Country music songwriter Cindy Walker died Thursday at the age of 89. Only two weeks ago, Willie Nelson released his latest album, You Don’t Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker, on Lost Highway Records…so at least she got to see that tribute before her passing. Not that she hadn’t scored many an accomplishment over the years, mind you. Her songs were recorded by Dean Martin (“In The Misty Moonlight”), Bob Wills (“Sugar Moon,” which was later recorded by k.d. lang), Jim Reeves (“Distant Drums”), Roy Orbison (“Dream Baby”), and Ray Charles (“You Don’t Know Me”), among others. She was a charter member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997. Not a bad resume. So long, Cindy…
