1978 in Country Music - Deaths

Deaths

  • June 12 — Johnny Bond, 63, singer of the 1940s through 1960s, best known for his novelty songs about drunkenness (heart attack).
  • October 21 — Mel Street, 43, honky tonk-styled artist and one of the most promising new artists of the 1970s (suicide).
  • October 23 — Maybelle Carter, 69, singer and songwriter of the Carter Family and mother of Anita, Helen and June Carter Cash.
  • December 16 — Jenny Lou Carson, 63, first female to write a #1 country hit ("You Two-Timed Me Once Too Often").

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