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It is with great sadness that we announce that LEE HAZLEWOOD has
died peacefully at his home outside Las Vegas, USA, after a three
year struggle with cancer. He celebrated his 78th birthday earlier
this month surrounded by family and friends from around the world.
He passed away on August 4th, 2007, in Henderson, Nevada, and is
survived by his son Mark, his daughters Debbie and Samantha, and his devoted wife Jeane.
For over half a century, LEE HAZLEWOOD proved himself to be one of
the most ingenious, inspired and impressively stubborn
sons-of-a-bitch the music industry ever saw. His career - a word
that HAZLEWOOD himself scorned - saw him take on almost every aspect of the music industry - a word that HAZLEWOOD himself was equallydismissive of - and come out on top every time. Most famous for his work with Nancy Sinatra - he wrote and produced many of her biggesthits, including These Boots Were Made For Walking, Sugartown and the unforgettable Some Velvet Morning - HAZLEWOOD in fact started his musical career as a DJ in Coolidge, Arizona. It was here he first met Duane Eddy, with whom he began to flesh out and record some of his songs. In 1955 he set up Viv Records and in 1956 hit paydirt with Sanford Clark's legendary The Fool, and the following year he gave up DJing to focus on production and writing. In the early 1960s he established the LHI label (which is best known for having
released the debut album by Gram Parson's first group, The
International Submarine Band) and began releasing his own solo
albums, including the extraordinary "Trouble Is A Lonesome Town".
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The family have requested that those wishing to honour LEE HAZLEWOOD should make donations to the Salvation Army...
http://kcaclives.blogspot.com/
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died peacefully at his home outside Las Vegas, USA, after a three
year struggle with cancer. He celebrated his 78th birthday earlier
this month surrounded by family and friends from around the world.
He passed away on August 4th, 2007, in Henderson, Nevada, and is
survived by his son Mark, his daughters Debbie and Samantha, and his devoted wife Jeane.
For over half a century, LEE HAZLEWOOD proved himself to be one of
the most ingenious, inspired and impressively stubborn
sons-of-a-bitch the music industry ever saw. His career - a word
that HAZLEWOOD himself scorned - saw him take on almost every aspect of the music industry - a word that HAZLEWOOD himself was equallydismissive of - and come out on top every time. Most famous for his work with Nancy Sinatra - he wrote and produced many of her biggesthits, including These Boots Were Made For Walking, Sugartown and the unforgettable Some Velvet Morning - HAZLEWOOD in fact started his musical career as a DJ in Coolidge, Arizona. It was here he first met Duane Eddy, with whom he began to flesh out and record some of his songs. In 1955 he set up Viv Records and in 1956 hit paydirt with Sanford Clark's legendary The Fool, and the following year he gave up DJing to focus on production and writing. In the early 1960s he established the LHI label (which is best known for having
released the debut album by Gram Parson's first group, The
International Submarine Band) and began releasing his own solo
albums, including the extraordinary "Trouble Is A Lonesome Town".
[EDIT]
The family have requested that those wishing to honour LEE HAZLEWOOD should make donations to the Salvation Army...
http://kcaclives.blogspot.com/
[EDIT-post truncated because originating material is copyrighted. Unauthorized use of copyrighted content is in violation of Radio-Info's TOS. URL provided by Radio-Info as a courtesy to other users.]