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Jul 3, 1943
Vocalist Judith Durham is born in Essendon, Australia. The year she turns 20, she joins the pop band The Seekers, who record two songs that will become Sonny James country hits: "I'll Never Find Another You" and "A World Of Our Own"
Jul 5, 1943
Guitarist Robbie Robertson is born in Toronto. He joins The Band, a rock group that tours with Bob Dylan for two years. The Country Music Foundation ranks The Band's 1969 release "Up On Cripple Creek" among country's 500 greatest singles in the 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
Jul 10, 1943
Woody Guthrie is stationed along with fellow folk singer Cisco Houston on the S.S. Travis, which begins a three-week deployment at Gibraltar. Two months later, the ship is torpedoed by a German submarine
Jul 12, 1943
Singer/songwriter Christine McVie is born in Birmingham, England. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, she writes the group's 1975 hit "Say You Love Me," which finds its way into country music four years later as a remake by Stephanie Winslow
Jul 26, 1943
The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger is born in Kent, England. The Stones' "It's All Over Now" becomes a minor country hit for John Anderson. Jagger co-writes and sings lead on "Honky Tonk Women," which will be ranked one of country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book, "Heartaches By The Number"
Aug 2, 1943
PT-109 is rammed by a Japanese destroyer in the Pacific Ocean. PT skipper John F. Kennedy saves 10 sailors by leading them to an island after the incident. Jimmy Dean celebrates the event in 1962 with his hit "P.T. 109"
Aug 21, 1943
Guitarist Hilton Valentine is born in North Shields, England. He plays the opening chord progression on The Animals' 1964 recording of "The House Of The Rising Sun," the most famous version of a song later covered in country by Dolly Parton
Sep 23, 1943
Julio Iglesias is born in Madrid, Spain. The international Latin star joins Willie Nelson on the million-selling 1984 single "To All The Girls I've Loved Before," which wins the Country Music Association's Vocal Duo of the Year award
Nov 7, 1943
Singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell is born in Ft. MacLeod, Alberta. Eventually added to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame, she earns country hits as a composer when George Hamilton IV records "Urge For Going" and Gail Davies covers "You Turn Me On I'm A Radio"
Dec 18, 1943
Guitarist Keith Richards is born in Dartford, England. With The Rolling Stones, he performs on their 1964 single "It's All Over Now," which John Anderson remakes as a country hit in 1985. Richards also records with George Jones in 1994
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