His death was announced by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
A cause of death was not specified.
In the U.K., the song was a #1 hit in 1968 by London-based pop band Love Affair.
Buzz Cason in 2011Beth Gwinn/Getty Images
The song was featured prominently in the films trailers.
Other artists who have covered the song include Pearl Jam, Little Steven and Marshall Crenshaw.
Smith, Roger Miller, and many others) becoming hits.
Cason published his autobiographyLiving The Rock n Roll Dreamin 2004.
