Notable deaths of 2011: Music

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Hubert SumlinDobie GrayHeavy DRoger WilliamsBert JanschSylvia RobinsonDavid 'Honeyboy' EdwardsNick AshfordJerry LeiberBob FlaniganJani LaneTom GarvinMarshall GrantDan PeekAmy WinehouseClarence ClemonsCarl GardnerGil Scott-HeronArthur LaurentsPhoebe SnowHazel DickensPinetop PerkinsRalph MooneyFerlin HuskyNate DoggSuze RotoloGeorge ShearingJohn BarryGladys HortonCharlie LouvinDon KirshnerMargaret Whiting

The influential steel guitarist played with Buck Owens, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard. He was one of the architects of the "Bakersfield sound" of country music, a louder, more rhythmically propulsive version of the music coming out of Nashville in the '50s. He co-wrote the hit "Crazy Arms," which became a No. 1 hit in 1956. He was 82. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ralph-mooney-20110322,0,3909277.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a><br>
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Ralph Mooney

( Michael Manning )

The influential steel guitarist played with Buck Owens, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard. He was one of the architects of the "Bakersfield sound" of country music, a louder, more rhythmically propulsive version of the music coming out of Nashville in the '50s. He co-wrote the hit "Crazy Arms," which became a No. 1 hit in 1956. He was 82. Full obituary

Notable deaths of 2010

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