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.
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feel free to send us your press releases, tour dates,
news of new music releases to include
here.
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| News Stories — 2012 |
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| December 17, 2012 |
Obituary: Dottie Brisco |
| November 28, 2012 |
Glenn Thompson, Blue Ridge Entertainers and Dixie Playboys |
| November 28, 2012 |
Fred Mack, Leader of Echo Valley Rangers |
| November 21, 2012 |
Mary Jane (Johnson) Dodson |
| September 21, 2012 |
Rollin (Oscar) Sullivan, longtime Opry star with duo Lonzo and Oscar, dies at age 93 |
| August 29, 2012 |
Obituary: Balin' Wire Bob Strack |
| July 22, 2012 |
Obituary: Bernie Waldon |
| July 16, 2012 |
Kitty Wells, ‘Queen of Country Music,’ dies at 92 |
| June 3, 2012 |
Paul (Tex) Regan, Ohio Disc Jockey and Country Music Singer |
| June 2, 2012 |
(Everett) Lilly remembered as musician, father, friend |
| May 29, 2012 |
Doc Watson dies at 89 in North Carolina |
| May 1, 2012 |
Yodeler Kenny Roberts Passes |
| March 28, 2012 |
Earl Scruggs, Country Music Hall of Famer, dies at age 88 |
| March 9, 2012 |
Charlie Lamb, founding board member of the CMA, dies |
| March 2, 2012 |
Bertha Amburgey (Minnie) of the Amburgey Sisters |
| February 24, 2012 |
Musicians Hall of Famer Billy Strange, songwriter for Elvis and Sinatra, dies at 81 |
| February 20, 2012 |
Dock Cook, Member of the Dixie Drifters |
| February 14, 2012 |
Obituary: Eddie Cletro |
| January 21, 2012 |
Obituary: Popular western singer Evelyn Stevens (McKinney Sisters) |
| January 14, 2012 |
Obituary: Alice (Lonnie Lynne) LaCour |
| January 5, 2012 |
Jody Rainwater, bluegrass pioneer, radio personality dies at 92 |
| January 4, 2012 |
Obituary - Nancy Lee of the Hilltoppers |
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