Ken Nelson, Record Producer Behind Bakersfield Sound, Dies at 96
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Ken Nelson was the record producer behind the twangy Bakersfield Sound made popular by Buck Owens and Merle Haggard.
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Porter Wagoner, the rhinestone-clad Grand Ole Opry star who helped launch the career of Dolly Parton by hiring her as his duet partner, died Sunday. He was 80.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.  - Country music singer Skeeter  Davis, a veteran of Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, died on Sunday,  according to a family friend.
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Ronnie Lippin, a veteran publicist and manager who worked with rock icons such as Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson and Prince, died Monday.
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By Carl Macgowan, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Dec. 15--Mercurio Clement Caronia III, a hair colorist who found his voice playing Dean Martin in local clubs, has died. He was 75.   Caronia, known as Mac, died Nov.
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Ralph Story, a television and radio broadcaster for three decades and host of the hugely popular quiz show "The $64,000 Challenge" in the 1950s, has died. He was 86.
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Terry Melcher, a record producer who created hits with the Beach Boys and the Byrds, died on Friday in Beverly Hills after a long battle with cancer, his publicist, Linda Dozoretz, said Saturday.
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Songwriter Ron Miller, whose tunes included pop classics "Touch Me in the Morning" and "For Once in My Life," has died, his daughter said.
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The drummer with the Doobie Brothers, Keith Knudsen, dies of pneumonia at the age of 56.
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. (antiMUSIC) &quot;Wall of Sound&quot; rock producer Phil Spector was indicted by a Los Angeles grand jury last week for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.
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Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer led   the tributes for golfing great Byron Nelson, who died at his   ranch in Texas on Tuesday at the age of 94.
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Ahmet Ertegun, who helped define American music as the founder of Atlantic Records, a label that popularized the gritty R&amp;B of Ray Charles, the classic soul of Aretha Franklin and the British rock of the Rolling Stones, died Thursday at 83, his spokesman said.
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Byron Nelson, who had the greatest year in the history of professional golf when he won 18 tournaments in 1945, including a record 11 in a row, died Tuesday. He was 94.
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Country music star Skeeter Davis dies of cancer aged 72. Plus more entertainment news in brief.
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Keith Knudsen, a drummer for the Doobie Brothers since 1974, died of pneumonia Tuesday. He was 56.
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Phil Spector, the record producer who helped craft hits for groups including the Beatles and the Righteous Brothers, will face trial in the killing of an actress at his California mansion
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Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, famed for the soaring vocals and elegant instrumentation of tunes such as "Longer" and "A Love Like This," died on Sunday, three years after being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. He was 56.