Nashville R&B, country music legend Ted Jarrett dies of liver failure

By Associated Press

8:24 AM CDT, March 23, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville rhythm and blues and country music writer, producer and talent scout Ted Jarrett has died. He was 83.

Jarrett died of Saturday at Alive Hospice of liver failure, said Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum editor Michael Gray.

Jarrett's songs include the Webb Pierce 1955 No. 1 country hit "Love, Love, Love" and "You Can Make It If You Try," which broke through barriers of genre and color. He was a writer, producer and label chief the Grammy-winning Night Train To Nashville album.

Jarrett's life story is chronicled in the Country Music Foundation Press autobiography "You Can Make It If You Try," which was a focal point of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum exhibit, Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970.

R.I.P. Mr. Tedd Jarrett