News, Press Releases and Other Items of Interest
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to the news releases by Hillbilly-Music.com
as well as news of the older country music
stars, organizations, publishers, etc.
If you are a performing artist listed on this site,
feel free to send us your press releases, tour dates,
news of new music releases to include
here.
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| News Stories — 2014 |
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| November 3, 2014 |
Embert Mishler, Long-time Country Music Performer |
| October 5, 2014 |
Lois Pierson, Last Surviving Member of Jimmy and Dick, The Novelty Boys |
| September 21, 2014 |
George Hamilton IV Dies Age 77; Long time Grand Ole Opry Veteran |
| August 29, 2014 |
Dick Hill, Long time country singer, radio host and country music historian, passes away at 84 |
| August 16, 2014 |
Ed Wallace, 90, Last Surviving Member of Sunshine Boys |
| August 8, 2014 |
Georgia Mae, The Girl With The White Guitar And Triple Yodel, Dies At 93 |
| July 25, 2014 |
Vivian Burke of Smokey Mountain Girls Passes Away at 90 |
| July 23, 2014 |
Obituary for George Riddle |
| July 19, 2014 |
Russ Garner, Country Music Singer Passes in Crawford, Nebraska |
| July 19, 2014 |
Charlie Haden dies at 76; Grammy-winning bassist pushed boundaries of jazz, early child singer as Little Cowboy Charlie |
| July 9, 2014 |
East Tennessee country star Lois Johnson dies |
| July 4, 2014 |
Acclaimed Maine country singer Betty Cody dies at 92 |
| June 22, 2014 |
Jimmy C. Newman, Cajun country pioneer, dies at 86 |
| June 7, 2014 |
Famed steel player Weldon Myrick dies at 76 |
| February 25, 2014 |
Penny DeHaven Loses Battle With Cancer |
| February 8, 2014 |
Nora Martin, Former Western and Cowboy Movie Singing Star |
| February 7, 2014 |
Smokey Smith, Former Des Moines radio and television personality, entertainer, recording artist and promoter, Dies at 91 |
| February 5, 2014 |
Nellie Bellman, Known as Western Nell in the 1940s, dies at 93 |
| January 25, 2014 |
Charlie Mercer of Mercer Brothers Duo Dies at 89 |
| January 5, 2014 |
Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers dies at 74 |
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