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October 13, 1948 John Ford Coley, folk rock/country singer and instrumentalist, is born in Dallas, Texas.
August 19, 1948 Country/pop singer Susan Jacks (of The Poppy Family) is born Susan Pesklevits in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
May 2, 1948 Country/gospel singer-songwriter Larry Gatlin (of The Gatlin Brothers) is born in Seminole, Texas.
November 10, 1947 Country/pop singer Dave Loggins, known for "Please Come to Boston" (1974), is born in Mountain City, Tennessee.
September 26, 1947 Country singer Lynn Anderson is born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, but would be raised in Fair Oaks, California. Known for the 1970 hit "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden."
September 18, 1947 The first-ever country music presentation is held at Carnegie Hall, featuring Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff.
June 14, 1947 Barry Melton (original lead guitarist for Country Joe & The Fish, Dinosaurs) is born in Brooklyn, New York.
February 9, 1947 Country rocker Joe Ely is born in Amarillo, Texas.
December 25, 1946 Jimmy Buffett is born in Pascagoula, Mississippi. He's raised in Mobile, Alabama, but his true home will always be in "Margaritaville."More
November 13, 1946 Country singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard is born in Soper, Oklahoma. Wrote the Jerry Jeff Walker song "Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother" (1973).
February 2, 1946 Howard Bellamy (of the country duo The Bellamy Brothers) is born in Darby, Florida.
January 19, 1946 Dolly Parton is born in Sevier County, Tennessee, the fourth of 12 children. In 1967, she gets a big break when country star Porter Wagoner brings her on to co-host his popular TV variety show; Parton writes the song "I Will Always Love You," later a huge hit for Whitney Houston, as a heartfelt goodbye when she sets out on her own.
January 11, 1946 Naomi Judd is born Diana Ellen Judd in Ashland, Kentucky. She and daughter Wynonna form the country duo The Judds and release their first album, Why Not Me, in 1984.
November 10, 1945 Country singer Donna Fargo is born Yvonne Vaughan in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Known for "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" and "Funny Face," both crossover pop hits in 1972.
May 23, 1945 Country singer Misty Morgan is born in Buffalo, New York.
March 14, 1945 Country singer/songwriter Michael Martin Murphey is born in Dallas, Texas.
December 11, 1944 Brenda Lee is born Brenda Mae Tarpley in Atlanta, Georgia. Her small stature and big voice inspire the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite," which she lives up to by blowing up the charts with rockabilly bops ("Sweet Nothin's"), pop ballads ("I'm Sorry"), and Christmas tunes ("Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree") throughout the '60s.
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October 8, 1944 Country singer Susan Raye is born in Eugene, Oregon. Known for the 1971 hit "L.A. International Airport."
August 8, 1944 Country/Pop singer Michael Johnson is born in Alamosa, Colorado.
July 11, 1944 Country singer Bobby G. Rice is born in Boscobel, Wisconsin.
June 7, 1944 Country rocker Clarence White (guitarist for The Byrds) is born Clarence Joseph LeBlanc in Lewiston, Maine.
May 28, 1944 Country musician Gary Stewart, known for '70s hits like "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)," is born in Jenkins, Kentucky.
May 17, 1944 Country musician and singer Jesse Winchester is born near Bossier City, Louisiana.
April 16, 1944 On shore leave from the Merchant Marines, Woody Guthrie arrives at Folkway Records' studios in New York City, where he starts recording with the label's founder, Moses Asch, in what becomes known as the "Asch recordings." Among the songs recorded during these sessions is "This Land Is Your Land," which becomes an iconic populist protest anthem, covered by countless artists including Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen.More
February 12, 1944 Country singer Moe Bandy is born in Meridian, Mississippi.
January 16, 1944 Country pop singer Jim Stafford is born in Winter Haven, Florida. His first charting hit is "Swamp Witch" in 1973.
October 11, 1943 Country singer Gene Watson is born in Palestine, Texas.
August 5, 1943 Country music singer/songwriter Sammi Smith is born Jewel Faye Smith in Orange County, California.
June 6, 1943 Country singer Joe Stampley, known for the '70s chart-toppers "Roll On Big Mama" and "All These Things," is born in Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana.
May 25, 1943 Country singer Jessi Colter is born Miriam Johnson in Phoenix, Arizona. Known for her collaborations with husband Waylon Jennings.
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