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra and Nancy...
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Donna Hilley, longtime music exec, dies at 71
Donna Hilley was 'an icon in every sense.' (File / Tennessean) Donna Hilley, the music executive who helped Sony/ATV to become Nashville’s largest publishing company, died Wednesday at age 71, after...
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Donna Hilley remembered as songwriters’ friend
Sony/ATV chief Donna Hilley talks with Alabama member Randy Owen before signing members of the group as Tree songwriters in 1999. (File / The Tennessean) By Bobby Allyn The Tennessean Donna Hilley, the...
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William Paul “Willie Ackerman” dies at 73
May 1, 1939-Dec. 13, 2012 Willie Ackerman performing on Hee Haw. Photo Courtesy of the Ackerman Family William Paul “Willie Ackerman,” a drummer who played on country music classics including Marty...
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