Died On This Date (March 17, 2010) Johnnie High / Longtime Country Music Promoter
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DOB Unknown – March 17, 2010
Johnnie High was a longtime country music entertainer who, through his weekly Johnnie High’s Country Music Revue television program, gave some of country music’s biggest stars their first mass exposure. After its debut in 1974, the Dallas-area variety show hosted early live performances by the likes of LeAnn Rimes, Gary Morris, Lee Ann Womack and Boxcar Willie. Johnnie High, age 80, died of heart disease on March 17, 2010.
Mickey Granberg was a longtime executive at the American trade group, National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM). Beginning in 1961, Granberg and her husband were invaluable leaders of the organization. During her early years, she was an English professor at Temple University while she worked at NARM in the evenings. She eventually ran the group, making her one of the highest ranking women in the music industry for many years. In 1989, Granberg retired after nearly 40 years, but continued on as an adviser for another ten years. Mickey Granberg was 83 when she passed away on February 17, 2010.
John Lomax was a musicologist who is world-renowned for helping preserve American folk songs by venturing into previous parts unknown to make field recordings of the locals. After completing his higher education, Lomax became a college professor and set out to document folk music across America. In 1910, his anthology, Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads was published. Songs like “Git Along Little Doggies,” “Home On The Range,” and “The Old Chisholm Trail” were collected within. In 1933, Lomax and his 18-year-old son, 
