Gene Autry, perhaps the greatest singing cowboy of all time, 
was born on September 29, 1907, in Tioga, Texas.

While still a boy, Autry moved with his family to a ranch in
Oklahoma where he learned to play the guitar and sing.

The young Autry was quickly attracted to a new style of music
that was becoming popular at the time, which combined the
traditional cowboy music popular in Texas and Oklahoma and
the folk songs, ballads, and hymns of southern-style country
music. Known as country-western.

Roger Whittaker, one of the UK’s most celebrated folk music
singers, has died.   

A family statement, reported by German media outlet Bild,
confirmed he died on September 13 in a hospital in southern
France.

Whittaker was best known for hits including Durham Town,
New World In The Morning and a version of Wind Beneath
My Wings – and being an expert whistler.

Charles Hardin Holley – known as Buddy Holly 
(September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959)  

If you took out a map of the United States and traced
a line beginning at New Orleans and running up the
Mississippi River to Memphis, the tip of your finger
would pass through the very birthplace of rock and
roll—a region where nearly every step in its early
development took place and where nearly every
significant contributor to that development was born.

Writing and performing under the name Buddy Holly,
this Lubbock, Texas, native would have an influence
on rock and roll that would far outlast his tragically
shortened career.

HISTORY

(TMZ) – Gary Wright, the musician – who was best known for
his hit singles ‘Dream Weaver’ and ‘Love Is Alive’ – passed
away at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California on
Monday (04.09.23). He was 80.

The outlet went on to report that in the last six years, Gary
had been diagnosed with brain disorder Parkinson’s as well
as Lewy body dementia shortly afterwards.

A statement posted on his website said Jimmy Buffett passed
away peacefully Friday night "surrounded by his family, friends,
music and dogs.” A cause of death was not immediately released.

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