1975 in Country Music - Deaths

Deaths

  • February 4 — Louis Jordan, 66, jazz and rhythm & blues pioneer who became the first African-American performer to have a No. 1 hit on the Billboard country charts (1944's "Ration Blues") (heart attack).
  • February 17 — A.C. "Eck" Robertson, 88, pioneering American fiddle player, widely considered the first fiddler and country musician to record commercially.
  • May 13 — Bob Wills, 70, leader of the Texas Playboys (complications from a stroke)
  • July 7 — George Morgan, 51, country crooner of the late 1940s and early 1950s, Grand Ole Opry favorite and father of Lorrie Morgan (heart attack).
  • July 19 — Lefty Frizzell, 47, honky-tonk pioneer of the 1950s (stroke).
  • November 3 — Audrey Williams, 52, mother of Hank Williams Jr. (and ex-wife of Hank Williams Sr.)

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