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Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Charlie Black Dead at 71
Music Row reports. He was 71 years old.
In addition to penning tracks for artists including Kenny Rogers, Tanya Tucker, Brenda Lee, Alan Jackson, Phil Vassar, Collin Raye and more, Black is perhaps best known as the co-writer behind a string of Anne Murray songs in the late 70s and early 80s. Among those is A Little Good News, which became Murray s seventh chart-topping hit after she released it in 1983. The song also earned a Grammy Award as well as a CMA trophy.
Born on November 23, 1949, Black grew up in Cheverly, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. He graduated from the University of Maryland at age 21 and moved to Nashville with dreams of country music stardom, but quickly discovered success as a songwriter instead when 70s hitmaker Tommy Overstreet started cutting his songs, beginning in 1971 with I Don t Know You (Anymore).
The Maryland-born country musician, who co-wrote hit singles for the likes of Reba McEntire and Alan Jackson, passed away at the age of 71 in Florida a week ago.
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