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Aug 11, 1940
Jazz sax player Peter King is born in Kingston-Upon-Thames, England. In 1978, he provides backing vocals on Bonnie Tyler's crossover hit "It's A Heartache"
Aug 19, 1940
Songwriter Roger Cook is born in Bristol, England. Known for such pop hits as "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" and "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)," he also writes Don Williams' "I Believe In You," Crystal Gayle's "Livin' In These Troubles Times" and George Strait's "One Night At A Time"
Sep 6, 1940
Singer/songwriter Yvonne Burgess is born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England. Better known as Jackie Trent, she marries pop songwriter/producer Tony Hatch in 1967. Three years later, his "My Love" becomes a country hit for Sonny James
Sep 19, 1940
Sylvia Fricker is born in Chatham, Ontario. She becomes one-half of the folk duo Ian & Sylvia after marrying Ian Tyson, the author of the country hits "Four Strong Winds" and "Someday Soon"
Sep 30, 1940
Drummer Dewey Martin is born in Chesterville, Ontario. He becomes a founding member of Buffalo Springfield, a pioneering group in the development of country-rock
Oct 9, 1940
John Lennon is born at Oxford Street Maternity Hospital in Liverpool, England. Several Beatles songs will be remade as country hits, including "Something," "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" and "I Feel Fine"
Nov 28, 1940
Clem Curtis is born in Trinidad. He's the original lead singer of The Foundations, whose pop hit "Baby, Now That I've Found You" is covered as a Grammy-winning single by Alison Krauss in 1995
Feb 4, 1941
Drummer John Steel is born in Gateshead, England. As a member of the rock band The Animals, he takes part in the best-known recording of "The House Of The Rising Sun." That song becomes a country hit in 1981 through a cover by Dolly Parton
Feb 10, 1941
Movie director Michael Apted is born in Aylesbury, England. Among the films he oversees are "Gorillas In The Mist," "Gorky Park," "The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader" and the Loretta Lynn biopic "Coal Miner's Daughter"
Feb 20, 1941
Folk singer/songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie is born on the Piapot Reservation in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. She writes Bobby Bare's 1967 country hit "The Piney Wood Hills"
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