The Songwriter. The Bluegrass Musician. The Piano Man. In the rotunda of the Country Music Hall of Fame, surrounded by 121 bronze plaques representing current members, Kix Brooks emceed a press conference announcing Hank Cochran, Mac Wiseman and Ronnie Milsap as the organization's 2014 inductees. Singer Bobby Bare, inducted last year, paid tribute to his friend Cochran, who passed away in 2010, referring to him as The Legend, and noting to laughter that "he called himself a legend long before he was." Among Cochran's masterpieces are "I Fall to Pieces" (co-written with Harlan Howard), "The Chair," "Ocean Front Property" and "Make the World Go Away.
- 4/22/2014
- by Kay West
- PEOPLE.com
Singer/songwriter Hank Cochran has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 74. A country music legend, Cochran penned hits like "Make the World Go Away", "That's All That Matters To Me", "I Fall to Pieces" and George Strait's "Ocean Front Property".
He died at his home in Tennessee on Thursday, July 15 after a final singalong on Wednesday night, July 14 with pals Billy Ray Cyrus and Jamey Johnson, who visited the ailing songwriter. Cochran landed his big break as a songwriter in the early 1960s when Ray Price hired him. Cochran then brought pal Willie Nelson onboard.
In a statement, Price says, "I recorded a lot of Hank's songs. He was a great songwriter and a great friend, so it's a double loss for me." Superfan Brad Paisley took to his Twitter page to honor Cochran, writing "Of my top 20 favorite songs of all time, he wrote about half of em.
He died at his home in Tennessee on Thursday, July 15 after a final singalong on Wednesday night, July 14 with pals Billy Ray Cyrus and Jamey Johnson, who visited the ailing songwriter. Cochran landed his big break as a songwriter in the early 1960s when Ray Price hired him. Cochran then brought pal Willie Nelson onboard.
In a statement, Price says, "I recorded a lot of Hank's songs. He was a great songwriter and a great friend, so it's a double loss for me." Superfan Brad Paisley took to his Twitter page to honor Cochran, writing "Of my top 20 favorite songs of all time, he wrote about half of em.
- 7/16/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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